NEW: CNN insiders call the town hall with Trump "appalling" and a "fucking disgrace"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-cnn-town-hall-network-insiders-disgrace-1234733328/

Trump's CNN Town Hall: Network Insiders Sound Off on 'Disgrace'

Network insiders who spoke to Rolling Stone were distraught that the former president had free rein to “spew lies” during the ill-advised town hall

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@noahshachtman did you know making him instead of far right bs MAGA-t faux nationalism faux anti globalism faux ant elites the center of attention only helps him gain traction? Welp it’s true.
@noahshachtman Okay, Lincoln, how was the play?
@noahshachtman It’s always the spineless “insiders” who do nothing. in the GOP and their new propaganda wing CNN
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CNN supports and promotes sexual predators.

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But the hand picked audience of old white men sure liked it.

What a complete charade and disgrace that was...

@noahshachtman yeah well zero sympathy for cnn.
@noahshachtman while I think this is CNN money bags making fatal mistake - but money bags do that a lot recent years, so who cares - I think Team Trump really does not understand that while it might bury DeSantis, it definitely also bury any chances to convince anyone skeptical about him.
@noahshachtman whoever it was at CNN who greenlighted this needs to be fired, and then re-hired and fired again, for emphasis
@noahshachtman I have to laugh any time someone accuses me of watching CNN. The channel that gave the Tea Party a platform for their State of the Union addresses. Anyone surprised they did this was not paying attention.
@noahshachtman CNN couldn’t WAIT to be FoxNews! Congrats to achieving the lowest possible shred of credibility
@noahshachtman CNN is appalling as is Dump and his disgusting supporters.
@noahshachtman I didn’t even watch and am sickened that they went ahead with it.
@noahshachtman They are correct. But the Trump crew loved it. They thought it went well.
@PennyG @noahshachtman Why wouldn’t they? They’re as horrible as trump and as stupid as CNN.
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Don't/WON'T watch cnn.
I saw a few clips though, & I said similar..
ESPECIALLY seeing the laugh-track response to cnn's hand-picked audience.
@noahshachtman So what at they doing about it?
‎Countdown with Keith Olbermann: THE HINDENBURG DISASTER OF TV NEWS - 5.11.23 on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Ep THE HINDENBURG DISASTER OF TV NEWS - 5.11.23 - May 10, 2023

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@noahshachtman This is the only post related to this event that I will boost. Congratulations!
@noahshachtman Still cashing their paychecks though.
@noahshachtman They called it right, for once.
@noahshachtman but they said all this off the record? I’m really tired of CYA anonymous bitching from people who might effect change by speaking out publicly.
@noahshachtman Did any of those CNN journalists resign? If not they are complicit in this travesty. You can’t work on a propaganda network and pretend you aren’t a propagandist.
@noahshachtman It's really pathetic and simple. CNN wanted to capture part of the lost Fox market share. They don't care, but know fully well, that Trump and his lies are like pyrophoric chemicals, which combust spontaneously on air at room temperature.
@noahshachtman Does that spectacle count as a political donation? It certainly should. And if she was deemed to be the best interviewer that network could provide, I’d be choosing another network to watch.