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A documentary about the Trump administration's family separation policy will not air before Election Day because MSNBC is concerned about offending the Republican presidential nominee, according to new reports.

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[–] a4bsyt@startrek.website 50 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Mainstream media loves Trump, he's the most exciting thing to happen to viewership since reality TV.

[–] Timbits@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Makes sense, basically his only real skill has been in TV.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

And he was horrible at it. The crew worked hard to make him look somewhat competent and/or normal

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

if that were the reason you'd think they'd air this doc during election season before he might become irrelevant. to me it seems like they’re attempting to appear unbiased.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

They're doing a pretty ass job if it.