Current Events > Anderson Cooper is not as smart as he looks, huh

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I disagree. I think theyre gonna use his comments from last night to disqualify him for running for office. He literally said last night he wont accept the results of the 2024 election.

cnn didnt give him a platform he didnt already have lmao. Republicans are already listening to trump. Liberals might have watched but it only made them more angry towards trump which is a win as itll make them wanna vote more

yall love being mad and upset over everything. I guarantee you CNN gave him the stage so he can incriminate himself and let democrats build additional cases against Trump.

Saying hes never had a platform is one of the dumbest things you could say lol

You'd have a point if America held politicians accountable, but they don't. All this is going to do is rile up his base

I didn't say that. I asked, "what platform has he always had".

A platform doesn't automatically manifest itself. It is given. Which is the whole point of this discussion.

A book is not a platform, but a publisher is. A television show is not a platform except by virtue of the television network airing it. His presence on Twitter was a platform that was taken from him.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

So you don't see where I'm going with this.

Trump doesn't make his own platforms. People give platforms to him.

Yes, you can make the argument that if CNN didn't give Trump a platform, Fox would, but honestly who cares what Fox will do, because they're bleeding people and money and viewers.

The point is that CNN should not be giving Trump a platform if they do not wish to see Trump elected again. When Anderson Cooper bitches directly to the viewers about how they "have to" do this, he's being completely disingenuous on the motivations.

We're all aware that the only reason CNN is doing this is for revenue.

CNN doesnt just do things for revenue. They have a political interest and strategy in mind. Guaranteed. Its naive to think its purely about the money

fuck CNN

The naivete is in thinking this is about anything but money.

Anderson Cooper was simply reading what the corporate overlords put in his teleprompter.

You get how that also reflects poorly upon him, right?

So your argument is no u basically

got it

CNN doesnt just do things for revenue. They have a political interest and strategy in mind. Guaranteed. Its naive to think its purely about the money

What point is there in convincing you? This account will be gone inside a month anyway.

A tad of journalistic integrity would be nice. Just a bit.

Sure, but it's not like this is his personal stance on what the network is doing.

In other words, rag on him for being a corporate shill, but don't rag on him for independently thinking this is a good idea

He thinks saying it out loud on national TV is a good idea.

Do you think he had a choice in the matter?

There's always a choice.

But in the sense of "and keep his job", yes, I do. He's one of their top faces. He can say "No, I won't say it."

Do you think Cooper actually believes what he said in that clip?

Does it matter?

There's always a choice.

But in the sense of "and keep his job", yes, I do. He's one of their top faces. He can say "No, I won't say it."

It matters if you're mad at Cooper rather than mad at CNN

"He doesn't really believe the things he says as a pundit to a national audience" makes Cooper look worse, not better.

But again, letting trump publicly make a fool of himself will only help democrats further at this point.

did you watch the entire town hall? It was an embarrassment on trumps part. He was unhinged, visibly upset, incoherent, etcIts not like hes convincing anyone new to vote for him lol. The more he talks publicly, the more hes going to lose those casual Republican supporters who voted for him in the past.

this is the exact logic that led to trump being elected in 2016

Its also the same logic as to why he lost the 2020 election. And why his backed candidates got destroyed in 2022.

average republicans dont wanna hear about election lies and doubting the election results. The more trump talks now, the harder he loses.

2016 was a very different time than 2023. Trump didnt actively attempt a coup back the.

do you have evidence that trump's base significantly turned against him since then? and if you do, is there also evidence that it's actually a result of january 6th and not, say, because he got kicked off of twitter (i.e. deplatformed??

Look at the 2022 election results and see all the trump endorsed candidates who lost

cool. now address the second question

Look at polls taken asking if trump should move on from election lies.

Ill let you google it. You can post results here to prove your work

Its not my job to educate you. You can do that work yourself :)

you made the claim. it is your job to support it

Oh damn CNN going bOtH sIDes

Its also the same logic as to why he lost the 2020 election. And why his backed candidates got destroyed in 2022.

average republicans dont wanna hear about election lies and doubting the election results. The more trump talks now, the harder he loses.

2016 was a very different time than 2023. Trump didnt actively attempt a coup back the.

All polling ever done on the subject says that most/average Republicans do believe in election theft conspiracies and do wanna hear about it. That's exactly what led to the entire Dominion fiasco, their viewers mutinied at Fox acknowledging reality for a few minutes.

You are not looking at the world accurately in multiple regards.

go ahead and post some of those polls then. And I was talking about polls after 2020 anyways

you're demanding evidence from people challenging your assumptions when you haven't provided any evidence for those assumptions in the first place

go ahead and post some of those polls then. And I was talking about polls after 2020 anyways

I dont care if you believe me or not, thats the difference here. Its not my fault youre too lazy to look up the facts :)