Let's give Kaitlin Collins the benefit of the doubt

[senseandsensibility]

Let's say that she intends to and will ask tfg tough questions. What will happen then in a building packed with rightwingers? She not only will be booed, she will be shouted down. And the orange freak will stand there basking in it.

[dchill]

1. I call that "lose/lose." CNN, attend.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

The conservative columnist Alyssa Farah Griffin defended CNN by saying that the host, Kaitlan Collins, is “tough” and won’t let Trump “get away with lying without being called out”. That’s exactly the problem. CNN is in the business of performing toughness and balance, not primarily producing journalism that serves to enlighten citizens and enhance democracy. CNN seems to exist to create tweetable moments of anchor “toughness”, through which the celebrities who appear on air make events and interviews all about them. The CNN faces are tough enough to stand in the wind and rain of a hurricane, and tough enough to call out a politician – even a bully like Trump – for lying. But that’s easy and shallow. Ultimately, it hurts democracy.

The issue is not whether Trump gets caught in a lie or “gets away” with something. Trump doesn’t care when that happens and neither do Republican supporters. We have 40 years of Trump shamelessness to demonstrate that – seven years of Trump as a political figure. He has been “called out” time and time again. It makes no difference to his support or to his habits. Exposing Trump as a liar changes no minds about anything.

But he will receive the imprimatur of respectability for warranting this platform in the first place. CNN and all journalists must concede that they perform that work, despite wishing and pretending they did not. They have just been too lazy to question doing things the way they had always done things. Every major news organization has done the same. No one has wanted to admit it is a dangerous moment or new environment.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/10/cnn-trump-town-hall-election-media-coverage

[senseandsensibility]

5. Exactly

I just can not see a way that this doesn't benefit tfg due to the format.

[Beachnutt]

3. Maybe it is a setup by cnn to

expose the con man in his defamation lawsuit for 475 million dollars against cnn.
Like, if we defamed you why would you come on our network again.

[Marius25]

4. Nope. She should have refused to hold this town hall

It doesn't matter if the questions are tough. He shouldn't be getting airtime.

[hlthe2b]

6. She agreed to do I it on those terms. She will therefore OWN it--good or debacle.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. I agree.

I won't be watching, but I'm hoping she stands firm with that creep.

[FoxNewsSucks]

11. I don't see how,

and not just because of her Daily Caller background.

She might want to be seen as "tough", but she'll be in a room with 400 cult members and their leader. That's enough to intimidate almost anyone

[senseandsensibility]

13. This

It's a set up.

[Jarqui]

8. The Rapist-in-Chief shouldn't be on CNN ...nt

[LonePirate]

9. Is he screening the questions? I have no doubt he placed conditions on the partisan audience members

[Caliman73]

12. When you platform fascism and corruption, you endorse it.

People who are fascistic and corrupt, don't care how and where they get their message out. It is about the performance and spectacle. When you approach a fascist as an exercise in good faith, you are already ceding the victory. You cannot be "objective" about fascism, White nationalism, and the corruption that Trump represents.

Fascism is a completely bankrupt and repugnant ideology. There is no "side" there. It is unacceptable as an ideology. We should not give voice to an ideology that seeks to dominate, discriminate against, and destroy groups of people.

I don't care that he is the likely nominee for one of the two major political parties. We already know what he stands for and it is unacceptable and should be treated that way.

[senseandsensibility]

14. Your last two sentences

say it all.

[Midnight Writer]

15. It's exactly what Trump supporters want. A public fight, with Donald as their champion.

[senseandsensibility]

16. Yes, could CNN be any more obvious about who they

want to attract?

[Demsrule86]

17. Kaitlin Collins is not good IMHO...and I always disliked her. The MAGA's were picked to

bring right-wingers on board to CNN...it will be a MAGA love fest with BS questions to try to make Trump acceptable.

[Bev54]

21. I agree, she can be rude and determined but did not ask good questions. She may do well on a

scripted basis with a producer in her ear phone but the girl has no real talent and she proved that on the WH press beat. I could not believe it when CNN gave her Jim Acosta's position as chief WH reporter and was even more flummoxed when they brought her in as a political pundit and then giving her an anchor desk. I do believe she aligns politically with their new CEO and investor. She came from the Daily Caller and I am waiting till she tries to get Tucker in the door.

[Demsrule86]

25. She worked for Fox.

[Bev54]

26. I don't think she ever worked for Fox but she did work for Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

18. From what I've seen of her, she is a dry, fact focused robot, might just piss him off, lol

He could self implode and walk off at any time

[Just A Box Of Rain]

19. I expect tonight will go very poorly for Trump.

I look forward to watching him implode.

[GuppyGal]

22. And don't forget the Hal Sparks recap of it .....yaaas ! nt

[Just A Box Of Rain]

23. Trump, who is the world's laziest, most narcissistic, and most dishonest man

is almost going to gop into this event thinking that he will find a friendly audience--and will therefore come in unprepared.

That might not turn out well for him.

We will soon see. I have zero confidence in his abilities, myself.

[Silent Type]

20. Well, she was banned from some trump press conferences for asking tough questions in 2018.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. I will be boycotting CNN

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