Four years ago networks refused to air Biden speech because it was "political"

[Quiet Em]

Four years ago, Biden gave a speech warning about the dangers to democracy and the networks refused to air it because it was "political."

I wonder if Trump making a partisan case for relitigating the 2020 election and calling for his political opponents to be jailed is going to be "political" too?

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2026-07-14T14:53:09.831Z

The networks should not air the con's lies.

[senseandsensibility]

1. Okay Dems should be hollerin about this

and setting the stage for all the lies that are sure to come.

[GreenWave]

2. Nutworks are way too RW sensitive.

[B.See]

3. Most have CAVED to Trump so far, so

why would they change now?

[Quiet Em]

4. I think we the public need to start being a little louder about the media caving to the con

because it's way out of control if they allow this speech to be televised.

[B.See]

5. Agree. And we can start by turning them off.

[Gaytano70]

9. They will never change.

They live and breath on the noxious fumes spewing from the rumpy psychotic shitbag. Like Green Day says in their song, "American Idiot," the new media is all about the "subliminal mind-fuck."

[Initech]

6. Well if they air Trump's bullshit, they can all get fucked.

They can also all get fucked for not airing Biden's speech. Our media sucks.

[Karasu]

7. They normalized this shit over the last few election cycles, and all they got in return for that was being

pistol-whipped into submission by fascists...a predictable outcome these idiots should have seen coming from a mile away, because it comes with the territory when you push fascism.

If they had any integrity left, they wouldn't air it, but they have effectively ceded all autonomy to the state at this point.

[Quanto Magnus]

8. They didn't air it, because the broadcasters

benefit from the chaos.

[warmfeet]

10. Money makes the world go around.

It's about money. A radical idea, I know. Thought I would try it out here first. Let's recommend people!

[QueerDuck]

11. CBS will.... certainly.

[dlk]

12. Conservative bias in the media hurts us all

Never has the double standard been clearer than with Trump.

[melm00se]

13. The networks are afraid

of the Trump weaponized FCC who will go after their O&O licenses.

at least 12 stations owned by NBC, 15 by CBS, 8 by ABC and 18 by Fox.

[Martin Eden]

14. Will Trump do everything he can to punish networks that don't broadcast his speech?

To avoid the cost of litigation or putting their license at risk with the Trump-controlled FCC, will they go ahead and broadcast the speech even though it is entirely political and a BIG LIE?