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CNN New Day Calls Trump Orwellian And Touts Their 'Global Reach'
CNN New Day Calls Trump Orwellian And Touts Their 'Global Reach'
On Monday morning, President Trump kicked off his state visit to the UK. CNN New Day provided live coverage of the event, and was sure to bring up the an interview with The Sun in which Trump called Meghan Markle “nasty” in response to comments Markle made about Trump. Despite CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin calling the incident “not terribly important,” the show hosts spent nearly 15 minutes discussing The Sun interview across their 3 hour show. It seems that someone at CNN thought it was quite important to share repeatedly.
When Trump denied that he called Markle nasty, Toobin stated that the U.S. was now in a “1984-like scenario.” 1984, the classical work by dystopian author George Orwell, describes a totalitarian nation that regularly utilizes slogans such as “Ignorance is Strength” and “Freedom is Slavery.” Even attempting to connect these two administrations is ludicrous. It's a hard reach to equate a scenario in which a president denies an offhanded comment about a figurehead of another nation to one in which an entire government’s role is oppresses its citizens. In the tweet which Trump denied the comments, he blamed the spread of it on the “Fake News Media.” Toobin was ready for that retort:
BERMAN: I didn't know that she was nasty. He just said nasty out loud. The President then later wrote, I never called Meghan Markle nasty.
TOOBIN: Made up by fake news media.
BERMAN: Right
TOOBIN: And I think fake news – I mean, it's so interesting. Fake news with the President has become a tell, like when he says "Believe me." That's almost always a lie. Fake news is now becoming kind of a tell for things that are true, and that's a classic example.
Hosts John Berman and Alisyn Camerota then went on to make remarks about the President watching New Day because it was all he could find in the UK. Berman and Camerota then bragged about the “global reach” of their network, and even made an odd comment about Trump not being “grateful” for their show:
CAMEROTA: By the way, he’s also tweeting about how riveted he is by “New Day” this morning and talking about CNN's global reach.
BERMAN: Good morning, Mr. President.
CAMEROTA: He’s watching because he said he couldn't find anything else because obviously, CNN has so much global reach that's all he can find in London. He's talking about-- well, not exactly how grateful he is for it, but he's certainly riveted by it.
The hosts wrapped up the segment complaining about how Trump is “norm-busting” and is tearing down institutions. These institutions included “honesty” because everyone in Washington, as well as those in the media, are known for their devout sense of honesty, and “levying harsh criticism” on the Mayor Sadiq Khan of London ahead of the President’s trip there. What was seemingly lost on CNN was the criticism that Trump received from the Mayor the day before his trip. Apparently, defending yourself is presidential.
NewsBusters: CNN New Day Calls Trump Orwellian, Network Touts 'Global Reach'
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