MSNBC host Joe Scarborough ripped into MSNBC for airing President Trump’s coronavirus press conferences without fact-checking them in real-time.
“So bringing us back, because the president lies so much in these press conferences, I still for the life of me don’t understand why the networks, including our own, allow Donald Trump to lie for two hours to the American people,” the host said Wednesday. “If he were giving good information, that would be one thing.”
“But it is a lie. So if this network or CNN or Fox is going to run him lying for two hours a night, they need a real-time fact-checker,” Scarborough yelled.
MSNBC and CNN have aired Trump’s press conferences, but both networks have also shown a willingness to cut away at various points.
Trump said Wednesday that Democrats were trying “to shame” networks into ending their coverage of the briefings but could not because the ratings were so high.
“That effort failed because the ratings are through the roof according to, of all sources, the Failing New York Times, ‘Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale’ type numbers,” he said. “Trump Derangement Syndrome!”
…the Fake News Media into not covering them, but that effort failed because the ratings are through the roof according to, of all sources, the Failing New York Times, “Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale” type numbers (& sadly, they get it $FREE). Trump Derangement Syndrome!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2020
