“This isn’t fault (she is doing the best one can), but this is a gushing geyser of disinformation that is cannot be fact-checked in real time,” added Dan Pfeiffer. “This format programmed her - and the country - for failure,” echoed Tom Nichols. “The format was impossible and CNN’s bosses should have known that.” ( Twitter) “This was not Kaitlin Collins’ fault,” Charlie Sykes said. “Even in a world where was correcting every Trump lie as they spewed forth - and we are pretty far from that world - the braying crowd would make Trump look like the victor,” contended Jonathan Chait. “No easy task given how many factually untrue things he said in such a short time.” ( Twitter) “Props to who was in an impossible position but did a heroic job of fact-checking Trump throughout the town hall,” Peter Baker tweeted. “Trump seemed to have a significant home field advantage over Collins,” Jeremy Barr wrote. “But he’s let someone on now who says it’s raining when it’s not, and he added hundreds of people to applaud when he does it.” ( Twitter) “Chris Licht said he wouldn’t allow anyone on his network that said it’s raining when it’s not,” Alex Sherman pointed out. “At the same time, I feel like Kaitlan Collins is doing as good as she can in this situation,” he added. Justin Baragona said CNN was walking away from the town hall “with a lot of egg” on its face. Trump, who despite his ubiquity in political life has rarely appeared on mainstream TV outside of Fox News since leaving office,” Michael Grynbaum wrote. “This was a preview of what American journalism can expect from a 2024 campaign featuring Mr. Trump is probably going to be the nominee and we need to be clear-eyed about what we’re dealing with.” ( Twitter) We can’t hide from the fight in front of us. To that point: “I have complaints, but I don’t really blame CNN for having a townhall with the GOP front runner,” Sarah Longwell argued. Should news outlets sanitize it or stare it in the face?” ( Twitter) “Look away if you choose, but this is what it’s going to be like. “THIS is the 2024 Republican presidential primary,” Brian Stelter wrote. “This is CNN’s lowest moment as an organization,” James Fallows argued. “Like giving a microphone to Drunk Uncle and saying: go for it!” ( Twitter) “This thing was madness, total madness,” Bill Carter said. A friendly MAGA crowd consistently laughs, claps at Trump’s punch lines - including re sex assault and Jan 6 - and the moderator cannot begin to keep up with the AR-15 pace of lies.” ( Twitter) “The predictably disastrous town hall was indeed disastrous,” television news vet Mark Lukasiewicz tweeted. “That is CNN’s role and responsibility: to get answers and hold the powerful to account.” “And she followed up and fact-checked President Trump in real time to arm voters with crucial information about his positions as he enters the 2024 election as the Republican frontrunner.” She asked tough, fair and revealing questions,” a network spokesperson said. “Tonight Kaitlan Collins exemplified what it means to be a world-class journalist. Will they defend what transpired at Saint Anselm College? Or will they express some regret? How Licht and other CNN executives address the criticism in the coming days and weeks will be crucial. CNN and new network boss Chris Licht are facing a fury of criticism - both internally and externally over the event. While Collins is largely receiving praise for her relentless fact-checking of the former president, she was facing an impossible task. “They can’t believe he is getting an hour on CNN with an audience that cheers his every line and laughs at his every joke.” “Advisers to Trump are thrilled at how this is going so far for him,” The NYT’s Jonathan Swan reported. Trump’s team was, naturally, delighted with the result, according to reports. Jean Carroll’s allegations of sexual assault, which a jury found him liable for on Tuesday. He took no responsibility for the January 6 insurrection that those very lies incited. A professional lie machine, Trump fired off falsehoods at a rapid clip while using his bluster to overwhelm Collins, stealing command of the stage at some points of the town hall. Trump frequently ignored or spoke over Collins throughout the evening as he unleashed a firehose of disinformation upon the country, which a sizable swath of the GOP continues to believe. “You cannot keep saying that all night long.” President,” Collins told Trump at one point during the event. That there was no evidence for the lies he was disseminating on stage. Over and over and over again, she told him that the election was not stolen. She fact-checked Trump throughout the 70-minute town hall. Kaitlan Collins is as tough and knowledgable of an interviewer as they come. It’s hard to see how America was served by the spectacle of lies that aired on CNN Wednesday evening.
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