Either/Or? 🔥

Cooper: You have every right to be outraged today and angry and never watch this network again. But do you think staying in your silo and only listening to people you agree with is going to make that person go away? pic.twitter.com/xzVEgaGeDT

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 12, 2023

Is that really the only alternative? And is it a justification for giving a liar a platform on your network for 70 minutes? Is not watching Trump on a platform he didn’t pay for lie for 70 minutes really putting myself in a silo? Touch grandiose, isn’t it? If by now I don’t know every word Trump says is a lie, I’m either MAGA or living under a rock. And half the country supports him? Where do you get your numbers, the same place Trump does?

On the other hand, I guess you could have called it a "major inflection point."

Collins: About last night, the 70 minutes I spent on stage in New Hampshire with former president Donald Trump was a major inflection point in the Republican party's search for its nominee.. pic.twitter.com/DjemhJdA9t

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 12, 2023

That’s only slightly less ridiculous.

I’d have gone with “at least he dug himself in deeper in all three pending investigations.” Although there’s really no excuse for what you did.

Having been through 5 presidential campaigns, news organizations sponsoring debates or town halls makes no more sense than sponsoring campaign parades or rallies. Cover the fire, don’t start it to have something to cover. Wrote about it: https://t.co/hCcDRr1eq5

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) May 11, 2023

You two sound like the arsonists trying to convince us the 5 alarm blaze was a good thing.

On @DeadlineWH, @AWeissmann_ says @CNN is “exposing itself to potential legal liability.”

“They’re going to start becoming dangerously close to reckless disregard and actual malice because they know what [Donald Trump] is going to say in advance.” pic.twitter.com/r7nZTzKUDy

— David Gura (@davidgura) May 11, 2023

Didn’t you guys learn anything from Dominion? Or do you want to explain this?

Does CNN have some explaining to do?

According to this Puck interview with Tara Palmeri, CNN set audience ground rules that you could applaud Trump but you couldn’t boo. pic.twitter.com/ZHKxr5rozo

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 12, 2023