Seth Meyers on How He Handles Fast News Cycle During Trump Presidency | THR News - video Dailymotion

"I'm betting what we're talking about tonight hasn't even happened yet," he said. "You think the biggest news of the day has happened? All right."

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00:00Seth Meyers is weighing in on how he handles the fast pace of the news cycle these

00:04days under Donald Trump's presidency.

00:07The late night host appeared at a conference hosted by CNN and spoke with Jake Tapper

00:12about reporting on news during Trump's administration saying,

00:22Meyers also notes that the Trump presidency has provided an ample supply of material

00:26for his show.

00:30You can report the news as a set-up to the joke all the time now.

00:34In terms of how fast-paced the news cycle can get, the SNL alum specified how frequently and

00:39quickly Trump administration officials are pushed out, and in that regard, material that's

00:43produced for his NBC show can quickly go bad.

00:46Meyers also went on to discuss what it's like reporting on facts and statements, with

00:50Tapper, who's the chief Washington correspondent for CNN, telling the audience,

00:54We get accused of being negative about President Trump by just stating facts about President Trump.

00:59Meyers added that he doesn't feel obligated to counter factual statements.

01:03We think we need to be fair, he said. Fair just means you state things truly.

01:07For more on this story head to THR.com and until next time for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.