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Reaction to Trump verdict widespread, varied and immediate

Media quick to try to try to find context for verdict and the polarizing figure behind it
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Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

A sudden, in former President Donald TrumpB次元官网网址檚 hush money trial on Thursday led the media to simultaneously reflect on both the sweep of history and the most polarizing figure in modern American politics.

Broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC suspended regular programming to bring the news shortly after 5 p.m. Eastern. The New York Times and The Washington Post bannered their websites with identical headlines: B次元官网网址淭rump Guilty on all Counts.B次元官网网址

B次元官网网址淭he former president is a convicted felon,B次元官网网址 said CBS B次元官网网址B次元官网网址 Norah OB次元官网网址橠onnell, B次元官网网址渂ut that does not prevent him from running for office for another term in the White House.B次元官网网址

The Drudge Report website repeated the word B次元官网网址済uiltyB次元官网网址 34 times in red type under a picture of Trump sitting in court earlier in the day.

AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT FOR A VERDICT

The announcement came as news organizations were preparing to end a second day of waiting out jury deliberations with no conclusion. They quickly scrambled when Judge Juan Merchan, instead of saying court was dismissed until Friday, said there was a verdict that would be announced in a half hour.

Once the jury was seated in a Manhattan courtroom with , word emerged quickly B次元官网网址 the jury foreman pronounced Trump B次元官网网址済uiltyB次元官网网址 34 times, on all counts.

B次元官网网址淭hat sudden turn at the end of today must have been very unsettling for the former president,B次元官网网址 said ABC B次元官网网址 anchor David Muir.

Courtroom observers watched Trump carefully for signs of a reaction, with one noticing that he subtly shook his head then watched with little movement as all the counts were read. Trump later came out to tell waiting media that the B次元官网网址渞iggedB次元官网网址 trial was a disgrace and that Americans will have the final verdict on him on Election Day in November.

B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 now a different type of figure in history than he was a half hour ago,B次元官网网址 MSNBCB次元官网网址檚 Rachel Maddow said, B次元官网网址渁nd yet he says the same thing.B次元官网网址

DIFFERENT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, DIFFERENT TAKES

Media organizations supportive of Trump mixed dismissiveness with anger. Fox B次元官网网址 analyst Andy McCarthy, whose by Trump most days when he spoke after the trial, had predicted the guilty verdict in the moments before it came down. But he said afterward it was inconceivable that anyone else in in New York state would be treated that way.

McCarthy said the case will be appealed, B次元官网网址渁nd I hope there will be more fairness and equity than there was in the trial.B次元官网网址

On the conservative outlet B次元官网网址max, analyst Mehek Cooke said the verdict was a travesty and indicated that B次元官网网址渋f you disagree with this government, if you disagree with Joe Biden, they will come after you.B次元官网网址

Said Cooke: B次元官网网址淏e very scared.B次元官网网址

The Foxnews.com website headlined its lead story: B次元官网网址淭rump blasts B次元官网网址榬igged, disgracefulB次元官网网址 trial after being found guilty.B次元官网网址 Breitbart.com called it the B次元官网网址渆lection interference trial,B次元官网网址 while Redstate.com criticized the B次元官网网址渃ompletely disgusting statementB次元官网网址 put out by President Joe BidenB次元官网网址檚 campaign in response to the verdict.

On the liberal MSNBC, Ari Melber said that B次元官网网址渢he system worked B次元官网网址 not because of the result, but because of the process.B次元官网网址 Analyst Neal Katyal urged viewers that were pleased by the verdict not to B次元官网网址減op our champagne corks yet,B次元官网网址 because the Trump campaign is likely to run against the legal system.

A FERTILE SUBJECT FOR NEWS CHANNELS

Several news outlets mixed reporting with punditry, notably through onscreen messages displayed by the likes of CNN and CBS. One CNN message reported that no jurors looked over at Trump as they filed out of the courtroom after delivering the verdict.

Still unknown is how the case will affect the dynamics of the presidential race. TrumpB次元官网网址檚 sentencing is scheduled for July 11, only days before he is scheduled to be nominated as the Republican presidential candidate for the third straight time.

Before the verdict, TV news networks stayed on the case almost exclusively while waiting for news. Since the case began in mid-April, Fox B次元官网网址 ChannelB次元官网网址檚 daytime viewers are up 15% over last year at the same time, MSNBC is up 17% and CNN up 19%, according to the Nielsen company. That explains any reluctance to turn away.

It meant for hours of speculation and opinion. The phrase B次元官网网址渢ea leavesB次元官网网址 B次元官网网址 a cliched reference to predicting an eventB次元官网网址檚 outcome based on signs that may or may not mean anything B次元官网网址 was heard more times than on a BigelowB次元官网网址檚 factory floor.

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