CNN panelists mocked claims President Biden’s speech was an hour behind schedule due to the „raucous applause“ that was generated preceding speakers.
CNN panelists reporting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago mocked claims from party organizers that President Biden’s speech was an hour behind schedule due to the “raucous applause” that was generated by the speakers who preceded him throughout the evening.
Anderson Cooper, who moderated the CNN panel as part of the network’s coverage of the convention, wasn’t buying the official explanation.
“By the way, I see a report that convention officials are saying that the reason it went long is because of all the ‘raucous applause,’” said Cooper, who laughed along with the other commentators.
Cooper then added: “Uh, that’s the sort of thing, you build into this — we have had conventions before, you sort of know…”
Another CNN panelist, Audie Cornish, agreed: “That’s amazing spin.”
The comments by Cooper and Cornish were reported by the news site Mediaite.
