11/06/2020 2:26 AM
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Updated 11/06/2020 2:28 AM
While Donald Trump delivered a strong speech from the White House, where he accused that they were "stealing" the presidential election, several of
the main TV stations cut the
candidate's
speech in unison
because they considered that its content led to disinformation, while CNN continued on the air but launching criticism and Fox News, the informational reference of the Republican Party, did not confirm the statements.
The mogul had tried to seize the audience at the time that the news shows on the East Coast, after a day in which his advantages in Pennsylvania and Georgia diminished as the scrutiny progressed.
Pending the final results of the elections on Tuesday, Trump said he would win "easily" if "legal votes" were counted, but that if "illegal votes" were included, Democrats could "try to steal the elections from us." .
At that time and very quickly, the
MSNBC
channel
ceased its live broadcast.
"Well, here we are again in the unusual position of (having to)
not only interrupt
the president of the United States, but
also correct
the president of the United States," said the presenter, Brian Williams.
"We have to interrupt here because the president is making
false statements
, including the idea that there has been a fraudulent election. There is no proof of that," added Lester Holt.
NBC was one of the signals that cut off Donald Trump's speech.
ABC News
also interrupted the broadcast that did not end up being a press conference, as the president left the desk without answering questions from journalists.
"There just has been no evidence in any of these states that there are illegal votes," said David Muir, the host of the country's most followed newscast with 8 million viewers a day.
CBS's
Norah O'Donnell
interrupted and asked correspondent Nancy Cordes to do a fact check on Trump's claim.
Cordes responded that there was no indication of a significant number of illegal votes, noting that the statement about a late arrival of votes was "another falsehood."
Donald Trump spoke from the White House at the height of television viewing.
Photo: AFP
CNN
-which has already had several interdictions with Trump- fully broadcast the statement live, but its presenter Jake Tapper criticized the president "What a sad night for the United States of America to see its president (...)
falsely accuse people
of trying to steal the elections, "he exclaimed.
Journalist Anderson Cooper added that Trump was "like an obese turtle flipped on the ground, wriggling in a scorching sun realizing that
his time is up
."
Although CNN kept the president on the air, the plinth above the screen read: "
Without presenting evidence
, Trump claims he is being cheated."
On
Fox News
, commentators Bill Bennett and Byron York said that just because Trump didn't flag specific cases of wrongdoing doesn't mean there haven't been any.
But the president and his lawyers need to present evidence, they said.
"We have not seen anything that constitutes fraud or abuse of the system," concluded White House correspondent John Roberts.
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