CNN Media Reporter Oliver Darcy Slams ‘Spectacle of Lies’ in Network’s Trump Town Hall
thewrap.comhis Reliable Sources newsletter, which came just 15 minutes after CNN released a statement essentially bragging about the event.Darcy began with a description of Trump’s behavior and his interactions with the town hall’s moderator, Kaitlan Collins.
Collins, Darcy said, was “tough and knowledgeble,” [sic] and “fact-checked Trump throughout.” The problem, Darcy argued, was that this was meaningless in response to someone like the disgraced former president.“A professional lie machine, Trump fired off falsehoods at a rapid clip,” Darcy wrote, “while using his bluster to overwhelm Collins, stealing command of the stage at some points of the town hall.”“Trump lied about the 2020 election.
He took no responsibility for the January 6 insurrection that those very lies incited. And he mocked E. Jean Carroll’s allegations of sexual assault, which a jury found him liable for on Tuesday,” Darcy added.
And then he turned his critical gaze to his employer.“And CNN aired it all. On and on it went. It felt like 2016 all over again.
Read more on thewrap.com