- CNN hosted a city corridor with former President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening.
- The occasion was broadly criticized as Trump with some saying he steamrolled over the community.
- However CNN drew 3.1 million viewers, about what Tucker Carlson was drawing to his Fox Information present.
CNN’s resolution to host a city corridor with former President Donald Trump was closely criticized — each earlier than and after the chaotic occasion occurred Wednesday evening — however nonetheless drew in 3.1 million viewers, in response to preliminary Nielsen rankings.
That is the identical quantity that Fox Information primetime star Tucker Carlson was attracting earlier than he was abruptly ousted from the community final month. Within the aftermath of his departure, Carlson’s outdated 8 p.m. spot on Fox Information misplaced about half its viewers.
The city corridor rankings had been additionally excellent news for CNN boss Christ Licht, who has labored to draw Republicans to the community since taking up as CEO in 2022. Licht, whereas acknowledging the criticism, mentioned Thursday he was happy with how the occasion turned out and that it served America “very properly.”
However critics mentioned CNN platformed an individual who simply this week was discovered liable of sexual abuse and allowed him to repeat falsehoods to thousands and thousands on reside TV, which he did. CNN anchor Kaitlin Collins, who moderated the occasion, pushed again on the false claims, however Trump’s rambling largely steamrolled her.
