𝐂𝐍𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐂𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 ’𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒’

CNN just admitted on-air what its own executives were trying to avoid saying out loud: they didn’t want the sitting president speaking live and unedited where the public could hear him without a filter first. - M.A. Rothman
A CNN media analyst, explaining why NBC, ABC and CNN all declined to carry President Trump’s primetime election-integrity address live, didn’t dress it up: 

“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭, 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.”

The analyst argued the networks were being responsible, not censoring anyone, noting all three newsrooms “𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩, 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺” and then reported on it afterward, with context and fact-checks attached. 

• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

That’s the tell...