CNN to Trump - HELLO? "You're fired!: A whirling vortex of lies

Echo opinion published in The New York Times:

A ‘Rude and Inaccurate’ Trump at the CNN Town Hall: Reporters at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., watched the live CNN town hall in a separate room at the event.

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To the Editor:  Re “Trump Repeats False Election Claims at CNN Event” (news article, May 11):

Thank you for your thorough and factual reporting on Wednesday’s CNN town hall at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, with the former guy, President Donald Trump. 

The coverage about the flopped interview summarized each of the mischaracterizations, exaggerations and untruths spoken by Mr. Trump in the Fact Check and related articles.

A Manhattan jury found the former guy President Donald J. Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million in damages. More than a dozen women have accused Mr. Trump of sexual misconduct over the years, but this is the only allegation to be affirmed by a jury.

Unfortunately, it’s likely that many right-leaning voters drawn to watch the town hall will not be inclined to read them. 

Likewise, the studio audience for the show, evidently chosen to represent Trump supporters, won’t realize or doesn’t care about the damage his rude and inaccurate statements do to the body politic of our country.

CNN made a grievous mistake following through with its plan to air the program after the verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case was announced on Tuesday.

Trump benefited greatly from the undiscriminating and constant coverage of his untruths- litany of lives, in the 2016, election. 

It’s time for responsible print and television journalists to pull the plug and refuse to provide a platform for Trump’s lies and vulgarity.

Jim Linsell in Traverse City, Michigan