How Will CNN Handle Tonight’s Presidential Debate?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Thursday night, CNN (Lean Left bias) will host President Biden and former President Trump for their first 2024 presidential debate, sparking dialogue on the network across the spectrum.
CNN’s Moment: An analysis from The New York Times (Lean Left bias) highlighting how it’s the first time in decades a single TV network will have full control over a debate and not be subject to the rules of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which Biden said he would not cooperate with in May. The Times noted things like the breaks for advertisements, no live audience, and the branding of the debate as CNN’s product as unique.
Jake Tapper: An analysis from The Times (Center bias) combed through debate host and CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s career to date and some of his past commentary on Trump, who on Saturday referred to him as “Fake Tapper.” The Times cited a professor from Purdue who suggested Trump is trying to get ahead on spinning the debate in his favor “so that if he does not perform well he already has a scapegoat.”
Turn The Tables: An opinion from Jeremiah Poff of the Washington Examiner (Lean Right bias) accused Tapper and his co-host Dana Bash of partisanship and argued the debate will be biased against Trump. Poff cited this as an opportunity for Trump to employ his decades of entertainment industry experience and show “how badly the political and media establishment wants to keep him out of office.”
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From the Left
In This Debate, CNN Is the DeciderThe prime-time matchup on Thursday between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump represents an evening full of promise and peril.
Especially for CNN.
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From the Center
Jake Tapper compared Trump to Hitler. Can he moderate a fair debate?It is not often, before a clash between heavyweights, that the referee attracts almost as much scrutiny as the fighters.
Yet that is the situation for Jake Tapper, the CNN host who is due to moderate the television debate on Thursday between President Biden and Donald Trump. Perhaps with an eye on beginning the attempts at spin early, allies of Trump have accused Tapper, 55, of being biased against their candidate and insist he will not get a fair showing.
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From the Right
Trump can turn the biased CNN debate to his advantagePresident Donald Trump will enter an extremely hostile environment Thursday when he squares off against President Joe Biden in the first presidential debate of the 2024 general election, but that doesn’t mean he will be at a disadvantage.
The debate will be hosted by CNN and moderated by the network’s anchors, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. It is the earliest debate for a general election ever. The two candidates are scheduled to debate again in early September.
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