On Wednesday morning, Carroll, who the New York jury found was sexually abused in a New York department store changing room 27 years ago, was interviewed by CNN. The looming town hall had led to an incongruous viewing experience throughout Wednesday, particularly in light of a legal finding that Trump sexually abused Carroll in 1996. “I think we can say Chris Licht’s conversion of CNN into a political and journalistic whorehouse is complete,” Olbermann had said. Angelo Carusone, chief executive of Media Matters for America, a progressive watchdog, described the town hall as a “transparent attempt to goose their ratings”, while Keith Olbermann, a former MSNBC host, criticized Chris Licht, who took over from Jeff Zucker as chief executive of CNN in 2022. The decision to give a platform to Trump, a man who has something of a track record for lying, was widely criticized before the event. “‘You could kill the baby at 9 months or after it was born,’” Clara Jeffery, the editor of Mother Jones magazine, tweeted, quoting a false claim by Trump that Democrats wanted abortion to be legal up until, and apparently after, birth.
In the face of so many lies, it seemed difficult for Collins to know which one to fact-check, and Trump was allowed to present his alternative version of the universe, including on the aims of people attempting to protect a woman’s right to abortion. Thrust by CNN into Trump’s signature cascade of nonsense, Collins was repeatedly overrun. Trump's false claims on election lies and pro-choice Democrats in CNN town hall – video
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Whoever had vetted the crowd must have winced as a series of people – almost all white, mostly male – stood up to lob softball questions at the former president about immigration, the economy, about how “state governments and the federal government are going to act to repress gun rights” and whether he would pardon the hundreds of people convicted of crimes on January 6. They laughed, whooped and applauded as Trump dished out a stream of his greatest hits. “The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host.”Īccording to CNN, the audience in Manchester, New Hampshire, was made up of “New Hampshire Republicans and undeclared voters”, but in reality the crowd might as well have been scooped up from a Trump campaign rally.
“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. “CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York congresswoman, tweeted 20 minutes into the debacle.
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