A former CNN employee noticed that Anderson Cooper and Joe Biden stopped social distancing during Thursday’s Town Hall when they thought the CNN had cut to a commercial.
CNN digital producer-turned-Fourth Watch editor Steve Krakauer tweeted video of Cooper and Biden, who kept their distance throughout the coronavirus-era event, but got within inches of each other as the camera zoomed out prior to a commercial break.
When they went to the commercial break, they get so close to each other that Biden is whispering in Cooper’s ear.
CNN had promoted the Scranton, Pa., town hall as if the network was taking all the necessary precautions. It featured a “socially distanced live audience” that included participants remaining in their cars.
The event was called “the latest adaptation to campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic” by CNN’s Kate Sullivan.
“CNN is following all of the local guidelines and restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic,” Sullivan wrote. “Everybody attending and working the town hall will have their temperatures taken and will answer screening questions.”
CNN’s on-air personalities and reporters have criticized President Trump for his failure to wear a mask and for holding crowded events amid the pandemic, but it appears the network doesn’t always practice what it preaches.
CNN digital producer-turned-Fourth Watch editor Steve Krakauer tweeted video of Cooper and Biden, who kept their distance throughout the coronavirus-era event, but got within inches of each other as the camera zoomed out prior to a commercial break.
When they went to the commercial break, they get so close to each other that Biden is whispering in Cooper’s ear.
CNN had promoted the Scranton, Pa., town hall as if the network was taking all the necessary precautions. It featured a “socially distanced live audience” that included participants remaining in their cars.
The event was called “the latest adaptation to campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic” by CNN’s Kate Sullivan.
“CNN is following all of the local guidelines and restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic,” Sullivan wrote. “Everybody attending and working the town hall will have their temperatures taken and will answer screening questions.”
CNN’s on-air personalities and reporters have criticized President Trump for his failure to wear a mask and for holding crowded events amid the pandemic, but it appears the network doesn’t always practice what it preaches.
