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President Trump and Joe Biden are set to take center stage on June 27 for the first 2024 Presidential Debate on CNN.
Despite CNN’s “live” coverage, there are reports of CNN changing the broadcast delay for the upcoming debate from the traditional 7 seconds to 1-2 minutes.
This is sparking widespread controversy, which raises serious concerns for viewers regarding the implications for freedom of speech and access to unfiltered truth.
What does CNN’s format change for the debate mean for freedom of speech?
The foundation of the U.S. Constitution is the ability to speak freely and access information without the restrictions of censorship from the media and press. The traditional 7-second delay has been used by networks to prevent cursing or derogatory statements that are harmful.
However, CNN’s unprecedented strategy to delay the live broadcast by 1-2 minutes, muting microphones, and no live audience gives the fake news network full control over the content of the debate with selective editing.
This move clearly favors Biden while removing President Trump’s raw, unfiltered reaction and statement of facts. Silencing President Trump will limit viewers’ ability to listen to his ideas, which is essential to understanding both sides of issues important to the American people.
Censorship undermines the democratic process and pursuit of truth
Presidential debates are an essential component in providing President Trump and Biden a platform to defend their records as president, present their policies, and directly engage in discussion with each other.
Voters make decisions about who they vote for based on what is presented to them. CNN’s potential alteration of the debate’s content continues the narrative of public distrust toward the electoral process, with a watered-down version based on CNN’s discretion.
In live debates, both President Trump’s and Biden’s transparency remains crucial in real time without production curating their statements with edits. CNN, being the moderator of the presidential debate, compromises the very foundation of informed voting while causing public distrust as an unconstitutional move toward the control of information.
This is the United States of America not a communist country, the U.S. Constitution guarantees protection of freedom of the press and freedom of speech.
President Trump is truly the defender of free speech and democracy against the leftist media giants perpetuating fake news. They are the ones controlling the narrative, led by the DNC and President Biden. Democracy will die in darkness if the American people continue to allow the leftist media and the Biden administration to make up the rules in favor of the Democrats only.