Ocasio-Cortez hits CNN chief over Trump town hall: ‘Disservice to democracy’
Posted on AllSides May 11th, 2023
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is pushing back on CNN CEO Chris Licht’s defense of the network’s handling of a town hall event with former President Trump this week. “Making news” is not the same as covering news. When one wishes to become a participant in events (ie. “making” news), they become the story and sacrifice the pretense of a neutral observer,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a tweet on Thursday. “Also no one got answers. It was 70 mins of steamrolled propaganda, esp on abortion & SA.” The Democratic congresswoman was responding...
