Opinion: The NRA is still peeved about CNN’s Parkland town hall
National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 22. By Erik Wemple Erik Wemple Media critic with a focus on the ups and downs and downs of the cable-news industry. Email Bio Follow Media critic March 22 at 4:48 PM National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch traveled to Sunrise, Fla.
— Dana Loesch March 19, 2019 And so on. By no means was Loesch the sole detractor of the Cronkite jury. Plenty of conservative commentators criticized the program when it aired and expressed disgust that CNN would score some hardware for having broadcast it. Speaking of the environment, Loesch’s videos show her being heckled by folks at the town hall. Kaplan concedes that the event was"raw and emotional, but that comes with the territory not only of the issue but when you have the people most directly affected, so it was true to life,” he says. Addressing CNN’s work in putting together the two-hour program, Kaplan said, “They built this in the most responsible way they could.
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