{"id":56882,"date":"2023-05-11T11:03:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T18:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56882"},"modified":"2024-01-04T12:38:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:38:14","slug":"how-horrible-was-cnns-lie-riddled-trump-town-hall-lets-see-what-cnn-has-to-say-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56882","title":{"rendered":"How Horrible Was CNN’s Lie-Riddled Trump Town Hall? Let’s See What CNN Has to Say About It"},"content":{"rendered":"

The aftermath of the ill-conceived CNN town hall with Donald Trump affirmed the most pessimistic projections offered beforehand. Trump was himself. That is to say, he was a dishonest, hostile, bloviating bully. Is there any reason that CNN should have expected anything else?<\/p>\n

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The town hall was bad idea from the start. A reputable news enterprise would never provide such a forum to a candidate credibly charged with sexual abuse, tax fraud, election interference, and seditious conspiracy. Yet somehow CNN was comfortable with presenting this televised Trump rally, complete with an audience of “Republicans and undeclared voters who plan to vote in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.”<\/em> You have to wonder precisely what CNN offered Trump to get him to agree to appear on a network that he regards as \u201cfake news\u201d<\/em> and insists that nobody watches.<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: Trump Spills that CNN Made Him \u2018a Deal I Couldn\u2019t Refuse\u2019 to Get Him to Do Their Town Hall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Predictably, the program failed on every level. It was neither informative on Trump’s policies, nor revealing of his principles. It merely rehashed everything that everyone already knows about him. The moderator, Kaitlan Collins, made some attempts to fact-check Trump, but not nearly enough. It was so useless that even some of CNN’s anchors and analysts were repulsed. Immediately following the town hall, Jake Tapper gave a scathing summation that concluded that “We don’t have enough time to fact-check every lie he told.”<\/em> So why air it in the first place?<\/p>\n

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Jake Tapper sums up Trump's town hall: "He called a black law enforcement officer a thug. He said people here in Washington, D.C. and Chinatown don\u2019t speak English. He attacked Kaitlan as a nasty woman… he made fun of [Carrol's] sexual assault and many in the audience laughed." pic.twitter.com\/NSzVzVEApP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) May 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n