BREAKING NEWS – New York City, New York – MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow explained to viewers Monday why the network refused to air former President Trump’s speech after his landslide win in the Iowa caucuses, saying the channel couldn’t air “lies.”
“At this point in the evening the projected winner of the Iowa caucuses has just started giving his victory speech,” Maddow said, without directly mentioning Trump by name. “We will keep an eye on that as it happens. We will let you know if there is any news made in that speech, if there is anything noteworthy, something substantive and important.”
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow explained to viewers why the network refused to air former President Trump’s speech after his landslide win in the Iowa caucuses, saying the channel couldn’t air “lies.”
She went on to claim that airing Trump’s “untrue” statements live on television hurts MSNBC’s brand. “But there is a cost to us, as a news organization,” Maddow said, “of knowingly broadcasting untrue things. And I know what ‘you’, the audience is probably thinking, doesn’t people at MSNBC lie regularly, including myself? Yes we do, but we aren’t running for any office. Our lies are to promote an agenda, not to get elected, so that’s the hypocritical twisted difference.”