{"id":61965,"date":"2024-06-24T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=61965"},"modified":"2024-06-24T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:38:42","slug":"cnn-bumps-flaky-trump-flack-giving-steve-bannon-and-trump-another-excuse-to-dump-biden-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=61965","title":{"rendered":"CNN Bumps Flaky Trump Flack, Giving Steve Bannon and Trump Another Excuse to Dump Biden Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most destructive aspects of modern media has been its casual tolerance of flagrant dishonesty by deliberately deceitful politicians and pundits. They justify their submission to liars as a commitment to “balance,”<\/em> a phony objective that obscures a proper journalistic commitment to truth.<\/p>\n

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\"Donald<\/p>\n

On Monday morning, Donald Trump dispatched his campaign press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, to unfurl a litany of lies on CNN. In her typical fashion, Leavitt attempted to dodge every substantive question and replace coherent answers with infantile insults.<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: HYPOCRISY UNCHAINED! Trump Flack Whines that Biden\u2019s Campaign is Making Trump\u2019s Trial Political<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the Trump team has no reality-based criticisms of President Biden, they have to rely entirely on childish personal attacks and wholly manufactured controversies that invariably complain that poor crybaby Trump is a victim of vast cabals that are “rigging”<\/em> everything from elections to trials, and now to debates. On this occasion, Leavitt griped<\/a><\/strong> that Trump is…<\/p>\n

“…knowingly going into a hostile environment on this very network, on CNN, with debate moderators who have made their opinions about him very well known over the past eight years and their biased coverage of him.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So why did Trump agree to this debate, with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash as moderators, and all the rules, when he’s convinced that they are all aligned against him? He can’t claim that he’s bravely entering the lion’s den if he does nothing but whine about it. Which is all that Leavitt was doing. To her credit, Hunt replied, “Ma\u2019am, we\u2019re going to stop this interview if you\u2019re going to keep attacking my colleagues.”<\/em> <\/p>\n

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Kasie Hunt abruptly cut an interview w\/ Trump spox Karoline Leavitt short this morning when she repeatedly went after Jake Tapper instead of answering Kasie\u2019s questions.<\/p>\n

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— Jake Wilkins (@JakeWilkns) June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n