MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Jen Psaki and other hosts sat in front of a large LED video screen during their coverage of the Republican National Convention (RNC) to give the false impression they were broadcasting live from the event in Milwaukee.

The MSNBC personalities covered the four-day convention from the comfort of their Manhattan headquarters, according to the New York Times.

“If news organizations don’t represent where they are clearly, then how is the audience to have faith and confidence in the actual content of the reporting?” media veteran and former CNN Washington Bureau Chief Frank Sesno told the outlet.

“It can feel like a frivolous thing — oh, well, gee, we’re just using the pictures behind them — but there’s something profoundly important here.”