{"id":1925201,"date":"2023-05-05T19:55:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T23:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ceo-defends-trump-town-hall-all-voices-should-be-heard\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T19:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T23:56:50","slug":"cnn-ceo-defends-trump-town-hall-all-voices-should-be-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ceo-defends-trump-town-hall-all-voices-should-be-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN CEO supports Trump Town Hall: &#8216;All opinions matter.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-ceo-defends-trump-town-hall-all-voices-should-be-heard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1925201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Warner Bros. CEO Defends CNN&#8217;s Decision to Host Trump Town Hall<\/h2>\n<h3>David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-are-playing-with-our-lives-local-residents-lash-out-at-biden-cancelling-keystone-xl\/\" title=\"\u2018They Are Playing With Our Lives\u2019: Local Residents Lash Out At Biden Cancelling Keystone XL\">recently spoke<\/a> out in defense of CNN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ceo-defends-trump-town-hall-all-voices-should-be-heard\/\" title=\"CNN CEO supports Trump Town Hall: 'All opinions matter.'\">upcoming town hall interview<\/a> with former President Donald Trump.<\/h3>\n<p>Zaslav stated that Trump is a &#8220;frontrunner&#8221; and deserves airtime on the news network. He appeared on CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Squawk Box&#8221; program to discuss the Trump town hall scheduled for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-ratings-tanked-44-the-week-after-trump-left-the-white-house\/\" title=\"CNN\u2019s Ratings Tanked 44% The Week After Trump Left The White House\">prime time<\/a> on May 10, and expressed his happiness that Trump will be appearing on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>As the CEO of a media empire that includes CNN, HBO, and Hollywood studio Warner Bros., Zaslav defended the direction CNN is heading under his leadership. He stated that CNN has the &#8220;greatest journalists and the largest group of journalists in the world,&#8221; with over 80 people on the ground in Ukraine, Poland, and Russia to report on the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Zaslav also emphasized the importance of hearing from both sides of the political debate, especially in a divided government like the United States. He stated that all voices should be heard on CNN, including Republicans and Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our focus is to be a network about the best version of the facts\u2014just as Carl Bernstein would say, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-washington-post-faces-backlash-over-headline-praising-biden-did-joe-biden-write-this\/\" title=\"The Washington Post Faces Backlash Over Headline Praising Biden: \u2018Did Joe Biden Write This?\u2019\">great journalism<\/a>, and not just politics, either. But when we do politics, we need to represent both sides,&#8221; Zaslav said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about CNN&#8217;s profitability, Zaslav assured the hosts that CNN can remain profitable while still providing quality journalism. He emphasized that CNN&#8217;s focus is on providing the best version of the facts, not just politics.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Zaslav&#8217;s defense of CNN&#8217;s decision to host Trump&#8217;s town hall interview highlights the importance of hearing from both sides of the political debate and providing quality journalism to viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive David Zaslav spoke in defense of CNN\u2019s upcoming town hall interview with Donald Trump, saying that the former president deserves airtime on the news network. \u201cHe\u2019s a frontrunner. He has to be on our network,\u201d Zaslav said on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk Box\u201d program in a segment posted to Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":1925202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[7589,3850,9373,9165,4219,10251,9787,9167,3634],"class_list":["post-1925201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-all","tag-ceo","tag-cnn","tag-hall","tag-matter","tag-opinions","tag-supports","tag-town","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}