If this is what CNN's pre-debate coverage looks like, the bias on display Thursday should be a blast.
Appearing Monday on CNN's "This Morning," a spokeswoman for former President Donald Trump tried to answer a question about the coming contests between Trump and President Joe Biden by pointing out the documented prejudices of debate moderator Jake Tapper.
But Tapper's CNN colleague Kasie Hunt wouldn't let her get a word in edgewise.
The clash started when Hunt asked Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt what she expected from Biden at the debate -- prefacing it with a video of Trump basically mocking the incumbent's abilities.
When Leavitt started to respond by calling into question the inherent unfairness of Tapper as the debate moderator -- given his history of on-air anti-Trump behavior \-- Hunt got into a Huff.
This is how Jake Tapper, next week’s debate moderator, reacted to the 2020 results:
He called the Trump presidency a time of lies, cruelty and inhumanity
“For tens of millions of our fellow Americans, their long national nightmare is over” pic.twitter.com/umfBJotOO3
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) June 20, 2024
"Ma'am, we're going to stop this interview if you continue to attack my colleague," she cut in.
"I would like to talk about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who you work for, yes?" Hunt said. "If you are here to speak on his behalf, then I am willing to have this conversation."
When Leavitt answered she was merely "stating facts," the CNN host called the whole thing off.
Leavitt's microphone was cut and she disappeared from the air as Hunt explained.
"Now, I’m sorry. We’re going to come back after the panel. Karoline, thank you very much for your time. You are welcome to come back at any point.
"She is welcome to come back and speak about Donald Trump, and Donald Trump will have equal time to Joe Biden when they both join us now ... at next, early, later this week, in Atlanta for this debate."
