[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to tell CNN: Stop giving free airtime to Donald Trump!
Dear MoveOn member,
In a few hours, CNN is scheduled to give an exclusive, prime-time platform
to Donald Trump the day after a jury concluded that he sexually abused E.
Jean Carroll.^1
It's decision time for CNN—tell it to stop giving free airtime to Trump!
[ [link removed] ]Join nearly 200,000 MoveOn members who have already signed. It's not
too late for them to cancel Trump's infomercial town hall before he spews
lies about the 2020 election and so much more on live television.
CNN: Stop giving Donald Trump—a seditionist, QAnon conspiracy theorist,
spreader of disinformation, and abusive sexual predator—free airtime on
cable news!
[3]Sign the petition
Carroll showed incredible bravery in coming forward with her story and
demanding accountability from a powerful man with a history of using his
platform to attack anyone who stands up to him. Now, a jury has affirmed
what we've known for a long time—that Trump is a predatory sexual abuser
and liar.
But CNN's conduct has been the opposite of brave. They've catered to Trump
in hopes of boosting their ratings.^2 They have a long history of airing
his lies unchecked and giving him space on their valuable platform to spew
his toxic hate and vitriol.^3 Following the verdict, CNN should recognize
it's craven and unacceptable to honor and elevate him, which they are
doing by putting him on the air.
[ [link removed] ]Nearly 200,000 of us have already signed the petition. And thousands
have filed direct complaints with CNN to urge them to change course. Let's
get to 250,000 before tonight's town hall, and keep building the call to
demand accountability in the public sphere for Trump's heinous actions.
Sign now!
Carroll's case is unique in winning a judgment against Trump. But it is
part of a broader pattern. More than a dozen other people have made claims
of assault against Trump.^4 And he's famously admitted on tape to doing
actions exactly like those he did to Carroll. So why is CNN continuing to
advantage him by giving him free air time?
Trump's most MAGA supporters might continue to back him regardless of what
he does. But there's no excuse whatsoever for CNN to give him this kind of
sweetheart arrangement.
This is a critical moment in defining how the media will treat Trump in
his bid to retake the White House after a $5 million judgment against him
for sexual assault and ahead of further criminal charges that might come
against him in the coming months.
Please make your voice heard and tell CNN to stop this outrageous action.
Thanks for all you do.
–Maria Schafer, MoveOn member
Sources:
1. "CNN's town hall with Donald Trump takes on added stakes after verdict
in Carroll case," NPR, May 10, 2023
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2. "Why CNN Gave Trump a Prime-Time Town Hall—And Why Trump Accepted,"
Vanity Fair, May 2, 2023
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3. "CNN chose to air almost the entirety of Trump’s lie-filled Mar-a-Lago
rally," Media Matters for America, April 4, 2023
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4. "Donald Trump Sexually Abused and Defamed E. Jean Carroll, Jury Finds,"
The New York Times, May 10, 2023
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