Sen. Marco Rubio criticized liberal networks for not airing former President Trump’s full remarks and compared them to “state-run media” from authoritarian regimes.
Rubio accused MSNBC and CNN of not just being biased, but also trying to delegitimize Trump and his followers.
He argued that this is destroying media credibility and trust.
“It’s not about bias anymore. There’s always been liberal bias in the media. Human beings are biased. They’re partisan,” Rubio said. “They are now extending that to not just attack Trump as a candidate, as a former president, future president, but also to attack the people who follow [him].”
“What’s really changed is not just a partisan tone of the coverage, but now this effort to say ‘We’re not gonna carry a speech, we’re not gonna let you hear what he has to say. We will interpret it, and we’ll put up the snippets we want you to hear, but we’ve made the decision to no longer carry it,” Rubio added.
“This is exactly how state-run media is used by authoritarian governments to delegitimize, to discredit to basically make people believe that there is no alternative but to the regime and to their rule.”
“It’s destroying the media in this country. It’s why at this point, you know, no one believes anything they see or hear anymore,” he added.
Rubio’s comments came after Trump’s historic victory in the Iowa caucuses, where he earned over 50% of the vote.
While Fox News aired his speech in full, MSNBC and CNN did not, with CNN interrupting Trump’s speech to provide commentary.
“There is a reason that we and other news organizations have generally stopped giving an unfiltered, live platform to remarks by former President Trump,” MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said.
“It is not out of spite, it is not a decision that we relish, it is a decision that we regularly revisit. And honestly, earnestly, it is not an easy decision… But there is a cost to us, as a news organization, of knowingly broadcasting untrue things. That is a fundamental truth of our business and who we are.”
This is not the first time liberal networks have faced backlash for giving Trump airtime.
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