The Latest Breaking News from Kaitlan Collins

Scoop: How Trump's team egged him on during CNN town hall

Trump craves approbation to the point that some aides used to carry around positive polls about him.

Axios · May 15, 2023

Trump shares fake video of Anderson Cooper’s reaction to ‘disturbing’ CNN town hall - with Biden in his place

Cooper told viewers they have ‘every right’ to never watch CNN again after Trump town hall

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

Anderson Cooper tells viewers they have ‘every right’ to never watch CNN again over Trump town hall

Mr Cooper called Mr Trump’s comments during the town hall “disturbing”

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

Trump’s team revels in town hall victory as CNN staff rages at ‘spectacle of lies’

Questions also linger over what the network offered the ex-president in exchange for what some called a Trump infomercial

The Guardian - US · May 12, 2023

Trump defends CNN over town hall as his ratings for event drop

Former president drew 3.3 million viewers on network, less than he achieved at similar events on Fox News

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

CNN faces backlash over chaotic Trump town hall event

CNN is facing a backlash over its town hall featuring former President Donald Trump, an event that swiftly turned chaotic in a stark display of the tightrope facing journalists covering a leading 2024 Republican candidate who refuses to play by the rules

The Independent UK · May 11, 2023

Trump Hopes His Own Delusions Will Protect Him From Criminal Charges

The former president says he did not solicit election fraud; he merely tried to correct a "rigged" election. And he says he did not illegally retain government records, because they were his property.

Reason · May 11, 2023

CNN Averages Only 3.3 Million Viewers for Reputation-Wilting Trump Town Hall

Performance soundly beat out Fox News and MSNBC, but it didn’t come close to Trump cable news appearances in the run-up to the 2016 election. Advocacy orgs call for the firing of CNN president Chris Licht

Broadcasting & Cable · May 11, 2023

CNN head defends Trump’s lie-strewn town hall: ‘America was served very well’

Chris Licht boasts that network ‘made a lot of news’ in call to angry staff but CNN reporter laments Trump’s ‘firehose of disinformation’

The Guardian - US · May 11, 2023

CNN touts "masterful" Kaitlan Collins

"You do not have to like the former president's answers, but you can't say that we didn't get them," CNN CEO says

Salon · May 11, 2023