Tainted Journalism

Hilarious watching the supposedly impartial media squirm when the narrative doesn't go their way. Christine Amanpour, CNN’s chief international anchor, expressed her views on the recent Trump Town Hall broadcast on her network. “ I would have dropped the mic at “nasty person” she said at a commencement speech at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Bravo, Christine, way to set an example. So basically you’re telling these budding journalists to follow your lead and when an interview gets heated, call it quits and head for the exit. She elaborated: “We know Trump and his tendencies, everybody does, he just seizes the stage and dominates .”  If you knew your subject so well and you are supposed to be a professional journalist, what you’re telling me is that you were basically unprepared for the onslaught. As you recall Kaitlan Collins was eviscerated by Trump, showing her inexperience in trying to play “gotcha” journalism with a seasoned campaigner in his element. And furthermore, Ms. Collins repeatedly interrupted Trump, attempting to steer the Town Hall in the direction of controversy, and in being adversarial, incurred his wrath, thus the nasty person comment. It was a Town Hall format where the questions come from the audience who are there to hear the candidate’s response.  It is not an interview format where the moderator gets to interject their own political agenda. Moderator not interviewer. Ms. Collins was trolling for a sound bite to make a name for herself and paid the price for her inexperience by being eaten alive by a formidable opponent. And Amanpour would have done no better, evidenced by her criticism of allowing Trump a forum. Her solution?  “Revert back to the newspaper editors and TV chiefs of the 1950s” and impose censorship. So much for journalism.