CNN broke away from its coverage Monday of the Republican National Convention during President Donald Trump's address to party delegates, in order to "Fact-check" his statements, and compared the president to Pontius Pilate - the Roman governor of Judaea who handed Jesus Christ over to be crucified.
The left-leaning news outlet cut off Trump's speech to offer input on the president's statements while Fox News and MSNBC stayed, according to The Hill, allowing anchors at CNN to provide their own fact-checks.
Host Anderson Cooper said of the president's statements, "It is sort of all the most recent greatest hits and false statements by the president, and I imagine what we're going to hear a lot this week from the president who clearly wants to be out front every single day."
"They wanted Washington disrupted, they voted for Donald Trump and he got his Electoral College victory. Now he is the beleaguered incumbent, and you're right, he often almost seems like Pontius Pilate."
Mediaite reported that CNN cut away "As Trump ranted against mail-in voting, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's hearing before the House, and the RNC's lack of cable news coverage."
Liberal Sen. Ed Markey also compared Trump to Pontius Pilate on CNN three years ago, accusing the president of "Washing his hands" of the situation when he decided to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Among Pilate's actions was a moment on Good Friday when - after determining Jesus committed no crime but seeing the crowd who wanted him dead getting angrier - he symbolically cast away responsibility for what was about to happen to Jesus by washing his hands.
Friday, August 28, 2020
CNN cuts away from Trump RNC speech, likens president to Pontius Pilate
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