After Joe Biden's campaign announced a town hall with ABC News following President Donald Trump’s declaration that he wouldn't participate in the second debate, the president and his team sensed an opportunity for another media spectacle.
“In 2013, he had me ask Jon Karl how the ratings were for an ABC interview he did with him, asking if he ‘won the hour,’” said Sam Nunberg, a former political adviser to Trump. “Other times when he would do, for instance, Fox News shows, he would always ask [his executive assistant] Rhona Graff to ask the Fox host or staff if they could send him the exact ratings data of his interview or hit that he had just done. Sometimes he’d just ask them himself.
“It’s an irresponsible and selfish move by NBC,” a source close to the Biden campaign texted The Daily Beast. “If they’re going to allow Donald Trump an hour of air time to spread disinformation about COVID and repeat his greatest hits of lies and conspiracy theories, they ought to at least do it an hour later and let voters hear from both candidates. Broadcast networks have a role in our Democratic process, and NBC doesn’t seem to be taking theirs very seriously today.
Shakina Nayfack, a transgender actress starring in NBC’s new primetime sitcom Connected, was similarly unrestrained, tweeting at her employer: “Shame on @nbc. Y’all sign my checks as of late but I‘m disgusted by my home network giving Trump a platform for fear mongering, bigotry & disinformation. Don’t praise yourselves for putting a trans woman on primetime then give a platform to someone who wants to abolish my rights.
Would love to see NBCNews anchors SavannahGuthrie chucktodd & so on, speak up!!! This is unfair what the network is doing
This graphic is disgusting.
He is such a spoiled toddler brat. Can not get his way so he manipulates an entire tv channel to get his way. Wonder how much of his empty coffers did he need to pay them? BOYCOTT them that night. Do NOT enable this child any further!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😷😷
NBC staffers are minimum wage low pay temp employees.
Poor Garbage Fake News ---- boo hoo sad hypocrite Leftist Media .
BoycottNBCTownHall BoycottNBC
This is so wrong on so many levels. NBC is not pitting Americans against each other. Could very well conduct their town hall at another time frame or another day. So badly planned.
If the President wants to continue to embarrass himself, let him, besides, he has not presented anything new.
What did the expect. He’s an asshole.
ShameonNBC BoycottMSNBC BoycottNBCNews BoycottTodayShow Counter programming a Presidential candidate is 💯 wrong! NBC is failing America! LesterHoltNBC SavannahGuthrie
I hope they cry themselves to sleep. I hope relationships are shattered because of it. And I hope some quit their job in retaliation.
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