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AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Trump speech gives TV networks a tough choice

President Trump 's primetime address Thursday night is forcing TV networks to choose: Air potential 2020 election falsehoods, or risk backlash from a White House that's shown little hesitation in confronting the media. Why it matters: What usually would be a straightforward decision to carry a presidential address has become a high-stakes editorial judgment for broadcast networks. Driving the news: Trump has said that his 9 p.m. ET speech from the East Room will focus on "free and fair elections." He has promised a "very big announcement" and "really big news" regarding the security of the U.S. voting system. - He hasn't specifically said whether he'll bring up the 2020 election — an obsession of Trump's since he lost it and cried…

THEFEDERALIST (Brianna Lyman) - You Don’t Hate Media Enough: NYT, WaPo Remember Ayatollah As ‘Cleric’ With ‘Easy Smile’

If you thought The Washington Post’s infamous decision to describe ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an “austere religious scholar” was a once in a lifetime lapse in editorial judgement, you were mistaken. With the death of Iran’s brutal dictatorial supreme leader, both The New York Times and The Post are back to remind you […]