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‘A Trump Infomercial’: Backlash Erupts Against CNN for Hosting the Former President
Breitbart ^ | 10 May 2023 | PAUL BOIS

Posted on 05/11/2023 11:46:22 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

CNN faced backlash from opponents of former President Donald Trump for hosting him in a town hall on the network Wednesday, charging that they gave him a stage.

“CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” lamented socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). “They have lost total control of this ‘town hall’ to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan 6th, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim. The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host.”

“This is a Trump infomercial,” lamented Meghan McCain.

“This is an irresponsible disaster of journalism. We have absolutely learned nothing,” said Matt Fuller of the Daily Beast.

“This is really not going how CNN must have thought or hoped it would go,” said Yahoo News senior correspondent Michael Weiss. “He is steamrolling, getting laughs for his crassest comments, and seems far more self-assured and confident than someone this deep in the soup should be.”

This is an irresponsible disaster of journalism.

We have absolutely learned nothing.

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 11, 2023

This is really not going how CNN must have thought or hoped it would go… He is steamrolling, getting laughs for his crassest comments, and seems far more self-assured and confident than someone this deep in the soup should be.

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) May 11, 2023

He’s got total control of this interview and Kaitlin Collins is getting utterly incinerated.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 11, 2023

Sarah Reese Jones of PoliticusUSA lamented how CNN chose to begin the interview by not touching the E. Jean Carroll civil trial verdict, which found Trump guilty of sexual abuse and defamation, not rape. The interview eventually did touch on E. Jean Carroll wherein the former president said that women will still vote for him.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: trump; trump2024
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1 posted on 05/11/2023 11:46:22 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

TDS on display.


2 posted on 05/11/2023 11:49:36 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SoConPubbie

So, everyone is upset. A real life candidate went into the CNN lions den of haters and looked fantastic.

I guess those ‘critics’ of CNN want to see people be tougher on the Presidential candidate interviews.....like all the Networks have done for Biden......

ROFLOL


3 posted on 05/11/2023 11:49:39 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: SoConPubbie

Due to Trump’s masterful performance at last night’s debate, I will be voting for him for president.


4 posted on 05/11/2023 11:50:37 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (5,181,324 Truth | 87,174,230 Twitter)
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To: SoConPubbie

“What a disaster! The victim got to speak!” Throw a rock at a pack of dogs and the one that howls is the one you hit.


5 posted on 05/11/2023 11:50:57 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: SoConPubbie

Who said CNN has to control the narrative? The left thinks you should only have guests who let you put words in their mouth.


6 posted on 05/11/2023 11:51:32 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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Not a day goes by when these people aren't tormented by thoughts of President Trump. Like the saying goes, "President Trump lives in their heads rent free."

Sucks to be them.

7 posted on 05/11/2023 11:52:38 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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How dare Trump display competency and skill in dealing with adversaries? He might project presidential qualities!

If Trump were a jockey in a horse race, his saddle would have to weigh a thousand pounds to make the Beltway Downs Race, fair.

8 posted on 05/11/2023 11:53:11 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) We're all Women now.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Our unbiased media had one mission: Destroy Trump!

They tried very hard, but they failed. The media people involved should be shot at dawn. To encourage the others.


9 posted on 05/11/2023 11:54:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: SoConPubbie

“seems far more self-assured and confident than someone this deep in the soup should be”

See, this is why you should never buy into your own propaganda. Trump is confident because he knows there is no “soup” at all. Only people who buy into the propaganda think that the case against Trump won’t get thrown out on appeal, or that it will have any impact at all on Trump’s electoral prospects.


10 posted on 05/11/2023 11:54:38 AM PDT by Boogieman
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So watching Trump for one hour is worse than having the corrupt Biden Administration ruin Americans’ economic well being, lose a war and destroy our borders.

Give me a break you stupid hysterical liberal twits.


11 posted on 05/11/2023 11:56:14 AM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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CNN playing tic-tac-toe while PDJT is paying 3D chess. C’mon CNN, let’s have a couple more ‘town halls’ with PDJT. CNN seems to thrive on embarrassment.


12 posted on 05/11/2023 12:00:27 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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13 posted on 05/11/2023 12:04:08 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: 1Old Pro

Indeed.


14 posted on 05/11/2023 12:04:51 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
 
 
Ain't that the truth - the caca slinging chimps in the media are utterly apoplectic. Screengrab below is from an NBC segment from just while ago. They went on and on about it, probably oblivious to the extra exposure they were giving him.
 
 
Segment that followed was about "hate groups using online memes" - showing a group of people dressed up patriotically, holding American flags. They reinforce the nickname "Enemedia" every day.
 
 

15 posted on 05/11/2023 12:18:20 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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I wonder if CNN will have any more town halls with him.

Some have noted, that it was scheduled as a 90 minute town hall, but CNN cut it short by 20 minutes, for unexplained reasons.

Some speculate, they cut it short, because Trump was doing so well, and their combative host was flailing. There is speculation that the top management watching said, to pull the plug.

Then they went to Jake Tapper and Van Jones and the gang, to pick apart what was said. Jake Tapper looked like he was ready to burst into tears.


16 posted on 05/11/2023 12:37:50 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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He’s got total control of this interview and Kaitlin Collins is getting utterly incinerated.

It just shows why the left cannot allow open debate: THEY DO NOT HAVE FACTS ON THEIR SIDE. You cannot win a debate on issues when every assertion you make is destroyed by known fact.

17 posted on 05/11/2023 12:43:57 PM PDT by RatRipper
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To: HYPOCRACY

Exactly. A town hall meeting is supposed to have a moderator, not a debater or inquisitor. Where do all these people come from thinking the network should destroy a politician they don’t like?


18 posted on 05/11/2023 12:44:50 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Old Jake Tapped Out.


19 posted on 05/11/2023 12:45:28 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: SoConPubbie

Embrace the suck CNN


20 posted on 05/11/2023 12:46:42 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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