CNN’s Smerconish blasts own network, others for not airing Trump's election speech

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:10:50 GMT

CNN host Michael Smerconish said major television networks acted with “condescension” by not airing President Trump’s primetime speech on election fraud on their channels, saying viewers should be trusted to evaluate the president’s remarks for themselves. Several of the nation’s biggest networks, including CNN, NBC and ABC, refused to broadcast Trump’s Thursday night address live,...

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