CNN robs Trump City Hall
Reason's senior editor Robbie Soave says Mediabuzz's left-wing criticism of CNN's appearance on Donald Trump is “crazy,” saying it's journalists' job to have a dialogue with Trump. he claimed.
CNN anchor Caitlan Collins stood by the infamous 2023 Trump town hall, which was the epicenter of controversy both on and off the network, saying she can't ignore the likely Republican presidential nominee. insisted.
Back in May, Collins had a combative exchange with former President Trump, who broke his long-standing boycott of CNN and participated in a televised town hall with an audience full of supporters. The two discussed several topics, including the events of January 6 and his repeated claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
In an interview with Elle magazine published Wednesday, Collins argued that Trump would have gotten the attention he sought whether CNN had held the town hall or not.
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She acknowledged that the debate over how news organizations cover and cover former presidents is “a conversation that needs to be had on a regular basis.”
“I don't think you can ignore someone who is the Republican front-runner and is probably the Republican nominee tomorrow,” Collins said. I told Elle.
In May, CNN aired a town hall with former President Donald Trump, a leading candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination, and was met with intense criticism. (Screenshot/CNN)
Collins' comments came as CNN significantly cut down Trump's victory speech after the Iowa caucuses on Monday.
As President Trump began to rail against illegal immigration, CNN's Jake Tapper interjected and told viewers, “You'll hear him repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric” before continuing with his election coverage. told.
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Meanwhile, MSNBC avoided the former president's speech altogether.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow told viewers: “There's a reason why we and other news organizations have generally stopped broadcasting former President Trump's comments live, unfiltered.” told the audience. “This is not a decision we make because we're angry, it's not a decision we take happily, it's a decision we review regularly. And honestly, in all seriousness, this is not an easy decision…but there are costs to us as a news organization.” ” , knowingly broadcasting falsehoods. That's a fundamental truth about our business and who we are. ”
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow told viewers the station would not air former President Trump's victory speech after the Iowa caucuses, while CNN's Jake Tapper said the network would not air former President Trump's victory speech after the Iowa caucuses, while CNN's Jake Tapper said the network would not air former President Trump's victory speech after the Iowa caucuses, while CNN's Jake Tapper said the network would not air former President Trump's victory speech after the Iowa caucuses, citing Trump's “anti-immigrant comments.” Broadcasting was discontinued. (Getty Images)
Last year, CNN's liberal viewers were outraged by a Trump town hall, sparking a revolt among staff members within the network.
One of them, veteran CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour, said: gave a surprising rebuke His boss at the time, CNN CEO Chris Licht, made it clear in a speech at Columbia Journalism School that he was opposed to city halls.
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Licht had struggled to win the public's trust as he tried to steer CNN toward nonpartisanship, but by that point he appeared to have completely lost the trust of his staff. City Hall marked the beginning of the end of his term. A month later, after an unflattering profile of him was published in the Atlantic; he was fired.
Veteran CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour clashed with her then-boss Chris Licht over the network's Trump town hall. (Mike Marsland/Getty Images for Serious Fans/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
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CNN wasn't the only network criticized by liberals for “hosting” Trump. NBC News faced similar backlash in September after President Trump spoke with “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker.
Spanish-language network Univision was also the target of such a furor after airing President Trump's interview with Mexican-American journalist Enrique Acevedo.
