White House Melts Down at CNN Host With Vile Slur
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- CNN anchor Erin Burnett criticized Donald Trump’s new 24/7 streaming channel, calling it a “weird form of state TV” and likening it to North Korean propaganda television.
- White House Communications Director Steven Cheung responded by using a racial slur against Burnett, a term he has reportedly used multiple times before.
- The Trump TV channel launched shortly after the president banned several news organizations from the White House, featuring reruns of past speeches and events with low viewership numbers.
- Burnett highlighted that networks’ editorial decisions to limit live coverage of Trump’s speeches are due to concerns over misinformation, contrasting with former Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s call for wall-to-wall coverage.
- The channel’s initial audience was very small, with fewer than 1,000 viewers tuning in shortly after launch, which Burnett attributed to the repetitive and limited content being aired.
