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CNN torn apart for claiming outrage over Trump’s attack on its reporter
CNN Helped Build the Stage Trump UsedNot a Neutral AudienceCNN is trying to act shocked that Donald Trump used the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to humiliate one of its own reporters. That shock is theater. The network chose to show up, chose to help legitimize the event, and chose to treat attendance as apolitical while sitting inside a ritual that turns political power into media pageantry. Afterward, Semafor reported that CNN staffers were furious and some leaders were talking about scaling back next year’s dinner presence.The Power Was Never in the Room Full of JournalistsThe people…
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