cnn, which once defined cable news, is now under fire after this week s trump debacle. underilities new ownership, it s now just one more outlet for the libertarian billionaire point of view. also tonight, the unserious caucus, jim jordan continues to carry trump s water, pursuing a pointless investigation of manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. as james comer more or less admits he s got nothing on the bidens, but he s going to keep pretending he does anyway. and we begin with the continued clean-up on aisle five at cnn in the wake of widespread criticism over its decision to air a town hall with the twice impeached civilly liable for sexual abuse former president donald trump on wednesday night that played out more like a pep rally or a maga version of the jerry springer show. on thursday, cnn ceo chris lict mounted a defense of the town hall during the network s morning editorial call. insisting the spectacle served the public well despite the widespread condemnation even fro
insisting the spectacle served the public well despite the widespread condemnation even from cnn s own media reporter. i am aware that there has been people with opinions/backlash and that is absolutely expected. and where will say this, as clearly as i possibly can, you do not have to like the former president s answers, but you can t say that we didn t get them. caitlyn pressed him again and again and made news. made a lot of news. while we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story. because the people in that audience represent a large swath of america. and the mistake the media made in the past is ignoring that those people exist. that tape was obtained by ftd live, a media website.