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ABC, NBC Decline to Broadcast Trump's Address, Shift Live Coverage to Streaming News Platforms
ABC News and NBC News both announced Thursday that they will carry President Donald Trump's 9 p.m. ET speech live on their respective streaming news services while limiting broadcast network coverage,
Major networks listed their regularly scheduled programming, but claims that they were "refusing" to air Trump's address are pure speculation.
ABC, CNN and NBC were not planning to pre-empt regularly scheduled programming for the president’s remarks at 9 p.m. Fox News is set to carry it live.
The broadcasters will stream the address and break in if needed, with other networks still scrambling to determine their plans for the speech.
By Helen Coster NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) - Two of the three major U.S. television networks and CNN did not broadcast a prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary platforms,
From CNN to Fox News: How the networks handled President Donald Trump's primetime address to the nation on July 16.
