Brian Williams: There’s No ‘Media Cabal’ to Give Trump Inordinate Coverage

Brian Williams: There’s No ‘Media Cabal’ to Give Trump Inordinate Coverage (NewsBusters)

Shortly after Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) wrapped up his victory speech, MSNBC's Brian Williams snarked that there was no "media cabal" that's dead set against giving non-Trump primary candidates virtually no air time. 

"We talked about running his speech in prime time," Williams noted to his co-anchor Rachel Maddow, colleague Lawrence O'Donnell, and guest contributor Nicolle Wallace, a former Republican strategist. Williams's remarks came shortly after Wallace noted how "two weeks ago, we struggled to even find [Kasich's] speech on a night like this."

"Far from a media cabal that's against the candidates not at the top of the ticket [sic], we've been trying to show his speeches, we really have," Williams insisted. "We looked for them, I mean, we, y'know," Wallace agreed.

"There's still an aspect of civics to this kind of coverage," Williams sighed. "We're on for hours, and it's been very difficult," he lamented.