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Several members of Jon King's insufferable "panel" admitted that TFG is using this opportunity to repair his image with voters outside the rightwing bubble. So they are totally aware of this, and okay with it. At no point did any of them suggest that he would be challenged. And now we know that the audience will be packed with rightwingers who would be the last people on earth to challenge him. No Dems allowed.
The only opportunity for any kind of "challenge" will have to come from Kaitlin Collins. I just don't see her asking enough tough questions on her own with any kind of follow-up to compete with all the fawning BS that is going to come from the audience. which will ask the bulk of the questions.
I won't be watching, but I'm sure some brave DUers will be. I'll read about it here or on some trusted reporters twitter pages. I have absolutely no faith in CNN to cut through his crap. The format alone is stacked against truth,
onecaliberal
(35,412 posts)senseandsensibility
(20,141 posts)ratings suck, since that's all they care about.
onecaliberal
(35,412 posts)The lyin king hates Con News Network.
TheRealNorth
(9,628 posts)If there is anything of consequence I expect MSNBC or one of the liberal YouTubers will report on it.
regnaD kciN
(26,511 posts)and eat it up as truth.
onecaliberal
(35,412 posts)dalton99a
(83,754 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,628 posts)senseandsensibility
(20,141 posts)CNN should be ashamed.
Johonny
(21,817 posts)Why don't the others that have declared get equal time?
senseandsensibility
(20,141 posts)This whole thing is fishy from beginning to end.
RegulatedCapitalistD
(416 posts)They are gone...they do not want us....they are trying to lure Republicans to watch. Fuck CNN...let them pound sand....enjoy the obscurity that Fox News is currently enjoying.
NotVeryImportant
(578 posts)Don't get it twisted, this is just a minor squabble in the grand scheme of things in the rightwing eco-system.
They'll be back up to their old numbers in due course.
Watch...
RegulatedCapitalistD
(416 posts)And why do you care?
Tesha
(20,930 posts)Plain and simple this is the media and the rightwing college giving him free tv time.
A Political Rally
FakeNoose
(35,227 posts)Remember the fairness doctrine? Yeah the one that Ronald Reagan murdered. Back when we had real "free speech" and "free press" as described in the Bill of Rights, the opposition party could demand equal time to rebut any of the lies/disinformation that a candidate was allowed to say on the air.
The news media (before 1980) were careful to never allow those political lies and disinformation because they hated to give equal time to the other side. The networks policed themselves in the old days, and they were quite good at it most of the time. But those days are over - the fairness doctrine died by Reagan's decree and now we're subjected to lies almost 24/7/365.
Most of the younger adults in our country have no idea what the fairness doctrine is, or that it ever existed.
regnaD kciN
(26,511 posts)It wouldnt have applied to cable programming anyway.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,634 posts)senseandsensibility
(20,141 posts)This kind of formal does not allow for one person to challenge a known liar. IF she tries, she will be shouted down.
Bev54
(11,789 posts)announcement. It shocks me that people still will give CNN the ratings by watching it. I have no such interest. By being gawkers, it will only push CNN to continue such acts for more ratings.
senseandsensibility
(20,141 posts)but many on here defended CNN. As more facts come out, there are less defenders.