frontrunner has become more brazen than ever in his disregard for truth and democratic norms, and suggested that, despite his demonstrable malfeasance, his uniquely self-assured anti-establishment swagger remains a winning sell among the Republican base. Beyond that, assessments of how CNN handled the event were mixed. That’s all fair, but such assessments set dispiritingly low expectations for journalism in the Trump era. Collins survived Trump’s onslaught by correcting the record as often as possible and then moving on to the next topic. That’s all well and good, but Jonathan Swan or Savannah Guthrie this was not.

Source: CNN May 13, 2023 16:38 UTC