Because I believe that Trump is an existential menace to American democracy, I have encouraged covering Trump as closely as possible. Instead of an important one-on-one interview with a dangerous and malevolent demagogue, CNN presented another episode of Trump’s ongoing reality show. To be clear, I am not taking issue with CNN offering Trump time on the network. Although Collins tried repeatedly to contradict Trump, Licht had to know—perhaps was even expecting—that Trump would simply steamroll her, as he did. Or maybe CNN has learned everything since 2016, and intends to do it all over again.

Source: CNN May 12, 2023 11:56 UTC