{"id":15730,"date":"2020-08-27T12:27:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T19:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=15730"},"modified":"2020-08-27T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T19:27:23","slug":"us-media-fact-checks-republican-national-convention-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/08\/27\/us-media-fact-checks-republican-national-convention-in-real-time\/","title":{"rendered":"US media fact-checks Republican National Convention in real time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Issued on:\u00a025\/08\/2020 – 11:22 (France24.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, August 24, 2020. \u00a9 REUTERS – Jessica Koscielniak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Text by: FRANCE 24<\/a>F<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening of the Republican National Convention on Monday quickly generated controversy over how the four-day event\u00a0is being covered by the news media, with advocates of US President Donald Trump angered over attempts to fact-check claims in real time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day One of the Republican National Convention featured a complaint about his coverage by President Donald Trump<\/a>, some aggressive fact-checking by television reporters and an odd social media backlash against Fox News Channel, the favourite network of many of the president’s fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump gave an unexpected 54-minute address to delegates, appeared in two segments from the White House in prime time and had Donald Trump Jr. give one of the featured speeches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt starts by rejecting radicals who want to drag us into the dark, and embracing the man who represents a bright and beautiful future for all. It starts by re-electing Donald J. Trump president of the United States,\u201d Trump Jr. said in his speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC and CNN, the ratings leaders during last week’s Democratic convention, were again the two commercial networks that covered the convention most thoroughly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But unlike last week, they interrupted the Republicans<\/a> for real-time fact-checks and analysis. In one case, MSNBC interrupted a speech from a nurse who had praised Trump’s response to Covid-19 <\/a>for saving lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s all propaganda,\u201d said contributor Dr. Vin Gupta. \u201cThere’s no truth to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC also broke into a speech by the Missouri couple who stood outside of their house with guns as a Black Lives Matter<\/a> protest march went by, noting in an onscreen chyron that the duo had been charged with unlawful use of a weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n