CNN has forgotten what happens to snitches.
That was apparent as the liberal network decided to criticize fellow liberal network ABC for doing an interview with President Trump and not treating him like garbage. ABC anchor David Muir was tough, but respectful—that wasn’t enough for CNN. They think all the media should have the level of partisan hatred for the president that they do. They made this quite clear on “Reliable Sources” on Tuesday night. The show’s ratings are subterranean.
“David Muir had an enormous responsibility on his hands… Muir’s interview was an opportunity to prosecute Trump on these issues and his conduct amid the crisis. It was an opportunity to ask him important Q’s and hold his feet to the fire…but Muir missed,” said pundit Oliver Darcy. “The interview didn’t elicit any big news. Muir didn’t challenge Trump in any meaningful way. And worst of all, Muir allowed the president to float brazen misinformation with no pushback to his 10 million+ viewers.”
Notice “prosecute.” Yup, we weren’t the only ones to notice.
“For [him] to call for reporters ‘to prosecute’ Trump is revealing, because to prosecute means to seek a desired outcome. Prosecuting Trump certainly is CNN‘s objective, but journalism should be about obtaining and revealing facts, not achieving predefined results. This is another reflection of how broken CNN‘s news operation is,” said Cornell Law professor William Jacobson.
Darcy continued, “Here’s an example: Muir asked Trump whether Americans will have access to testing as they head back to work. Trump said ‘they should have no problem’ an answer Muir simply accepted. Trump then bashed President Obama, claiming that he had inherited ‘broken tests’ from him. Muir didn’t push back on this falsehood, only asking Trump what he had done during his term to stock the shelves. Apparently Muir didn’t find that answer — or lack of an answer — worth interrogating in any way. Instead of grilling Trump further on why he didn’t prepare for a pandemic or pointing out that the Ukraine scandal wasn’t a ‘total hoax,’ Muir took the answer and moved on… Muir’s interview left a lot to be desired.”
In contrast, CNN‘s idea of tough journalism is putting Chris Cuomo on the air with his NY governor brother Andrew Cuomo and serving up this portion of devastating interrogation, “Do you think that you are an attractive person now, because you’re single and ready to mingle? Do you really think that you’re some desirable single person?” said the CNN host to his brother on Tuesday.
You're feeling pretty good about yourself these days, aren't you @NYGovCuomo [1] ? pic.twitter.com/E82jNFYV6b [2]
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) May 6, 2020 [3]
More chimed in to rake the network over the coals. “That CNN saw fit to rip Muir is curious and tells us more about CNN than it does about Muir. A key phrase in the CNN analysis is that Muir had an ‘opportunity to prosecute Trump.’ That attitude suggests a journalistic approach to attack or antagonize the president,” Professor Jeffrey McCall said. “That is different from challenging and seeking clarification. Tough journalism is different from being an adversary. Muir did ask tough questions and challenged the president, but he also maintained a respectful tone as appropriate to the situation.”
PART ONE: @DavidMuir [4] has an exclusive interview with Pres. Trump in Phoenix, Arizona, asking about the risk of more lives lost to COVID-19 in the push to reopen, testing and the economy and his message to the families of the 70,000 Americans now dead. https://t.co/hzG1drfzIj [5] pic.twitter.com/bivV4KSxJq [6]
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) May 6, 2020 [7]
“It’s beyond parody that CNN thought Muir wasn’t tough enough on Trump and have decided to raise hell over his supposed failure. One of the biggest issues with this farce of a network is, they all but demand other news outlets behave and go about their news presentations like they do,” media critic Curtis Houck said. “In other words, what CNN wants is partisanship, yelling, relentless snark — both from chyrons and talent — making faces, and overall behavior that would resemble that of a juvenile.”
That is the credibility level of CNN when making charges against any other member of the media.
This piece was written by PoliZette Staff on May 7, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette [8] and is used by permission.
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