{"id":2282642,"date":"2024-06-24T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-pulls-trump-spokeswoman-from-air-for-telling-the-truth-about-debate-moderator-jake-tapper\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T12:05:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:05:43","slug":"cnn-pulls-trump-spokeswoman-from-air-for-telling-the-truth-about-debate-moderator-jake-tapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-pulls-trump-spokeswoman-from-air-for-telling-the-truth-about-debate-moderator-jake-tapper\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Pulls Trump Spokeswoman from Air for Telling the Truth About Debate Moderator Jake Tapper"},"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\">30<\/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-pulls-trump-spokeswoman-from-air-for-telling-the-truth-about-debate-moderator-jake-tapper%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=2282642&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-reacts-to-bump-stock-supreme-court-decision-the-court-has-spoken\/\" title=\"Trump campaign responds to Supreme Court's bump stock ruling: \"The court has spoken.\">provided text discusses<\/a> a heated interaction on\u200d CNN&#8217;s \u201cThis Morning,\u201d where Donald Trump&#8217;s spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, \u200cwas cut \u200boff by host Kasie Hunt during a discussion \u2062about potential bias from\u2062 debate moderator Jake Tapper. The conflict arose when Leavitt attempted to criticize \u200cTapper&#8217;s perceived\u200c anti-Trump \u200dstance, leading to Hunt\u2062 interrupting and eventually cutting off Leavitt&#8217;s microphone. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horrific-crime-up-to-12-arrested-for-raping-girl-14-attackers-tied-to-somalia-north-africa\/\" title=\"Shocking Incident: 12 Arrested for Assaulting 14-Year-Old Girl - Suspects Linked to Somalia and North Africa\">incident highlights concerns<\/a> about media bias and the \u200btreatment of political figures \u200don news platforms. The\u200b article \u2062also delves into the broader implications of media partisanship and its impact on public discourse and the integrity of \u200bupcoming debates and elections. a note\u200b from The Western Journal\u2019s Deputy Managing Editor underscores the perceived threat to \u2063unbiased journalism and the crucial role\u2064 of reader support in maintaining their platform amid challenges from\u2063 Big Tech and advertising blacklists. The text sets the stage for the expected dynamics in the upcoming debate between Donald Trump and Joe\u200b Biden, emphasizing the importance of fair media \u200bcoverage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/%20\"><span>Joe Saunders<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 24, 2024 at 8:30am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>If this is what CNN\u2019s pre-debate coverage looks like, the bias on display Thursday should be a blast.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing Monday on CNN\u2019s \u201cThis Morning,\u201d a spokeswoman for former President Donald Trump tried to answer a question about the coming contests between Trump and President Joe Biden by pointing out the documented prejudices of debate moderator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jake-tapper-berates-lara-trump-abruptly-cuts-off-interview-mentions-bidens-cognitive-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Tapper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Tapper\u2019s CNN colleague Kasie Hunt wouldn\u2019t let her get a word in edgewise.<\/p>\n<p>The clash started when Hunt asked Trump campaign press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-crushes-biden-latest-fundraising-numbers-tide-turning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> what she expected from Biden at the debate \u2014 prefacing it with a video of Trump basically mocking the incumbent\u2019s abilities.<\/p>\n<p>When Leavitt started to respond by calling into question the inherent unfairness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/debate-moderators-reaction-bidens-2020-election-resurfaces-fairness-called-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tapper<\/a> as the debate moderator \u2014 given his history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jake-tapper-loses-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-air anti-Trump behavior<\/a> \u2014 Hunt got into a Huff.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is how Jake Tapper, next week\u2019s debate moderator, reacted to the 2020 results:<\/p>\n<p>He called the Trump presidency a time of lies, cruelty and inhumanity<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor tens of millions of our fellow Americans, their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-going-on-with-the-paul-pelosi-story\/\" title=\"What Is Going On With the Paul Pelosi Story?\">long national nightmare<\/a> is over\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/umfBJotOO3\">pic.twitter.com\/umfBJotOO3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Poso \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1803795912377942091?\">June 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMa\u2019am, we\u2019re going to stop this interview if you continue to attack my colleague,\u201d she cut in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to talk about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who you work for, yes?\u201d Hunt said. \u201cIf you are here to speak on his behalf, then I am willing to have this conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will Thursday\u2019s debate be moderated fairly?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When Leavitt answered she was merely \u201cstating facts,\u201d the CNN host called the whole thing off.