Opinion | Should networks air Trump’s national address live?

President Donald Trump’s planned speech, reportedly about the 2020 election, is forcing broadcasters to revisit a difficult editorial question

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Presidential addresses to the nation are usually reserved for major issues — war, national emergencies or significant policy changes on critical topics such as healthcare or the economy. In other words, information that’s absolutely critical for the American people to know.

So when President Donald Trump announced earlier this week that he would address the nation in prime time on Thursday night, most assumed the topic would be the war in Iran.

But then MS NOW and others started to report that Trump’s address would not focus on the war, but instead on his issues with the 2020 election.

If that’s true, news organizations face a difficult question: Should they air it live?

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