Lucas,
sign if you agree with CREDO and Daily Kos: MSNBC and CNN should stop promoting
Donald Trump’s racist presidential campaign.
Within hours of Donald Trump proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the United States, both MSNBC and CNN interrupted their evening programming to broadcast live footage from a Trump campaign rally in South Carolina. MSNBC took it a step further, quickly announcing that Trump would appear live on its Morning Joe program the next morning, for the second time in just eight days.
The media’s obsession with Donald Trump has gone too far and has real consequences for our Democracy. By relentlessly chasing ratings and devoting massive airtime to Donald Trump interviews and live coverage of his speeches, MSNBC and CNN are providing Trump with free publicity that is fueling his campaign.
Sign the petition from CREDO and Daily Kos to MSNBC and CNN: Viewers deserve better than wall-to-wall, uncritical coverage of Donald Trump’s racist campaign.
We aren’t suggesting that MSNBC and CNN should ignore Donald Trump entirely, but the near-continuous coverage of recent weeks has got to stop. And when they do cover Trump, they should contextualize their coverage by pointing out his long history of racism, Islamophobia and hate. As Arianna Huffington promised in a piece, the Huffington Post will continue covering Trump’s campaign, but at the same time will “constantly remind the public of what he stands for.”
The news media should cover Trump as a leading presidential candidate. But it’s irresponsible and dangerous for MSNBC and CNN to provide Trump with a free national platform to bolster his campaign fueled by bigotry and racism.
Sign the petition.
Keep fighting,
Monique Teal, Daily Kos