Amanpour, the networks chief international anchor, told a commencement audience at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism on Wednesday that she spoke directly to Licht for a really robust exchange of views after CNN put Trump on live TV. She said she respectfully disagrees with the networks view that it did the right thing and provided a service to the American people.
For me, of course, the fact that the American people voted three times against Trump and Trumpism 2018, 2020, 2022 also speaks volumes, said Amanpour as she accepted the Columbia Journalism Award.
She also pointed out how she would have handled Trumps nasty person swipe at moderator Kaitlan Collins.
We know Trump and his tendencies everyone does, she said. He just seizes the stage and dominates. No matter how much flack the moderator tries to aim at the incoming, it doesnt often work.
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For me, I would have dropped the mic at nasty person, but then thats me.
Amanpour suggested media outlets cover Trump the way journalism refused to publish the wild claims of McCarthyism in the 1950s unless his foul lies, his witch hunts and his rants reached the basic evidence level required in a court of law.
His influence gradually decreased with all but his fervent colleagues and cults, she said of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who led the red-scare movement.
So, maybe less is more, Amanpour said. Maybe live is not always right.
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