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt\u2019s microphone was cut and she disappeared from the air as Hunt explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I\u2019m sorry. We\u2019re going to come back after the panel. Karoline, thank you very much for your time. You are welcome to come back at any point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is welcome to come back and speak about Donald Trump, and Donald Trump will have equal time to Joe Biden when they both join us now \u2026 at next, early, later this week, in Atlanta for this debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to stop this interview.\u201d Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt goes on CNN and keeps attacking CNN debate moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. Anchor Kasie Hunt gets fed up and dumps Leavitt from the air. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/09gDp0Ymjy\">pic.twitter.com\/09gDp0Ymjy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1805211863262634414?\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunt later attempted to defend her move in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou come on my show, you respect my colleagues. Period,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI don\u2019t care what side of the aisle you stand on, as my track record clearly shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You come on my show, you respect my colleagues. Period. I don\u2019t care what side of the aisle you stand on, as my track record clearly shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kasie Hunt (@kasie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kasie\/status\/1805195530621882695?\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But many commenters weren\u2019t having it.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stop pretending to be journalists. We all know you\u2019re Democratic Party activists. The jig is up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1805224462914031843?\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Everything she said was true. The truth hurts<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1805239497401000191?\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LOL \u2013 Everything she said was true \u2013 and you showed zero respect for your guest.<\/p>\n<p>And please quit pretending to be fair \u2013 you\u2019re a paid propagandist for the Democrat party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tKG2PnC6mm\">pic.twitter.com\/tKG2PnC6mm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catturd \u2122 (@catturd2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catturd2\/status\/1805212365790527981?\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem with Hunt\u2019s position is that what Leavitt was probably getting to was that Trump\u2019s performance in the debate will depend very much on his treatment by moderators Tapper and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-dana-bash-admits-bidens-treatment-7th-grandchild-sad-disturbing-blames-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN\u2019s Dana Bash<\/a>, both known liberal figures, and conservatives have scant reason to believe they won\u2019t bring their political biases to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt made that clear in her own social media post after the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cut off my microphone for bringing up the debate moderator\u2019s history of anti-Trump lies,\u201d she said. \u201cThis proved our point that President Trump will not be treated fairly on Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You cut off my microphone for bringing up the debate moderator\u2019s history of anti-Trump lies.<\/p>\n<p>This proved our point that President Trump will not be treated fairly on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Yet he is still willing to go into this 3-1 fight to bring his winning message to the American\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EIsiKzvxeq\">https:\/\/t.co\/EIsiKzvxeq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kleavittnh\/status\/1805219239776637183?\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Trump spokeswoman who didn\u2019t bring that to her answer about a prediction of the debate performance wouldn\u2019t be doing her job.<\/p>\n<p>And a CNN interviewer who cut her off for doing so wouldn\u2019t be doing her job \u2014 if her job was actually to allow the Trump side to address CNN viewers.<\/p>\n<p>If her job was to manipulate the conversation to present Biden in the best possible light and Trump in the worst, however, that\u2019s exactly the move she would make.<\/p>\n<p>If this is how CNN is handling the run-up to Thursday\u2019s clash in Atlanta, the bias that\u2019s on display at the actual event should be a blast indeed.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. 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He&#8217;s been with Liftable Media since 2015.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Joe has spent more than 30 years as a reporter, copy editor and metro editor in newsrooms in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. He&#8217;s been with Liftable Media since 2015. Largely a product of Catholic schools, who discovered Ayn Rand in college, Joe is a lifelong newspaperman who learned enough about the trade to be skeptical of every word ever written. He was also lucky enough to have a job that didn&#8217;t need a printing press to do it. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Philadelphia <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Joe Saunders, June 24, 2024, at 8:30 am: CNN&#8217;s pre-debate coverage already shows bias. 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