Former President Trump on Thursday shared his excitement over the ratings from his CNN town hall in a series of posts, claiming that many minds “were changed.”“People are criticizing CNN for giving me a Forum to tell the TRUTH. I believe it was a very smart thing that they did, with Sky High Ratings that they haven’t seen in a very long time,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Many minds were changed on Wednesday night by listening to Common Sense, and sheer “Brilliance.”The former president also linked to a New York Times article which details CNN CEO Chris Licht’s defense of the network’s decision to broadcast the live town hall event in light of Trump’s recent legal woes. CNN’s hourlong town hall event, moderated by anchor Kaitlan Collins, netted 3.3 million total viewers Wednesday night, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The rating figure represents more than three times the viewers CNN has recorded in the past weeks, but is less than the size of the audience that have watched Trump events on Fox News and other networks over the years.

Source: CNN May 12, 2023 03:54 UTC