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Trump: No live stream on execution of an assassin

Following a wave of indignation, US President Donald Trump has cancelled the live broadcast of an execution.

Original: Trump: Kein Livestream bei Hinrichtung eines Attentäters

Justice 16 independent outlets · 42 articles translated from German

What happened

Many people would rather not watch the man die, US President Donald Trump justified the reversal on his platform Truth Social.

What outlets write

  1. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 14 October, 20:02
    «The Pentagon has decided to broadcast live the execution of the assassin Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at the U.S. military base Fort Hood»
  2. RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) 15 October, 16:38
    «The execution of the assassin is to be transferred to the whole world by U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth»
  3. stern 15 October, 16:49 and 1 more outlet
    «The planned shooting of the death candidate Nidal Hasan in Texas should be streamed live»
  4. ZDF heute 15 October, 17:19
    «Turnaround after massive criticism: The shooting of an assassin in the USA, unlike announced, is not to be broadcast live»