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From Fox News: “Real Time” host Bill Maher on Friday talked to CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins and took shots inside the corporate tent with criticisms aimed at CNN’s coverage of the DNC convention.
Maher, whose HBO show airs Saturday nights on CNN (both are sister networks under Warner Bros. Discovery), began the exchange by invoking Collins’ viral moment on “The Late Show” earlier this month when Stephen Colbert’s liberal audience laughed after he referred to CNN as “objective.”
“I’m a big rooter for CNN, but that tells you a lot, doesn’t it?” Maher asked. “How do you guys think you’re doing in that arena of like ‘This is a terribly divided country. We’re not only politicized, a lot of people just hate the other side.’ And CNN, in my view, should be the place where both sides can watch. How do you think you’re doing with that?”
“CNN is the place where both sides can watch,” Collins argued, as she touted that they may have Sen. Elizabeth Warren on one night, and Sen. Ted Cruz another night.
“I’m talking about the people on CNN. And I know what the conservative side of America thinks. And I don’t blame them,” Maher fired back.
WATCH BELOW:
Bill Maher asks CNN’s Kaitlan Collins why CNN’s reputation is so poor that Colbert’s audience laughed at the idea of CNN being an impartial news source:
Bill Maher: “You were on Colbert’s show, and he said ‘You guys at CNN just report the news straight’ and the crowd burst into… pic.twitter.com/2sE964CGvr— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) August 24, 2024
Maher also confronted Collins over CNN’s treatment of Trump when they hosted the town hall with him.
Bill Maher asks Kaitlan Collins about CNN’s biased coverage and hosting of Trump’s Town Hall:
Bill Maher: “The crowd loved him.”
Kaitlan Collins: “But that’s representative of America.”
Bill Maher: “Then they cut to the panel, where it’s like 5 people shitting on him. So they… pic.twitter.com/U5ckpVXRgQ— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) August 24, 2024
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