There was a lot of reaction to Donald Trump’s town hall hell on CNN – with little of that reaction concerning what was said on stage. CNN is absorbing its fair share of criticism, both from the audience and from within. It has become bad enough for Anderson Cooper to come out and address the blowback. There were signs that things did not the way CNN wanted, from the network cutting the event short and including a post-show focus group that went awry.
Meanwhile, the press has been particularly busy not reporting on items, including a House investigation of the Bidens, the White House clamping down on reporters, and the broadening border crisis. Then there is a new financial story out of the Supreme Court with Elena Kagan and a breakfast ethics challenge.
Now, crack one open and savor some mainstream media mayhem and malpractice.
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- CNN CEO Chris Licht raves about the town hall, while also delivering cautionary words.
- Oliver Darcy reports that there has been a strong negative reaction to the event – from inside the network.
- A sign of how badly this was received: Anderson Cooper addressed the audience on their anger over the airing.
- A sign that the network lost control is seen with them ending the event earlier than scheduled.
- During a focus group, CNN seemed to be unaware of its own bias.
- The House Oversight Committee releases a mountain of evidence about Biden’s financial issues.
- The New York Times managed to look over all of the proof and declare that the GOP turned up nothing.
- Politico falls back on the tired argument that the finding is all the result of Russian disinformation.
- The White House institutes new rules of “professionalism” on the press pool.
- The press attempts to further indict Clarence Thomas by showing Elena Kagan turning down a gift of bagels.
