Major Networks Cut Away From President Trump’s Election Fraud Speech
In New York, CBS News cut away from President Trump's prime-time election fraud speech before it concluded, while ABC and NBC reportedly did not air it at all.
New York, NY, July 16, 2026 —
Major television networks in New York made decisions to cut away from President Trump’s prime-time address concerning allegations of election fraud before the speech had concluded. CBS News, in particular, ceased broadcasting the speech prior to its completion.
Reports indicate that other prominent networks, ABC and NBC, did not air the President’s remarks on election fraud at all. The exact reasoning behind these broadcast decisions was not immediately available, nor was the specific content of the parts of the speech that were broadcast or omitted.
The decision by CBS News to cut away from the live broadcast of the President’s speech marks a notable moment in media coverage of political addresses. The specific timing of when CBS News stopped broadcasting and the circumstances leading to that decision were not detailed.
Similarly, the absence of the speech from ABC and NBC’s prime-time schedules signifies a divergence in how these networks chose to cover the President’s statements on election integrity. The full extent of their coverage or non-coverage, and the specific programs affected, were not provided in the summary.
Story summarized from the original created by Emily Goodin on nypost.com, see more information here.
