What The Media Blackout of Trump's Election Speech Reveals

In this bonus episode, Mark Halperin gives a master class on the White House and the media, breaking down the broad news media blackout of President Trump's primetime address on election security, explaining why he believes the controversy is more complicated than accusations of simple bias. Drawing on decades of experience covering both politics and the press, Mark examines how today's fractured media landscape, the legacy of 2020 election coverage, and the White House's own communications strategy all shaped the coverage of and response to the speech. He also lays out what both the networks and the Trump White House could have done differently—and why, in today's media environment, the old rules for presidential addresses no longer apply.