Posted on 11/15/2023 10:16:48 AM PST by PJ-Comix
CNN's ratings are so deep in the toilet that they now agree with Donald Trump on his desire for televised trials in his federal court cases. Although it is improbable that this would happen, since it is a general rule to not allow cameras into federal courtrooms, they are so desperate for the huge numbers of viewers such televised trials would generate -- O.J. Simpson trial numbers!? -- that they are able to put their loathing aside to agree with Trump on this issue.
An example of this thirst for viewers came on Monday when CNN's legal analyst Elie Honig appeared on The Source with Kaitlin Collins and dared to say Trump made a "smart move" to back cameras in the courtroom in this case, so he could paint the Biden Justice Department as the camera-phobes depriving the public of information.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.
The rule is simple. The “journalist” is obviously a simpleton.
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