CNN ignored President Trump’s speech at an event honoring ICE and Customs and Border Patrol on Monday, having calculated that their time was better spent complaining about a day-old tweet.
As the President addressed a room full of law enforcement and administration officials at the White House, CNN’s Brooke Baldwin spoke at length with author Arthur Herman about a weekend tweet in which Trump had compared Special Counsel Robert Mueller to Senator Joseph McCarthy.
The segment during the 2:00 p.m. Eastern hour of CNN Newsroom began shortly before the President’s speech was underway. Approximately two minutes into the speech, the network briefly showed a silent feed of the event on a portion of the screen – even as the chyron continued to read, “Trump Compares Mueller Probe To ‘McCarthyism.’” Baldwin made no mention of the event, and no context was given for the live feed.
Among the bits of information in the President’s speech which CNN did not see fit to broadcast were: the confiscation of 30,000 fentanyl pills, 62 pounds of meth, and 11 pounds of heroin from smugglers; the arrest of 127,000 criminal aliens responsible for 48,000 assaults, 12,000 sex crimes, and 1,800 homicides; and the rescue of 78 illegal aliens locked inside a tractor trailer.
To their credit, MSNBC did broadcast a portion of the event, to the tune of just over ten minutes of coverage. MSNBC Live host Ali Velshi cut in as a chyron ran across the screen which read, “Trump About Immigration Officer: ‘He Speaks Perfect English,’” and the panel proceeded to blame the President for “politicizing” border enforcement.
Meanwhile, back at the self-ordained most trusted name in news, Baldwin was in the midst of a spirited discussion about pending criminal charges against former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
