1. quick thread on dangers of normalizing Trump during a national crisis; pressrun.media/p/cbs-news-and…
2. As we just witnessed again, Trump's briefings are non-stop lies that spread dangerous misinformation.
It's incredibly reckless when CBS leads its evening newscast with lies from the briefing and dresses it up as "breaking" news.
It's incredibly reckless when CBS leads its evening newscast with lies from the briefing and dresses it up as "breaking" news.
3. It's one thing to carry Trump's pandemic briefings live, allowing him to lie to the American people for an hour each day. It's arguably even worse when news organizations such as CBS then take that misinformation and repackage it as truths during their evening newscasts
4. how do you take *anything* Trump says at briefing and treat it as legitimate claim?
CBS did it over and over last week as it worked hard to normalize the madness
CBS did it over and over last week as it worked hard to normalize the madness
