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CNN’s Christian Amanpour, shown here in 2018. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

A major CNN personality has spoken publicly about the network hosting former President Donald Trump in a town hall last week.

While accepting the Columbia Journalism Award and delivering the school’s commencement address Wednesday night, CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour said she met with CNN boss Chris Licht to voice her displeasure over the town hall. CNN’s Oliver Darcy reported ([link removed]) that Amanpour said she and Licht had a “robust” conversation, but she didn’t change her views.

Amanpour said, “I still respectfully disagree with allowing Donald Trump to appear in that particular format.”

That format being a live town hall.

She added, “Maybe we should revert back to the newspaper editors and TV chiefs of the 1950s, who in the end refused to allow McCarthyism onto their pages. Unless his foul lies, his witch hunts and his rants reached the basic evidence level required in a court of law. His influence gradually decreased with all but his fervent colleagues and cults. So maybe less is more. Maybe live is not always right.”

However, CNBC’s Alex Sherman writes, “Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Zaslav backs CNN chief Licht amid anger over Trump town hall.” ([link removed])

In the story, Sherman writes that David Zaslav, CEO of CNN’s parent company, said, “We need to show both sides of every issue.”

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* This is a very big deal. The Wall Street Journal’s Jessica Toonkel and Sarah Krouse with “ESPN Plans to Stream Flagship Channel, Eyeing Cable TV’s Demise.” ([link removed]) Uh, read that headline again. Toonkel and Krouse have quite the scoop here. They are reporting that ESPN plans to eventually sell its channel directly to consumers who don’t want or get cable. In other words, you could get ESPN like those who pay for streaming services such as Netflix. Toonkel and Krouse wrote, “ESPN would continue to offer the TV channel after launching a streaming option, the people familiar with the matter said. Still, the change could have a major impact on cable-TV providers, since ESPN is one of the main attractions of the cable bundle. The providers pay to carry the ESPN channel and would have to compete with the new streaming service.”
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* The Washington Post’s Marc Fisher with “End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars.” ([link removed])
* NBA fans who tried to watch Wednesday night’s Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat are furious after glitches interrupted the final minutes of a close game with a loop of commercials for “The Little Mermaid.” Deadline’s Dade Hayes has the latest ([link removed]) .
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