{"id":2284589,"date":"2024-06-27T12:11:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-slammed-after-demonstrating-debate-microphone-setup-they-are-rigging-it\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:15:09","slug":"cnn-slammed-after-demonstrating-debate-microphone-setup-they-are-rigging-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-slammed-after-demonstrating-debate-microphone-setup-they-are-rigging-it\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Slammed After Demonstrating Debate Microphone Setup: &#8216;They Are Rigging It&#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\">22<\/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-slammed-after-demonstrating-debate-microphone-setup-they-are-rigging-it%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=2284589&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 upcoming presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, hosted by CNN in Atlanta, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-state-department-is-putting-brazilian-trans-activists-in-english-classes\/\" title=\"Brazilian trans activists are receiving English classes from Biden's State Department.\">sparked controversy due<\/a> to the debate rules, particularly the muting\u200c of microphones \u2064when it \u200cis not a candidate&#8217;s turn to speak. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsoms-fierce-backing-of-biden-and-harris-in-desantis-debate-fails-to-quash-2024-rumors\/\" title=\"Newsom's strong support for Biden and Harris during the DeSantis debate doesn't silence 2024 speculation\">debate setup<\/a>, demonstrated\u2064 by\u200b CNN&#8217;s Victor Blackell and Phil Mattingly, allows for each candidate&#8217;s \u2063microphone to be muted to prevent interruptions, with\u2063 visible green \u2063lights indicating when the microphone is live. Critics, including conservative activist \u2064Philip Anderson, \u200bargue that these\u2063 measures are biased\u2062 against Trump and are designed to prevent him from overpowering Biden, whom they believe CNN wants to protect. The muting\u2063 function is seen as a tactic \u200dto manage the debate flow and avoid potential embarrassments for Biden. Moreover, CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana\u2062 Bash\u200b are criticized\u2063 for\u2064 their history of \u2064anti-Trump commentary, raising concerns about the fairness of debate\u200d moderation.\u200b The broader \u200bcontext includes a tense political climate \u200bwith \u2063deep divisions, where the integrity and impartiality of media and debate formats are under intense \u2063scrutiny. The article appeals \u200bto readers to recognize \u200bthe critical \u200bnature \u200bof the 2024 election and the role of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">media coverage<\/a> in shaping public perception.  <\/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\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/%20\"><span>Samuel Short<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 27, 2024 at 8:50am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>With the first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump now only hours away, CNN \u2014 the network hosting the debate at its Atlanta headquarters \u2014 is revealing what the conditions that both candidates have agreed to will actually look like on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN This Morning\u201d co-anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/victor-blackwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Blackwell<\/a> posted a demonstration to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X late Wednesday showing how each candidate\u2019s microphone will be muted when his turn to speak ends.<\/p>\n<p>While both candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-explains-agreeing-debate-hosted-cnn-strategic-move-part\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreed to the setup<\/a>, it appears to target Trump, considering that the bias of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-pulls-trump-spokeswoman-air-telling-truth-debate-moderator-jake-tapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the CNN mediators<\/a> is already well known \u2014 and the network has an interest in making sure the president is not embarrassed when he says something nonsensical or outright lies about how great the past four years have supposedly been.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE<\/p>\n<p>Each man\u2019s microphone will be muted when it\u2019s not his turn to speak. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Mattingly?\">@Phil_Mattingly<\/a> and I demonstrate what that will look and sound like. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u0uayKxZ7L\">pic.twitter.com\/u0uayKxZ7L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victor Blackwell CNN (@VictorBlackwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VictorBlackwell\/status\/1806158863898460480?\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Blackwell explained in the clip, the candidates will be able to see when they have a hot mic with two green lights on their podium lit up. Those lights are off when the microphone is turned off.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwell demonstrated how well the muting function works by having CNN\u2019s chief domestic correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/28\/phil-mattingly-named-cnn-chief-domestic-correspondent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Mattingly<\/a> try to talk over him with a muted microphone, to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>While the concept is good in a vacuum, anyone with any inkling of who CNN shows bias against knows why this mechanism is being used.<\/p>\n<p>CNN does not want Trump to humiliate Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-conservatives-staging-free-speech-rally-attacked-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip Anderson<\/a> was quick to call foul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are rigging it so that Biden doesn\u2019t get completely humiliated,\u201d he wrote in a post on X. \u201cIt\u2019s beyond obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They are rigging it so that Biden doesn\u2019t get completely humiliated.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s beyond obvious<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Anderson (@VoteBidenOut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteBidenOut\/status\/1806095967080337842?\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another commenter called the arrangement, \u201cridiculous\u201d as anyone who\u2019s been following political discourse can see that CNN is terrified of Trump being given free rein to voice his criticisms of Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN is 100% rigging this debate,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHere\u2019s how their ridiculous microphone setup will work.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CNN is 100% rigging this debate. Here\u2019s how their ridiculous microphone setup will work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJNOX4ha9F\">pic.twitter.com\/eJNOX4ha9F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dominic Michael Tripi (@DMichaelTripi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMichaelTripi\/status\/1806097118651715598?\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mute button could also be used to protect Biden from embarrassing himself.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, MSNBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-mainstream-media-pundit-admits-biden-senior-moment-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elise Jordan admitted<\/a> Biden cannot have a \u201csenior moment\u201d while on stage.<\/p>\n<p>While the American people have been well aware of Biden\u2019s mental deficiencies for some time, only recently have mainstream networks been forced to admit it.<\/p>\n<p>What about the moderators?<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s <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> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-host-cuts-away-trump-response-9-0-scotus-ruling-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dana Bash<\/a> are unlikely to be calling this one down the middle as much as CNN would like you to believe it. Both have an established history of anti-Trump comments.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will the debate be moderated fairly?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After CNN declared Biden the winner of the 2020 election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnns-jake-tapper-declares-the-trump-era-is-over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported at the time, Tapper greeted the news with a statement that disparaged Trump\u2019s time in office as \u201ca time of several significant and utterly avoidable failures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now the Trump presidency is coming to an end, to an end, with so many squandered opportunities and ruined potential, but also an era of just plain meanness,\u201d he said, before alluding to the President Richard Nixon\u2019s resignation from the White House in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must be said to paraphrase President Ford, for tens of millions of our fellow Americans: Their long national nightmare is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bash, meanwhile, has also been harshly critical of Trump on air, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/24\/us-news\/cnn-moderators-for-presidential-debate-have-long-history-of-blasting-trump-including-with-hitler-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>CNN is clearly sensitive to the criticisms of its moderators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1805207348010447293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Monday<\/a>, CNN\u2019s Kasie Hunt abruptly cut her interview with Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt when Leavitt brought up Tapper\u2019s history of comparing Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-martyr-stood-hitler-getting-angel-studios-biopic-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adolf Hitler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it is the debating mechanisms, a biased network, or biased moderators, it is undeniable that Trump is walking into the hornet\u2019s nest.<\/p>\n<p>Only tonight will reveal how it pans out for both candidates.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45824\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45824\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45824\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45824\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>  Sam Short is an Instructor of History with Motlow State Community College in Smyrna, Tennessee. He holds a BA in History from Middle Tennessee State University and an MA in History from University College London. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Samuel Short, June 27, 2024, 8:50 am. The first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is imminent. 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