CNN anchor Anderson Cooper drew heat from the media, political analysts and politicians this week for his defense of CNN’s town hall with former President Donald Trump. Read more:
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper drew heat from the media, political analysts and politicians this week for his defense of CNN’s town hall with former President Donald Trump, one even posting a deepfake video of Cooper Friday that appeared to show him complimenting Trump’s performance at the event.... [+]
Debate between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Whiting Auditorium at the Cultural Center Campus on March 6, 2016, in Flint, Michigan.
After Cooper’s comments, others in the media criticized him for defending his network’s decision to host the town hall, with political commentator Keith Olbermann taking to Twitter to say, “Instead of Anderson Cooper bravely calling out his bosses, last night he blamed his audience,” and NPR media analyst Eric Deggans
that Cooper gave viewers the false choice of ignoring Trump or giving him a platform with no pushback.
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