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Margaret Sullivan: Trump’s Oval Office address was a pure propaganda opportunity; networks shouldn’t allow it next time

After Tuesday night's debacle in the Oval Office, television network executives should be spending the day in their spacious offices practicing a simple word: No.

No, Mr. President, you may not break into prime-time programming to fundraise and mislead.

They'll need to practice because you can be sure that the request will come again. And again.

Let’s be clear: There was no — zero — news in President Donald Trump’s address to the nation Tuesday night.

There were high-drama quotes: "crisis of the soul." There was fearmongering: "I've met with dozens of families whose loved ones were stolen by illegal immigration.