On her show last night, Rachel Maddow basically urged her colleagues not to live- broadcast Trump’s latest rallies, aka his press conferences on coronavirus. You know why — the lies, the personal attacks, the racism, the dangerous misinformation and the delusional happy talk. If the networks don’t broadcast Trump live, they can then edit out Trump’s nonsense and provide the public with actual information. This will save lives.
Far more sensible than quarantining Trump’s dangerous posturing would be to remove him and his entire administration from office immediately. Every day he’s in office, more people are at risk of dying due to his incompetence and disorganization.
But failing that , the least the media can do is to not provide Trump a forum to lie, foment hate, and propagate dangerous, even fatal, misinformation.