As networks prepare to air dictator tRumps anti-democracy speech lets not forget all of them snubbing President

Bidens pro democracy speech on Sept. 1 2022 because it was "political, even PBS complained about it.

The Media Is Not Ready to Defend Democracy
Joe Biden gave a midterm election speech about the GOP’s ongoing threat to democracy, and political reporters just could not cope.

On Thursday, President Biden delivered a searing speech about the threat to democracy posed by Donald Trump—whose name he mentioned only twice—and the growing ranks of “MAGA Republicans.” These are forces that “threaten the very foundations of our republic,” Biden said. The president delivered this oration in front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, with red light drenching the backdrop, giving the event the look of a Dario Argento film—or rejected set dressing for a King Crimson tour. But Biden aimed for higher stakes: He characterized the upcoming midterm elections as nothing less than a “battle for the soul of the nation.”

The context for his speech was not particularly complicated or difficult to understand. Less than two years ago, then-President Trump did everything he could to overturn a lawful and legitimate election—and nearly succeeded. When he failed, he implored his followers to “fight like hell” in a last-ditch effort to delay the certification of that election. They did—and for a time brought violence inside the halls of power. Several people died during the resulting melee; several high-ranking government officials, including then-Vice President Mike Pence, only narrowly avoided the mob. In the wake of that assault, Trump has not only maintained the support of the vast majority of his party, Republicans across the country have enacted strict voter-suppression measures and nominated candidates committed to overturning any election won by a Democrat. This week, Trump promised those who stormed the Capitol a presidential pardon and an apology from a (presumably GOP-controlled) government.

Unsurprisingly, many in the political press were shocked—shocked!—to find politics in Biden’s speech. Shortly after the speech began, NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid tweeted, “This is clearly a political, campaign speech. It’s clear who/what this speech is about. In the first 3 minutes, President Biden said Donald Trump—by name—twice.” Wowza, what a scoop! Several journalists were horrified that there were Marines as part of the backdrop of the speech. “Whatever you think of this speech, the military is supposed to be apolitical,” tweeted CNN anchor Brianna Keilar. “Positioning Marines in uniform behind President Biden for a political speech flies in the face of that. It’s wrong when Democrats do it. It’s wrong when Republicans do it.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/167652/media-biden-speech-democracy-defense

CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox News declined to air Joe Biden's speech attacking MAGA Republicans and Donald Trump because it was too 'political'

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-11176123/Networks-refused-run-Bidens-speech-demonizing-MAGA-political.html