CNN’s prime-time broadcast of a “predictably disastrous” town hall with Trump caused a furious backlash and raised questions about the future of chief executive Chris Licht and the larger challenges facing the news media going into the 2024 election.
, was also moved to mornings to anchor with him last fall. People within the company expect that she will be promoted to the 9 p.m. hour, which has not had a permanent host since CNN fired Chris Cuomo in December 2021. And a person close to the decision-making said that the town hall controversy will not alter Licht’s plans for her.CNN’s daily media newsletter, Reliable Sources, was blunt in its assessment of Wednesday’s event.
At least one of the network’s paid commentators went public with his objections before the Trump special aired. Michael Fanone, a U.S. Capitol Police officer who was injured while defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, wrote“Putting him onstage, having him answer questions like a normal candidate who didn’t get people killed in the process of trying to end the democracy he’s attempting to once again run, normalizes what Trump did,” Fanone wrote.
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