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@barney That could be a valid argument... like if they gave this meeting to Trump and Biden requested a similar venue and was denied, then id completely support your stance and see CNN as making a mistake here.

As far as I know that didnt happen, they didnt show Trump preference over Biden as far as I know.

@deegeese then it wasnt whataboutism if thats the definition you want to use.

@deegeese yup, and what aboutism is not a bad thing... that is how you can see your logic being applied to things that arent just helpful for your biases but against your biases and see why its a horrible idea to news agencies deplatform presidential candidates based on their personal judgements (rather than that of a court).

@deegeese Ok let me rephrase.. would you be ok with them choosing not to give biden a platform by refusing to host him in debates and town halls?

@deegeese In townhalls they dont "pushback" or fact check... never have as far as I know.. the format is always typically Q&A without much interference fromt he host.

And yea, an unbias news agency has a moral (and arguably a legal one) to host the front-running political candidates equally. As for white supremacy, would you be ok with them blocking any coverage of Biden ont he basis of his pro-segregation stance in politics? Or would you scream foul if they intentionally black balled him for his extremely racist career?

@TruthSandwich Im sure you have, you are under no obligation to discuss it here of course.

@marchuff@mastodon.social We have a court in place for that, which is the proper place to judge his crimes and decide if he can or cant run for president (and id be more than fine with him not being allowed to run)... it is not however CNN's right to decide that for the country, and they made the right decision not to decide that.

@marchuff@mastodon.social

Sure, I never claimed trump was a great guy or that any of that isnt true... Buit none of those statements have yet to be proven out in court, and until they are and he is thus barred from running as a candidate then CNN has no business acting as a court and deciding that for themselves and choosing which candidates have a voice or not.

@TruthSandwich Feel free to discuss if you wish, otherwise im not sure your comment has much value without commentary, but people are always welcome to discuss in my comments if you wish so feel free.

Interesting fact of the day... there is a species of dog that is a single-cellular species.

Wow, democrats are really showing their colors today with this whole "boycott the CNN" thing... Unless I missed soemthing he is a presidential candidate, and one who so far hasnt been found guilty of anything that would disqualify him... and a popular one.

Yes he is a piece of shit, and yes he has no business being in politics... But its not CNNs job to make those decisions. Their job is to let the candidates say their piece and let the public decide from there (or the courts if there are legal questions).

As much as I hate Trump... I lost **so** much respect for the democrats today. Supporting censorship, specifically doing so with the intent of winning an election in their favor, is a new low... dont be that party...

#USPol #CNN #Trump

@realcaseyrollins I noticed a few minutes ago, I just started the restart process and looking into why.

@alfredo_liberal@universeodon.com

Of course it alarms me.. Trump is a literal pile of poo. You dont need to convince me to dislike Trump.

But as much as he isnt a normal candidate, I do explect a news agency to be impartial, and that means not treating him like a criminal until he is actually found guilty.. Plenty of reasons to dislike him, but CNN did the right thing by giving him the same airtime as any other candidate, andlet the public,a nd the law decide those kinds of things. It is NOT their place to judge a candidate, they did right, as much as I hate Trump, they did right.

@alfredo_liberal@universeodon.com Oh well if the concern is just them hosting Trump, yea I get that.. but he hasnt been found guilty of any of that yet, which would potentially preventing him from running.. its not CNN's place to make those decisions, its a courts. Until a court finds him guilty they have an obligation to give all candidates equal airtime.

@alfredo_liberal@universeodon.com I didnt watch yet... what did they do that was a disgrace. From what I heard CNN didnt do anything but i heard people complaining about things like the audience support for Trump... but thats just america, he does have a lot of supporters (he did win the first time), so shouldnt it be americans we are upset with, is that CNN's fault? or, is it something else that happened I missed?

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