As predicted by yours truly:
New: Trump's Primetime Speech Snubbed by NBC and ABCPresident Donald Trump is delivering a major speech this evening. These are generally considered events worth covering (and stay tuned, because we'll be covering it here at RedState) and, out of respect for the office, if nothing else, the major media, legacy and new, should do the president the courtesy of covering the event.
I mean, the legacy media covered (and covered up) Joe Biden's adventures down Dementia Lane as well as Kamala Harris's eyebrow-furrowing word salads, after all.
Apparently, it's not that way anymore. Two major legacy media outlets, ABC and NBC, are giving the president the cold shoulder.
The New York Times chimed in as well.
Neither ABC nor NBC is planning to pre-empt regularly scheduled entertainment programming at 9 p.m. when Mr. Trump speaks. Fox News, which airs “Hannity” during that time slot, has not said if it will broadcast the president’s address.
CBS, CNN and MS NOW did not respond to inquiries about their programming plans for Thursday evening.
I'd make a guess, but... I'd be more than a bit surprised if Fox doesn't cover the speech, but CBS, CNN and MS NOW, well, I'd be even more surprised if they don't follow NBC and CBS's rather spiteful example.
The uncertainty is a direct result of the potential for Mr. Trump’s speech to become partisan or incendiary. The president is expected to raise the specter of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to people familiar with his plans. Mr. Trump has said his address will concern election security, and that he has “really, really big news” to share.
If Mr. Trump makes unsubstantiated allegations of election rigging, network executives will need to decide whether to ask their anchors to break in and fact-check the president’s remarks, or wait until he is finished speaking to provide context.
Oh please. Like, no Democrat president ever made an unsubstantiated allegation? Besides, this reporting should be coverage, not analysis; do the analysis and commentary after the fact.
Let's face it, the treatment of President Trump by the legacy media has been shameful from the word go. From uneven coverage during campaigns to debate moderators openly challenging Mr. Trump's remarks, the legacy media have been clowning themselves at every turn.
But this isn't about the treatment of Donald John Trump, the man. This is about some elementary respect for the office of the President of the United States, no matter who sits in that chair. The major networks owe it to their viewers to present the president's remarks and let them, the voters, make up their own minds about what he said. The networks can bring out their talking heads after the president is finished. That's fine. That's how it's normally done.
But nothing about the legacy media's treatment of President Trump has been anything like how it's normally done.
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/07/16/new-trump-primetime-speech-snubbed-by-nbc-and-abc-n2204414