Anderson Cooper and Kellyanne Conway went head-to-head in a heated battle over CNN’s role in an intelligence report with unverified claims against President-elect Donald Trump.
The CNN anchor defended his network against Trump’s accusations that they reported unsubstantiated allegations against him, linking to a report by BuzzFeed, during “Anderson Cooper AC360” on Wednesday.
Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway responds Russia reports https://t.co/YZ32bCBsdM https://t.co/y38Yw50r7t
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 12, 2017
“CNN is not BuzzFeed, I just wish you guys would acknowledge [it],” Cooper argued, saying it’s “unfair and frankly disingenuous” to mix the two and their reporting.
“I know CNN is feeling the heat today,” Trump’s senior advisor told Cooper as she repeatedly tried to show him how the network went ahead with a “breathless report” that even the liberal New York Times said it would never have published.
“I think you guys are feeling the heat,” Cooper fired back, arguing that CNN did not actually publish the document like BuzzFeed did, only linked to their story.
“If you couldn’t corroborate it, why would you even link to it?” Conway asked.
“If cyber-security were such a big priority to this administration and the Democratic Party and its apologists in the media, then why didn’t we do more about it over the last eight years?” she asked.
Twitter users responded to the fiery interview with a mixture of reactions.
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@AC360 @CNN journalists from every media company should be voicing their support for #CNN based on this interview.
— Beth Judge (@bethjudge316) January 12, 2017
@AC360 @CNN Why do you keep bringing her on???
— sema77 (@nebrlde) January 12, 2017
@AC360 @CNN I don’t know HOW you managed this interview. It’s so difficult dealing w/ ppl like Conway.
— FrenchTeach (@FFFFFrench) January 12, 2017
@AC360 @CNN pic.twitter.com/Fb0XU0xgnS
— Moshe Francis (@moekamerow) January 12, 2017
@homefreeee @billbong9059 @KellyannePolls @AC360 @CNN You’d think Kellyanne would avoid these Fake News but she is brill’ at scoring points?
— Seanie_007 (@SeanieEireMufc) January 12, 2017
@AC360 @CNN pic.twitter.com/OmdChiBMJx
— Moshe Francis (@moekamerow) January 12, 2017
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