With CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash set to moderate the first presidential debate on Thursday, the network and other Biden-friendly media have attempted to brush aside some of their prior comments indicating a bias against former President Donald Trump. But Tapper’s on-air record is extensive and the campaign sees good reason for Trump to not expect even-handed treatment.
The Trump campaign agreed to the debate after publicly negotiating the affair with President Joe Biden through a string of social media posts. The Republican camp has suggested that Trump expects to fight an uphill battle, with the moderators propping up Biden, and that he would nonetheless deliver his intended message during the debate.
That narrative has not sat well with the network, however, and CNN anchor Kasie Hunt this week ended an interview with Trump National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt over her comments highlighting Tapper’s prior statements about Trump.
“President Trump is knowingly going into a hostile environment on this very network, on CNN, with debate moderators who have made their opinions about him very well known over the past eight years and their biased coverage of him,” Leavitt said during the interview.
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