CNN handed network over to DNC, but critics expect ‘drastic’ change for Trump and RNC

CNN handed its network over to the Democratic Party last week, broadcasting the Democratic National Convention in almost its entirety – but critics and media watchdogs don’t expect the GOP to receive equal treatment from the liberal network.

CNN broadcast 520 minutes of the 583-minute party-produced event, skipping only parts such as closing musical acts and prayers, according to the Media Research Center.

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“Between about 9 p.m. and the end of the main speech each evening, CNN never interrupted the work of the DNC for any kind of commentary or analysis, stopping only for a few commercials,” the MRC Research Director, Rich Noyes.

“Otherwise, every speech, every video, every lame joke was shown exactly as intended by the party.”

The four-night Republican National Convention kicks off Monday, and many media watchdogs don’t expect CNN to offer the same GOP-friendly treatment.

“Expect the difference to be drastic – not just in the response from the experts, but in the actual coverage choices themselves. Prepare for uneven times, ”wrote Steve Krakauer, CNN digital producer turned editor of Fourth Watch.

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“Networks like CNN believe they’re in an existential fight with the White House guy,” Krakauer added. “You think they’re just going to run a campaign ad for him – even if that’s the ‘norm’ or tradition … or even what they just did for the Democrats?

Krakauer then noted that CNN had already “laid the groundwork for CNN to give the RNC unequal time” when the Liberal Network’s internal media critic Brian Stelter questioned aloud whether the networks should cut what they are. consider it “disinformation”.

Stelter predicted an “imbalance of truth” on Sunday and claimed that viewers are likely to hear “lies coming quickly and furiously from the president” and his allies during RNC speeches.

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“There is a real difference, there is a real contrast in the amount of lies and deception between Trumpworld and other parts of the political universe. I don’t think we can paint with too broad a brush here, Democrats versus Republicans. But it’s definitely Trumpworld against other political leaders. I think it’s something called the asymmetric lie, “Stelter said before noting that the CNN fact-checker concluded that DNC’s speeches were” largely accurate. “

Tim Graham, of the Media Research Center, responded: “The first sign you know someone is sounding like a DNC publicist is when they find whatever Democrats say ‘largely correct’. It is “ correct ” to blame 175,000 deaths on Trump. It is “correct” to claim that the demonstrators in the streets are almost entirely “peaceful”. “

Jeffrey McCall, a DePauw University professor and media critic, thinks it will be interesting to see if CNN treats both sides equally – but he doesn’t expect the Tories to be thrilled with the outcome.

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“The coverage of the DNC last week was quite festive and joyful, with little verification of the various statements by speakers. Given CNN’s practices in recent years, viewers shouldn’t expect this approach during NCR, ”McCall told Fox News.

CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Although Stelter pointed out that the DNC is mostly accurate, CNN has actually found issues with things that were spoken at last week’s convention – but the network has not interrupted the real-time fact-checking. , but does it after the fact or online.

CNN’s Holmes Lybrand said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ‘misleading’ when he described his state’s response to the coronavirus as a success Joe Biden may have been inaccurate on the number of companies closing amid the coronavirus pandemic, John Kerry could have been misleading when he spoke about the Iran nuclear deal and Michelle Obama failed to mention that the “cages” used to house children at the border were built during the administration of her husband.

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CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale also wrote an article on the web highlighting various misinformation delivered to the DNC, expanding on many of Lybrand’s findings. Dale, Lybrand and other CNN figures were quick to add warnings such as “there wasn’t much to verify” from Democrats before pointing out all the things that needed to be done. ” a fact-check or clarification.

CNN did not interrupt real-time Democratic speeches despite all of Lybrand and Dale’s conclusions, which Stelter believes the network will do for Republicans.

Vanity Fair contributing writer Peter Hamby told Stelter on Sunday that this “presents an immediate imbalance” and that it would be unfair if CNN did not treat both parties equally.

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Lois Boynton, professor of journalism ethics at the University of North Carolina, told Fox News that it would be “wise” for CNN to listen to Hamby.

“In addition to the important fairness factor, networks at all levels need to take into account the discomfort that cuts can create for those who wish to watch a speech or series of remarks in their entirety,” Boynton said.

McCall agrees and said that “you should expect a news organization to verify the facts of a political convention,” but it should not play the favorites.

“CNN will open to criticism of bias if they engage in rigorous fact-checking for the RNC while taking a soft approach to the DNC last week.”

– Jeffrey McCall

“CNN will open up to criticism of bias if they engage in rigorous fact-checking for the RNC while taking a soft approach to the DNC last week,” McCall said. “The same is true if the programmers at CNN are limiting the time for RNC speakers after running with a few interruptions during DNC last week.”

CNN broadcast 89% of the DNC uninterrupted, according to the MRC.

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“CNN should put a stopwatch to its uninterrupted RNC programming and try to make it comparable to the amount of uninterrupted DNC programming. There will still be plenty of time for analysis and commentary from CNN experts before and after the RNC sessions, ”McCall said.

Another interesting element is the planned speech by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann, who settled a multi-million dollar libel lawsuit with CNN earlier this year over his botched coverage of a viral confrontation with a Native American elder. who falsely described the Kentucky teenager as the abuser.

CNN political commentator Errol Louis appeared on the channel Sunday to downplay the importance of Sandmann’s speech at the RNC, saying it was simply part of a “one or two day” news cycle and suggesting that he was simply red meat for the Trump base. stoking the fires of grievances ”and disparaging the media in the process.

It is not known if CNN plans to air Sandmann’s speech.

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Meanwhile, MSNBC also handed its prime-time show to Democrats last week, even broadcasting a few more minutes of the convention than CNN. William A. Jacobson, professor at Cornell Law School and media critic, noted that MSNBC adheres to its liberal agenda, while CNN claims to be non-partisan.

“In a better world, CNN’s media coverage would give the Republican National Convention roughly equal coverage to the Democratic National Convention. But it’s not a better world, it’s a world in which the media coverage lasts of CNN claims to be neutral but in reality much like Never Trump than MSNBC, which admirably doesn’t claim to be, ”Jacobson told Fox News