Veteran correspondent Christiane Amanpour became the most prominent CNN journalist to publicly criticize her network for airing with former President Donald Trump.
Amanpour told a group of graduating students at Columbia UniversityB次元官网网址檚 graduate school of journalism on Wednesday that she would have B次元官网网址渄ropped the mic at B次元官网网址榥asty person,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� a reference to when Trump lobbed that insult at moderator Kaitlan Collins.
CNN for hosting Trump at a live event in New Hampshire, where the 2024 presidential candidate repeated lies about the last election before a mostly adoring audience. CNN Chairman Chris Licht has defended the town hall as newsworthy and important, and Amanpour said she had a B次元官网网址渞obust discussionB次元官网网址� with him about it.
Everyone knows Trump tries to seize the stage and dominate at such events, said Amanpour, the chief international correspondent who has worked at CNN for 40 years.
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Amanpour criticized the town hallB次元官网网址檚 audience, chosen by CNN because they were Republicans or independents who plan to vote in the 2024 Republican primary.
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B次元官网网址淚 can only hope that your trust in us might have been shaken but not shattered, that you believe that we can survive and rebuild that trust,B次元官网网址� she said.
A spokesman for Licht did not immediately return messages for comment. In an internal call with CNN staff members last week, Licht noted that people in the town hall audience represented a large swath of America.
B次元官网网址淭he mistake the media made in the past is ignoring that those people exist,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淛ust like you cannot ignore that President Trump exists.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址擠avid Bauder, The Associated Press
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