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As this appears to be outrage by progressives, let's not forget the fawning and gleeful commentary leading up to the 2016 election by Morning Joe. MSNBC aired HOURS of Trump, Trump Rallies and hosted Trumpers for commentary. NOW they're all appalled?! Remember Shake and Bake Chicken commercials, Joe and Mika? Yeah, you helped.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
Patagoniagirl wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 11:49 am As this appears to be outrage by progressives, let's not forget the fawning and gleeful commentary leading up to the 2016 election by Morning Joe. MSNBC aired HOURS of Trump, Trump Rallies and hosted Trumpers for commentary. NOW they're all appalled?! Remember Shake and Bake Chicken commercials, Joe and Mika? Yeah, you helped.
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I never found them to be very insightful anyway, so it's not that I really watched them before they put Trump on. But once they started fawning all over Trump that was just disgusting.
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trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
Mrs ado and I are providing CNN with some feedback. It was her idea.
We used these dropdown selections...
Topic: Editorial Feedback
Feedback: CNN Shows
Then specify it is for the Trump Town Hall.
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Topic: Editorial Feedback
Feedback: CNN Shows
Then specify it is for the Trump Town Hall.
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please share with us what you said, if you like?
trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
Here is what I posted. It's not very well written, but I'm working on lunch with mom, don't have time to clean it up. I think it's OK though.
It was irresponsible and frankly, insulting, to allow what basically became a "Trump Rally" on prime time CNN programming. It is well known that Donald Trump does not believe that any rules of decorum apply to him. Not only that, his supporters, which the audience was basically limited to, just LOVE the fact that Trump spews obnoxious lies and insulting opinions and egg him on. I would have no problem with a town hall involving Nikki Haley (who I cannot stand) or Asa Hutchinson (who I almost cannot stand). Or pretty much ANY other person running on the Republican ticket (most of whom I cannot stand). The reason I would have no problem is because they don't just spew poo like Donald Trump. In fact, I would have no problem if you put a monkey on air for 79 minutes doing nothing but throwing it's own do-do on stage, because at least that is acceptable behavior for a monkey.
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— Demetri Martin
trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
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I sent in a CNN online feedback comment. Will it matter? Unlikely.
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3.1 Million Viewers Watch CNN’s Trump Town Hall
Mark Joyella - Senior Contributor
May 11, 2023,02:30pm EDT
CNN took a rare ratings victory in prime time Wednesday night, with the network’s town hall featuring former President Donald Trump drawing 3.1 million viewers, according to early overnight Nielsen ratings. From 8 p.m. t0 9:15 p.m., CNN was the most-watched cable news network, more than doubling the ratings of Fox News (1.4 million viewers) and MSNBC (1.37 million viewers).
CNN held on to first place into the 9 p.m. ET hour, with an average audience of 2.03 million viewers, just ahead of Fox News Channel’s 1.93 million viewers and MSNBC’s 1.36 million viewers. By 10 p.m. ET, CNN had fallen back into its familiar third-place slot, delivering an audience of 1.2 million viewers, compared to MSNBC’s 1.6 million viewers and FNC’s 1.8 million viewers.
In the key demographic of adults 25-54, the group most valued by advertisers, CNN dominated the 8:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. ET time slot, with a total audience of 703,000 viewers. MSNBC was second with 155,000 viewers and Fox News was third with 125,000 viewers. At 9:00 ET, CNN dropped to 399,000 viewers but remained in first place, with Fox News in second with 194,000 viewers and MSNBC third with 155,000 viewers. At 10 p.m. ET CNN just barely edged out Fox News for first place with 238,000 viewers, followed by FNC (236,000 viewers) and MSNBC (142,000 viewers).
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I’ll be watching the next week’s ratings to see how this changes. Disheartening to say the least if it climbs.
Licht is spinning this as ‘Now everyone has seen how terrible he still is. It’s good for Democracy’![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
Licht is spinning this as ‘Now everyone has seen how terrible he still is. It’s good for Democracy’
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trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
Everyone didn't see how terrible he is. Maybe Licht watched a different Town Hall than I did, as much as I made it through, but there was a lot of applause and laughter (at inappropriate times, such as when tfg discussed E. Jean Carroll) from the crowd. Normalized. The least they could have done would be to have some non-supporters of tfg in the audience to balance out the crazies. It was basically a tfg rally on CNN. Which is bullshit.Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 4:06 pm I’ll be watching the next week’s ratings to see how this changes. Disheartening to say the least if it climbs.
Licht is spinning this as ‘Now everyone has seen how terrible he still is. It’s good for Democracy’![]()
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trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
If it had been balanced, tfg wouldn't have come.
..Oh, wait...
..Oh, wait...
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trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
Mrs ado sent hers off right away, but we had a time-sensitive project to do, so I just got mine off.
Here's what I sent, for what it's worth.
I am frankly appalled.
CNN has allied itself squarely with the forces that seek to overturn democracy in the United States by broadcasting Trump's Town Hall to a national audience on May 10.
The Town Hall gave Trump a platform to continue spewing his lies and defamation with little opposition in front of an adoring audience.
The New York Times reports that CNN Chairman Mr. Licht has stated “I absolutely, unequivocally believe America was served very well by what we did last night. [...] And if someone was going to ask tough questions and have that messy conversation, it damn well should be on CNN.”
This is completely untrue. Few tough questions were asked. The forum was ineffective in rebutting his lies. The Town Hall was essentially an echo chamber for Trump, an infomercial magnifying the reach of his divisive and corrupt rhetoric.
CNN should be ashamed.
I expected better of you.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
Right. Becasue people haven't been seeing how terrible he is for 8 fucking years now. [/sarcasm]
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Much Ado, excellent.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
I saw this on discord and I honestly don't know who wrote it other than "a random reddit user." But it deserves to be read. Warning its lenghty and includes *shock* bad language. I'll throw it under a spoiler. basically you should just pick and choose from this when dealing with assholes, becasue its gone beyond a joke at this point.
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Well, that was satisfying
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trump (the former guy, defamer, and sexual assaulter)
Yes that's what all the Women... don't say.
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What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
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Narrator: He continued to violate evidence disclosure rules.
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That was great. I needed it!
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Trump’s team revels in town hall victory as CNN staff rages at ‘spectacle of lies’
Questions also linger over what the network offered the ex-president in exchange for what some called a Trump infomercial
Hugo Lowell in Washington
Fri 12 May 2023 10.00 BST
Donald Trump believes he got everything that he wanted from the controversial town hall hosted by CNN, according to multiple people close to him, even as it embarrassed the network and prompted a wave of outrage, including from many of its own staff who were upset that it gave Trump a platform to lie to a large audience.
The former president was interested in doing a town hall mainly because it would give the campaign material to clip for social media. He was interested in doing it on CNN because the campaign reached an understanding – which a spokesperson denied – that it would book more Trump surrogates.
Trump was not particularly concerned by whether the broadcast would get high ratings, though he told CNN’s chief executive, Chris Licht, backstage that he would boost their ratings, to which Licht nodded and said he should have “a good conversation and have fun”, two of the people said.
Trump’s advisers saw the town hall ultimately as a strategic win for the former president, who revelled in playing off the live audience of Republican and Republican-leaning voters in New Hampshire, which is hosting the first 2024 GOP presidential primary, and talked over the CNN moderator, Kaitlan Collins, as she tried to factcheck him in real time.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/ ... taff-rages