11-05-2023, 07:30 PM
Well, it was certainly a fascinating watch, something that's hard to take your eyeballs away from, which is not a thing you can say for CNN programming these days. For better or worse. I did not plan to watch, tuned in only for the first few minutes and ended up watching the whole thing.
Trump was in his element, dominating the conversation and putting on a show with his usual antics. Having his hard core fans in the crowd helped a lot. Collins did fine, IMO. She did not go for the shouting match approach, something most of her colleagues would do, and I appreciate that. She was there, calm, composed, with her facts, questions, comments, and she was not driven crazy by Trump and did not burn in a desire to somehow outclass and expose him.
Criticism was always going to happen, CNN's remaining lib viewers were never going to enjoy a Trump show. Still, I think it was a good decision to do this Town Hall, as part of CNN's overall effort to return to the middle and bring back some balance to its coverage. Trump and his supporters, which is half of the US voting body, can not be ignored and those who want to do that should switch the channel to the lib heaven also known as MSNBC.
Trump was in his element, dominating the conversation and putting on a show with his usual antics. Having his hard core fans in the crowd helped a lot. Collins did fine, IMO. She did not go for the shouting match approach, something most of her colleagues would do, and I appreciate that. She was there, calm, composed, with her facts, questions, comments, and she was not driven crazy by Trump and did not burn in a desire to somehow outclass and expose him.
Criticism was always going to happen, CNN's remaining lib viewers were never going to enjoy a Trump show. Still, I think it was a good decision to do this Town Hall, as part of CNN's overall effort to return to the middle and bring back some balance to its coverage. Trump and his supporters, which is half of the US voting body, can not be ignored and those who want to do that should switch the channel to the lib heaven also known as MSNBC.