Earlier this month, CNN hosted a town hall in New Hampshire with former president Donald J. Trump, moderated by CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins. The event garnered 3.3 million viewers, received mass criticism and raised an important question: By giving Trump a platform to spread misinformation and lies about the 2020 presidential election, his encounters with E. Jean Carroll and the January 6th Insurrection, did CNN jeopardize their journalistic integrity?
In the shitshow that followed, Trump was broadcasted nationally, reigning over CNN to the tune of an enthusiastic and largely-GOP audience. The town hall was an exhibition of misleading information, mockery and straight-up lies. According to CNN, Trump either lied or said misleading statements over twenty times during the town hall.
The town hall was a testament to the challenges journalists continue to face while covering politics. We’ve been asking the same question for the last decade: How the hell should journalists cover Trump?
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