NBC Stars Call Out Network After Trump Town Hall: 'I’m Ashamed of What’s on NBC Tonight'

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NBC Stars Call Out Network After Trump Town Hall: 'I’m Ashamed of What’s on NBC Tonight'
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NBC News was blasted earlier on Wednesday after it announced it was scheduling a town hall with Trump for the same time as Joe Biden's on ABC News.

to participate in a virtual debate with Biden on Oct. 15, following his COVID-19 diagnosis, instead insisting on a live debate. the network was shamelessly seeking ratings and fomenting division by allowing Trump to speak on his own, rather than forcing him to engage with his 2020 presidential-race rival.

Despite landing a platform at NBC, which maintained that it would host the Trump town hall on Thursday night in the face of backlash, Trump slammed his formerhome during a rally early Thursday. He called NBC"the worst" and claimed he was being"set up" at the town hall, but had accepted the offer because"what the hell, we get a free hour on television."

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