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Originally Posted by Dentoman
I look at it differently. I think CNN did the right thing putting Trump on. It shows actually how dangerous, stupid and dishonest he is. Puts it all out there for everyone to see. This isn't gonna sway anyone to vote for Trump. Those people are already locked in. This shows the swing voter up close what an idiot he is and also helps motivate the non Trump voter to make sure they get out to vote. The danger and crazy were on full display for all to see, and it was bad. The cheering crowd just shows how low some people will go.
Also, to some degree, it gets rid of the angle that the "mainstream media" won't put him on.
I'm actually surprised he took them up on the offer.
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I tend to agree with you as well. I haven't seen much of it, but it seems the host was trying to challenge him. Only having him on his home team networks is probably a worse thing.
I don't watch much cable news, but frequent cnn.com, and I don't know if it is so much a right shift as an attempt to be more neutral. Oddly, the CNN website has an article condemning CNN for doing it.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/media...ces/index.html
I don't know what the right way to handle Trump is, and this probably wasn't it. I do find CNN to be a little more substantive though since their shift. Moving on from "10 outrageous moments from Trump's speech" type headlines to more matter of fact type articles about what he said, and backing up why it's not true.
It seems a stretch to think any audience leaving Fox News because Tucker Carlson is gone is going to change over to CNN. I also don't think anyone who left Fox News for being exposed for election lies is going to want to watch Trump telling election lies on CNN. I'd guess 99% of the audience who'd leave Fox News are going to harder right networks like OAN/Newsmax.