With CNN facing a storm of criticism for its handling of a town hall event with Donald Trump, the network’s star anchor Anderson Cooper addressed the backlash on air Thursday night.
The cable news network has been on damage control since Wednesday night’s calamitous town hall moderated by Kaitlan Collins, an event that saw the former president repeat a number of lies about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the pandemic, as well as peddle conspiracy theories and disparage and defame a sexual assault victim who had just this week been awarded a $5 million settlement against him. Pundits from across the political spectrum were almost unanimous in thinking that the event was a huge win for Trump and an unmitigated disaster for CNN.
On CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, Cooper opened the show by directly addressing the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the town hall, acknowledging...
The cable news network has been on damage control since Wednesday night’s calamitous town hall moderated by Kaitlan Collins, an event that saw the former president repeat a number of lies about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the pandemic, as well as peddle conspiracy theories and disparage and defame a sexual assault victim who had just this week been awarded a $5 million settlement against him. Pundits from across the political spectrum were almost unanimous in thinking that the event was a huge win for Trump and an unmitigated disaster for CNN.
On CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, Cooper opened the show by directly addressing the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the town hall, acknowledging...
- 5/12/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CNN and CEO Chris Licht came in for ferocious criticism over the chaotic town hall the cable news network held with former president Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Amid his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump sat down with CNN This Morning anchor Kaitlan Collins at the event held in New Hampshire. The 70-minute town hall was populated by mostly Trump supporters and likely Republican voters, and the former president was able to dominate proceedings, overwhelming Collins who tried in vain to correct Trump’s statements and falsehoods about issues including the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a federal abortion ban, immigration and the war in Ukraine.
A particularly shocking exchange occurred over E. Jean Carroll, who had this week been awarded $5 million in damages after a New York jury held Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against the writer. Among other things, Trump once again claimed he did not know who Carroll...
Amid his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump sat down with CNN This Morning anchor Kaitlan Collins at the event held in New Hampshire. The 70-minute town hall was populated by mostly Trump supporters and likely Republican voters, and the former president was able to dominate proceedings, overwhelming Collins who tried in vain to correct Trump’s statements and falsehoods about issues including the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a federal abortion ban, immigration and the war in Ukraine.
A particularly shocking exchange occurred over E. Jean Carroll, who had this week been awarded $5 million in damages after a New York jury held Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against the writer. Among other things, Trump once again claimed he did not know who Carroll...
- 5/11/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Washington — CNN, the network whose motto is “Facts First,” gave airtime on Monday evening to the notorious conspiracy theorist, Jerome Corsi, as well as his lawyer.
The eight-minute, primetime interview on Anderson Cooper 360° — one of CNN’s most-watched programs — devolved into an argument between Cooper, Corsi and right-wing lawyer Larry Klayman over the veracity of Barack Obama’s birth certificate and whether the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee was an “inside job” by murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich. (Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents last year for...
The eight-minute, primetime interview on Anderson Cooper 360° — one of CNN’s most-watched programs — devolved into an argument between Cooper, Corsi and right-wing lawyer Larry Klayman over the veracity of Barack Obama’s birth certificate and whether the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee was an “inside job” by murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich. (Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents last year for...
- 3/5/2019
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
In an interview published today, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said conservative employees at the social media service “don’t feel safe to express their opinions” at work.
Dorsey was speaking with New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen in an interview published Friday on Recode.
Twitter has been a target lately of conservative ire for its alleged practice of shadow banning unpopular opinions, thereby making them invisible to the vast majority of users. They’ve also kicked a number of prominent conservatives off the service.
“I think it’s more and more important to at least clarify what our own bias leans towards, and just express it,” Dorsey said in the interview.
Dorsey testified before a congressional committee earlier this month about the service’s practices. His interview remarks arrives as Us Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he was considering whether to investigate the services for suppressing conservative viewpoints.
Dorsey was speaking with New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen in an interview published Friday on Recode.
Twitter has been a target lately of conservative ire for its alleged practice of shadow banning unpopular opinions, thereby making them invisible to the vast majority of users. They’ve also kicked a number of prominent conservatives off the service.
“I think it’s more and more important to at least clarify what our own bias leans towards, and just express it,” Dorsey said in the interview.
Dorsey testified before a congressional committee earlier this month about the service’s practices. His interview remarks arrives as Us Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he was considering whether to investigate the services for suppressing conservative viewpoints.
- 9/15/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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