CNN host Jake Tapper attacked MSNBC in scathing comments on air Thursday after it was revealed the liberal network had been using LED screens in its reporting. Republican National Convention From our New York City studio to Milwaukee.
“We’re broadcasting live. Other stations just hold up big LEDs, but I won’t name names,” Tapper said in an interview with Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.
of The New York Times reported. On Wednesday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who has been leading the network’s coverage of the Republican National Convention this week, appeared on air multiple times with the convention in the background, leading the viewing public to assume she was on-site in Milwaukee. However, The Times reported that Maddow and many of her colleagues, including other MSNBC hosts such as Nicolle Wallace, Jen Psaki and Joy Reid, were not even in the same city, let alone at the convention site.
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According to The New York Times, Rachel Maddow covered the Republican Convention from New York using a green screen. (Screenshot: MSNBC)
“Instead, they broadcast from a studio in midtown Manhattan, with LED screens behind them projecting live footage from the convention center,” the Times report said.
“The arrangement, which several veteran TV news producers described as unconventional, creates a kind of trompe l’oeil effect: A quick glance at the screen gives the impression that MSNBC’s top anchor is covering the convention in person,” the article continues, a French phrase used to describe highly realistic yet visually deceptive works of art.
MSNBC announced last week that Maddow and other top political anchors would not travel to Milwaukee for the convention. Instead, the network is sending “The 11th Hour” host Stephanie Ruhle and daytime host Katy Tur, The Times reported.
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Screenshot: Rachel Maddow and Jen Psaki cover the Republican Convention for MSNBC from New York City. (Screenshot: MSNBC)
An MSNBC spokesman told The Times that “at the beginning of every broadcast, our hosts make clear whether they are in New York or at MSNBC headquarters,” but critics say live footage of the lively convention behind the hosts gives a different impression to viewers tuning in throughout the night.
Tapper made the comments just before former President Trump accepted the Republican nomination for 2024.
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