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"I'm a professor! Why won't anyone listen to me?"
No doubt you've heard about the CNN-hosted Trump "town hall" ( in a "town" that only includes Republicans and Republican-leaners , naturally). You know, the one where CNN set the ground rule that only applause, but not booing, was permitted ?
Many people argue that Trump, given his egregious lies, should not be given this sort of prime media platform. And a common defense to that charge is that it's better to give Trump a platform and subject him to "tough questions" than it is to let him roam the earth unchallenged. Isn't that what journalism is? Here's CNN chairman Chris Licht, for example :