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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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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 57 points 2 months ago

Snowflake treatment...

But what may be more is that the network fears retaliation from MAGA supporters.

[-] a4bsyt@startrek.website 50 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Timbits@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago

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

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 2 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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 2 months ago

They're doing a pretty ass job if it.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

Pathetic. An insult to journalism. Par for the course.

[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 9 points 2 months ago

To be far, MSNBC isn’t really journalism by definition.

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Always a good sign of a healthy culture of free speech when a major news station is openly admitting to censoring themselves due to fear of retribution.

Living in a nuclear armed banana republic with a gucci belt sure is something.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Journalistic bankruptcy.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How could they be worried about them being offended? .... they're offended by everything and everyone all the time.

Their entire political motivation is being offended, offending others and creating offences.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

While true, they're now at risk of offending an actual dictator. We really don't know yet just how far he is going to be able to go when the federalist society is able to do their purity tests and flush all opposition out of the federal government.

[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Do we want to guess how much they were paid?

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

MSNBC releases statement about not releasing documentary to generate buzz about documentary before releasing it.

[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago
[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Oh how the mighty have fallen in line.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Isn’t MSNBC typically left leaning? So why would they care if they upset Trump?

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