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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 54 points 2 years ago

Snowflake treatment...

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

[-] a4bsyt@startrek.website 48 points 2 years ago

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

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

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

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

They're doing a pretty ass job if it.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

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

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

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

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 years 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.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Journalistic bankruptcy.

[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do we want to guess how much they were paid?

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

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

[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago
[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Oh how the mighty have fallen in line.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Does anyone buy this story?

Do we think maybe it has more to do with reminding Democratic voters that Biden's immigration and border policies aren't that much different..?

I mean, as funny as the headline is, put me in the skeptical column for the time being.

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

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

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