MSNBC's Chris Hayes and CNN's Don Lemon speak out against their networks for running President Trump's live coronavirus press briefings

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“They have morphed into something akin to Trump rallies without the crowds,” said Hayes, joining colleague Rachel Maddow in criticizing MSNBC for covering the daily briefings live. “The briefings are where he casts his failures in the most positive light. Yesterday the man who initially dismissed the coronavirus threat — remember we have all heard it time and time again — said that if 100,000 persons died from the virus, he and his team have done a quote, very good job.” Later, Lemon said on his CNN show: "I am not sure, if you want to be honest, that we should carry that live. I think we should run snippets. I think we should do it afterward and get the pertinent points to the American people, because he’s never, ever going to tell you the truth.”