Networks Cut Away From Trump’s CCP Virus Briefings, Despite Massive Ratings

Flanked by Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, in the press briefing room of the White House on March 25, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Cable and network broadcasters have begun to cut away from President Donald Trump’s daily briefings on the CCP virus epidemic, despite their apparent popularity with Americans.

ABC, CBS, and NBC all covered Trump at the beginning of the March 23 briefing, which began about 6:10 p.m. Washington time. After 20 minutes, they switched to the network evening newscasts, never to return to Trump. The president spoke until shortly after 8 p.m.