Ep. 803 - CNN just made the mistake of a lifetime

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

It's unforgivable, really. Just days after a New York jury determined that Donald Trump sexually abused a woman - who happens to be a JOURNALIST - the network had Trump on for an open conversation - hosted by a conservative woman in front of a conservative audience. They had COUNTLESS chances to back out, but forged ahead and did it anyway - spitting in the face of decent people everywhere. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. PLEASE BECOME A MEMBER of The North Star now @ TheNorthStar.com. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last night, CNN made a huge, huge mistake.
0:05.0	Let me unpack it and explain it.
0:07.0	This is Sean King, and you are listening to...
0:10.0	The Breakdown.
0:12.0	The Breakdown.
0:16.0	The Breakdown.
0:18.0	The Breakdown.
0:29.0	I'm not going to assume that you watch CNN all the time.
0:32.0	I don't watch CNN at all anymore.
0:35.0	In case there's a national emergency and they're the only place covering it.
0:42.0	But last night, you probably know what happened on CNN.
0:47.0	Last night, they hosted an open conversation with Donald Trump.
0:53.0	It wasn't a debate.
0:54.0	It was just a forum where he was interviewed by a conservative in front of a conservative audience.
1:04.0	And I'm just going to keep it all the way real.
1:09.0	He did exactly what he came to do last night.
1:14.0	He answered the questions how he wanted to answer them.
1:17.0	He spun the lies, how he wanted to spend them.
1:20.0	The audience loved it.
1:23.0	His followers online loved it.
1:27.0	And CNN has to ask themselves, why?
1:33.0	Just 24 hours after a jury in New York.
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