CNN town hall highlights medias struggle with how to cover Trump and his lies
Mark Lukasiewicz:
No, they're not good enough.
And, listen, the — I agree with Jim. But I think, if we're honest with ourselves, we knew what we learned last night four years ago, and, arguably, even eight years ago. I had the misfortune of being a producer of a forum that involved Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. And we were pilloried in the press after that event for not confronting Donald Trump live for his stream of lies.
This has been going on for a long time. Donald Trump is more than just an unconventional candidate. He is a candidate who doesn't play by the rules of the democracy, doesn't play by the rules of the Constitution, as everyone saw on January 6.
So, for journalists to play by the traditional rules and think all of that is going to be fine is a problem. It's a real challenge. Let's be clear. You pointed out, Geoff, he's likely to be the nominee. When he becomes the nominee, journalists, we all have a responsibility to cover him.
But do we turn over our platforms when we know what the result is going to be? Or do we say, no, you have disqualified yourself by repeatedly abusing our relationship of trust with our audience, so we will put your interview on tape, Mr. Trump, and then we will see what we do with it?
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