Refusing to provide live coverage for politicians who repeatedly use their speeches to spread disinformation. During the Trump years, the cable networks would cover Trump live, but then bring on a fact-checker to call out the lies. This was admirable, but unfortunately there was a significant drop in audience between the speech and the fact-checking.15 No one is saying don’t cover the president, a presidential candidate, or a former president, but media outlets have an obligation to their audience not to air unfiltered lies in real time.
