As we reported, President Donald Trump gave an important prime-time speech on Thursday evening that focused on the vulnerabilities in our election system and revealed newly declassified information, which he said showed how China had acquired U.S. voter files.
Now you might think that this would be something the media would want to cover, given how much time they spent on the fake Russia collusion hoax. But as we reported, major liberal media outlets like ABC, NBC, and MS NOW passed on the president's prime-time address, even though such speeches are routinely televised in full.
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But in some ways, CNN was the worst, revealing more than it probably intended when it explained why it didn't air the speech.
🚨 WOW! CNN just ADMITTED that "media executives" made a decision behind closed doors to censor President Trump's bombshell election integrity address, which exposes Chinese involvement in our elections
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 17, 2026
PULL THEIR LICENSES
"Some network executives felt it would be dangerous to… pic.twitter.com/vxxZiYDyuS
"Some network executives felt 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."
Why is it dangerous? Why can't they allow you to judge what he says on its own merit?
"Trump's election lies led to violence," Stelter said. Even this is misleading, since Trump never incited violence, told people to act peacefully, and when they didn't, encouraged people to stop on Jan. 6.
It apparently wasn't "dangerous" to falsely report on Russia collusion or any of the slew of other false reports CNN and other media have made about Trump, which greatly divided the country and still has people believing lies for years.
What they're telling you is that you're only entitled to hear it through their filter and the way they report it. You can't hear it without the spin from them. It's apparently "dangerous" if you are allowed to come to your own conclusions about what is said. Why didn't they want you to hear the details about vulnerabilities? Then they say it's not a "plot" — as they all decide to shut you off from it. They're censoring the President of the United States. Somehow, I don't recall them ever doing such a thing when Joe Biden occupied the White House and would tell a boatload of falsehoods.
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"That's where we are in America," Brian Stelter warned. Yes, that is very troubling — just not for any of the reasons he thinks.
‘Dangerous to air it live, unedited’ means dangerous to let people hear it without someone telling them what to think first. That’s the whole confession right there. https://t.co/GKPbjyqwAe
— Jewels Jones ® (@JewelsJonesLive) July 17, 2026
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