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A documentary about the Trump administration's family separation policy will not air before Election Day because MSNBC is concerned about offending the Republican presidential nominee, according to new reports.

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[–] a4bsyt@startrek.website 50 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Mainstream media loves Trump, he's the most exciting thing to happen to viewership since reality TV.

[–] Timbits@lemmy.ca 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense, basically his only real skill has been in TV.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

And he was horrible at it. The crew worked hard to make him look somewhat competent and/or normal

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

if that were the reason you'd think they'd air this doc during election season before he might become irrelevant. to me it seems like they’re attempting to appear unbiased.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

They're doing a pretty ass job if it.