trump is going to lie tonight. You can understand why the networks are concerned

Trump has denied for years that Russia interfered in U.S. elections.

Now he wants us to believe the Chinese “communist” are interfering in U.S. elections.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

— Robert (@robertmcmillan.bsky.social) 2026-07-16T17:40:27.645Z

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But I do have hopes for NBC and ABC to show some gumption.

EDIT TO ADD: It's just been announced that neither NBC or ABC will cover Chump's speech live tonight.
Very good!

I will have my TV on CBS at 9 p.m. and I will click them off as soon as Chump comes on, about 9:05 or so.

And I will not be watching any of them because I, too, will be doing what I want to do -- which is not waste time listening to their orange lord and savior rant and rave and LIE to us.

Can't stand looking at or listening to him.

CBS is just trying to help him as best they can.

And edit them together if needed.

Is that what they call the vast territory up inside Trump’s sphincter?
Enjoy your middle ground, CBS.

I also hope MS NOW does not broadcast this speech live

JUST IN: NBC and ABC Will Not Air Trump’s Primetime Address Live

— Mediaite (@mediaite.com) 2026-07-16T20:24:32Z

to do the same thing, unless they decide the speech didn't contain any significant developments.

So this agrees with the OP.

AKA sanewashing. Either show it live or don’t show it at all (preferably the latter).

almost certainly with fact-checking, after it's over - they won't carry it live - and I expect them to do REAL fact-checking, which I have doubts CBS would dare do as well.

FWIW, while it's a good thing all 3 networks won't carry the speech live, it's ALSO a good thing that NBC and ABC will have their analysis of Trump's lies out immediately, and not leave that analysis until tomorrow's morning news shows.

Trump goes off the wall in several important ways: outright treason and lies to control elections. Crazy talk. Rant. So. They don't want Trump to look bad! How do they sanitize this as a dignified official statement and not offend Trump by not airing the whole speech. And of course, the American people they are betraying daily. The middle looks like razor blades on the fulcrum of a teeter totter all of their own making. They have a LOT more to sweat out than simple sane-washing, especially if Trump goes crazy, illegally extreme- then vengeful.

BTW all the news media go to jail eventually if things keep sliding this insanely criminal way. But the worries of the day mean they can breathe a sigh of relief if tonight goes off quietly, and Trump doesn't go Attila the Hun, blaming them for literally any result he doesn't like.
They worry much less about the actual criminality of the speech.

Can take a middle finger from me