NABJ president: Trump interview delayed over fact-checking dispute, not audio issues
- Donald Trump's interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention was delayed over an hour due to a fact-checking dispute, according to NABJ President Ken Lemon.
- Trump initially claimed audio issues caused the delay but refused to go on stage if fact-checking was involved, Lemon stated.
- A spokesperson for Trump contested this, claiming the delay was due to 40 minutes spent fixing audio and technical issues by NABJ.
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Trump Blamed ‘Audio Issues’ For Interview Delay, But NABJ President Says Real Reason Was ‘He Didn’t Want to Be Fact-Checked’
At the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual convention in Chicago on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated interview was delayed by over an hour, sparking a heated behind-the-scenes exchange. NABJ President Ken Lemon revealed that Trump’s refusal to take the stage was due to his aversion to live fact-checking, not technical problems as claimed by Trump’s team. Lemon told Axios that Trump’s representativ…
NABJ president: Trump interview delayed over fact-checking dispute, not audio issues
Ken Lemon, the president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), said Wednesday’s interview with former President Trump was delayed over a fact-checking dispute, not because of audio issues, as the GOP presidential nominee claimed. Lemon told Axios he was called back to address an issue just moments before Trump took to the stage.…
Donald Trump made threat that he’d back out of interview due to live fact-checking
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reportedly didn’t want to be live fact-checked during his disastrous visit to the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention in Chicago, according to the group’s president.
Q&A delayed over an hour because Trump 'did not want to be fact-checked': NABJ president
When presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump participated in a Q&A panel discussion at the National Association of Black Journalists' (NAJB) annual convention in Chicago on Wednesday, July 31, he received a live fact-check.But according to Axios, that fact-check is something that Trump initially resisted. NABJ President Ken Lemon told Axios, "(Trump's team) said, 'Well, can you not fact check? He's not going to take the stage if y…
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