{"id":1929766,"date":"2023-05-12T12:27:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cnn-host-understands-if-you-never-watch-cnn-again\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:32:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:32:36","slug":"watch-cnn-host-understands-if-you-never-watch-cnn-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cnn-host-understands-if-you-never-watch-cnn-again\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN host acknowledges potential loss of viewership."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fwatch-cnn-host-understands-if-you-never-watch-cnn-again%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=1929766&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>CNN&#8217;s Town Hall with Trump Draws Criticism<\/h2>\n<h3>Anderson Cooper Calls Broadcast &#8220;Disturbing&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>CNN commentator Anderson Cooper didn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-may-ease-ccp-virus-lockdown-from-march-foreign-secretary-says\/\" title=\"UK May Ease CCP Virus Lockdown From March, Foreign Secretary Says\">hold back<\/a> when discussing the network&#8217;s Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">town hall<\/a> with former president Donald Trump. &#8220;You have every right to be outraged today and angry, never watch this network again,&#8221; Cooper said Thursday. The town hall was 70 minutes of Trump debating CNN personality Kaitlin Collins and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-hires-editor-of-student-paper-who-hid-in-office-from-free-beacon-reporter\/\" title=\"NYT Hires Editor of Student Paper Who Hid in Office from Free Beacon Reporter\">taking questions<\/a> from Republican voters. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-posts-worst-ratings-since-2007-despite-homebound-audience\/\" title=\"Super Bowl Posts Worst Ratings Since 2007 Despite Homebound Audience\">broadcast drew<\/a> three million viewers to the network, which in March saw its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cnn-host-understands-if-you-never-watch-cnn-again\/\" title=\"CNN host acknowledges potential loss of viewership.\">lowest rated week<\/a> in more than seven years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many of you are upset that someone who attempted to destroy our democracy was invited to sit on a stage in front of a crowd of Republican voters to answer questions,&#8221; Cooper said. &#8220;And I get it, it was disturbing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump, however, saw the town hall as a win. &#8220;They can\u2019t believe he is getting an hour on CNN with an audience that cheers his every line and laughs at his every joke,&#8221; said the New York Times&#8217;s Jonathan Swan.<\/p>\n<h3>Backlash Against CNN<\/h3>\n<p>Cooper&#8217;s comments come after fellow CNN personality Oliver Darcy joined the backlash against the network by packaging a list of tweets in his newsletter criticizing CNN.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Perspective<\/h3>\n<p>Trump said CNN &#8220;did the right thing&#8221; and that he &#8220;got the word out to millions of people that would generally not hear&#8221; his perspective.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h3>\n<p>It remains to be seen how CNN will respond to the criticism, but one thing is clear: the town hall has sparked a heated debate about the role of the media in covering controversial figures like Trump.<\/p>\n<h3>Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Anderson Cooper called CNN&#8217;s town hall with Trump &#8220;disturbing.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Trump&#8217;s team saw the town hall as a win.<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Darcy joined the backlash against CNN by packaging a list of tweets in his newsletter criticizing CNN.<\/li>\n<li>The town hall has sparked a heated debate about the role of the media in covering controversial figures like Trump.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What do you think about CNN&#8217;s decision to host a town hall with Trump? Share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN commentator Anderson Cooper called the network&#8217;s Wednesday town hall with former president Donald Trump &#8220;disturbing,&#8221; saying he would understand if viewers never watched the network again after seeing the broadcast. &#8220;You have every right to be outraged today and angry, never watch this network again,&#8221; Cooper said Thursday. 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