‘That was a shit show’ — CNN reporter breaks language rule after Trump-Biden debate
World

‘That was a shit show’ — CNN reporter breaks language rule after Trump-Biden debate

In response to CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who said the Trump-Biden debate didn't go down well, chief political correspondent Dana Bash made a comment that has now gone viral.

   
CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash during the post-debate wrap up progamme on the US news channel. | Photo: YouTube/CNN

CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash during the post-debate wrap up progamme on the US news channel. | Photo: YouTube/CNN

New Delhi: US news channel CNN’s chief political correspondent Dana Bash Wednesday used a profanity while describing the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden, calling it a “shit show”.

Her comments came as she responded to CNN anchor Jake Tapper in the post-debate wrap up. Tapper said the debate did not go well and ultimately it was the US public who lost.

“You just took the words out of my mouth. You used some high-minded language. I’m just going to say it like it is. That was a shit show. We’re on cable, we can say that, apologies for being maybe a little bit crude, but that is really the phrase that I am getting from people on both sides of the aisle on texts, and it’s the only phrase I can think of to really describe it,” Bash said.

Shortly after, her comments went viral and were widely circulated on Twitter.

The US Federal Communications Commission bars the use of “grossly offensive” language from broadcast television. However, the same rules do not apply to cable networks such as CNN as they are subscription-based.

The debate

On Wednesday (Indian Standard Time), President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden hurled insults at each other in their first debate ahead of the US presidential elections as the two sparred over topics ranging from health care to the economy.

Anchor Jake Tapper described the debate as “a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck”. He added that it was the worst debate he had seen, and “it wasn’t even a debate, it was a ‘disgrace’”. Tapper added that it was “primarily because of President Trump”.

He said Trump was constantly interrupting Biden, “lying maliciously” and attacking Biden’s son. He also spoke about how Trump told a “neo-fascist, far right group” to “stand back and stand-by” while condemning White supremacists.

Tapper added that it was the American people who lost because the debate was horrific. To this, Bash made her now-viral comment.


Also read: Trump paying $750 in income tax shows why he’s a billionaire