CNN packed the room with Trump supporters. This was a demand of Trump’s, and #CNN acceded to it. Potential Trump opponents, like Democrats, were not allowed in.
That is not a “Town Hall,” and it is not a “news event.” Yet look at how Chris Licht justifies it. He pretends that the “media” has been “ignoring that those people exist.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/business/media/cnn-donald-trump-chris-licht.html