Dana bashed: CNN host called to 'resign' after letting Lindsey Graham steamroll her on air

[Galraedia]

CNN host Dana Bash came under fire over the weekend after an interview in which Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) went on an angry rant and stated he was looking forward to going after President Joe Biden and members of his administration if Donald Trump wins re-election in November.

Graham appeared Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," where he ranted about Biden, accusing the president of being "compromised" as Bash sat there and failed to fact-check him in much the same manner as she also failed to fact-check Trump when she was co-moderator on the CNN-hosted debate on Thursday evening.

After Graham mentioned the lack of fact-checking during the debate and then predicted the country was going to "have a resetting," she finally interrupted and asked, "I want to get to a couple of important issues sir, but you just warned of retribution?"

But that wasn't enough to satisfy several viewers, who took to social media to bash Bash.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-graham-dana-bash-resign-cnn/

[lamp_shade]

1. On weekdays at noon I turn to cooking shows. I can't stand Bash or Walters.

[kimbutgar]

9. I'd agree with you and would add Katy Tur

When I see her I immediately change the channel.

[iluvtennis]

18. Agree with both of you on Tur, Andrea Mitchell and Dana Bash. Dana used to be a different and tried to be unbiased

to cover both sides fairly...but no more since new mgmt took over CNN.

[PeaceWave]

26. I've lost count of how many people various folks want to resign.

[Evolve Dammit]

35. Agreed.

[True Dough]

2. Whatever Graham said,

he'll spew something contradictory in the coming days or weeks. Such a wishy-washy shlub.

[agingdem]

3. Dana Bash and Jake Tapper

gave Trump free rein to spew his lies and insults with no fact checks or pushback...so it's no surprise Bash allowed Lindsay Graham a stage to vomit Trump's warmed over retribution dreck with no pushback...both Bash and Tapper should be put on indefinite leave after publicly apologizing to Joe Biden..

[usaf-vet]

6. Apparently, they don't think the bias shown in the Cannon court and the bias shown by SCOTUS isn't enough so they joined

....in as debate-biased moderators.

[SocialDemocrat61]

4. She should have resigned

after she praised Trump on January 6th.

[JustAnotherGen]

51. Wait?

For real? I'm not a CNN Watcher so I missed that.

[czarjak]

5. Weren't we supposed to "Be In Good Hands" ?

ModeratorsMyAss. Un-A-Bash-ed failure. Can't afford that either.

[Rebl2]

7. Glad people

Went after her for not pushing back on Graham.

[KS Toronado]

8. Editorial board of Raw Story has an opinion piece on their website

"JOE BIDEN MUST DROP OUT"

Because of this I feel DUers should stop pointing to articles they post. Everything they post is "borrowed"
anyway from somewhere else, and when they have something new of their own it's.....

"JOE BIDEN MUST DROP OUT"

Will not post a link to their BS, but if you're wanting to fact check and can't find it, PM me and I'll send it to you.
There was nothing nice about Biden in their opinion piece.

[erronis]

10. I agree. And when they borrow/steal from other sites they don't give good attribution.

Aggregators are polluting the sources of the news.

Of course DU does do some aggregation but most posters are very good about giving source links.

[OMGWTF]

12. Same at the Huffington Post -- its top three headlines are telling Biden to drop out.

Hey, Fluffing Post, how about if you go drop dead instead?

[JT45242]

32. Wife just showed me that...

Really scaring her.

TFG and project 2025 are existential threats to us all.

Sister in law reaction to a summary of 2025, it sounds like when I worked in the orphanage in Uganda. Either Yoh were super rich and powerful or you had absolutely nothing with no safety net.

That is what we need to convince independent, quote what the Republicans say they will do
1. Revenge and retribution.
2. Ban abortion, birth control and IVF
3. Ban no fault divorce and decriminalization of raping your wife
4. Undo all protections for LGBTQ+
5. Guy social security, medicare, and Medicaid.


Etc etc etc. these will affect everyone

[PatSeg]

17. And they have the nerve to try and charge

for a subscription to a site that is mostly "borrowed" news in the first place.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Yes that's why I no longer go there

Haven't clicked on Raw Story in years.

[PatSeg]

27. As soon as I see Raw Story,

I instinctively move on. On some level, I remember all the flashing ads and popups, all just to read something that can be found on a legitimate site. I can remember a very long time ago when Raw Story was a site I visited often. Now it feels like a tabloid.

[OMGWTF]

11. Mz. Lindsey, whatever Shitler has on you, it's not worth it. Come out, come out, wherever you are!

[obamanut2012]

19. Why are you calling him "Mz"? He's a man

And identifies as one.

[ShazzieB]

45. You are correct.

Some people evidently think it's clever to make sly insinuations about his gender, because he's suspected of being a closeted gay man.

The truth is that sort of thing is not clever at all. Implying that the gender of someone (even a person as odious as Graham) is in question because of their sexual orientation (suspected or not) is both homophobic and transphobic, as well as just plain rude.

I am NOT defending Lindsey Graham, believe me. I detest that smarmy weasel, and I don't care what anyone wants to call him, as long as it's not related to his gender or sexuality. He deserves all the condemnation any of us can heap on him for the awful things he’s done, including kowtowing to Trump in such a disgusting fashion. Just leave the homophobia and transphobia (intended or not) out of it.

[Hekate]

13. All righty then

[blue-wave]

14. Well, I must admit

and I really don't want to, that I watched a Fox News clip with a Trump surrogate being interviewed about the debate. Even the Fox News host called out the MAGA-head over Trump's lies. So two questions: What's wrong with CNN? Has CNN now become the worst network out there?

[PatSeg]

16. It is because they don't know what they want to be

Sometimes they act like Fox-lite and other times MSNBC-lite. They are too busy trying to compete for ratings that they don't have time for real news and commentary.

[Quanto Magnus]

24. I agree....

I stopped watching when they started cleaning the more progressive voices out. They are TOO obsessed with ratings. I think it gives them a bit of 'analysis paralysis', thus some of the back and forth you mention. I think mostly they are trying to move further right to catch those 'never Trumpers'...

[PatSeg]

30. And even before the move to the right,

they started putting focus on flashy graphics, glitzy sets, and even stupid holograms, instead of good solid reporting. Then you got such dynamic personalities like Wolf Biltzer and John King who could put you asleep in the middle of the afternoon.

They got so far away from what they were in the beginning and now they're barely watchable. They do occasionally have some good special reports, but I rarely see them because I don't usually catch the promos for them. HBO Max plays some of them though.

[PatSeg]

15. I've always found Dana Bash to be wishy-washy

No substance or backbone. She is one of many reasons that I don't watch CNN anymore. So many of their hosts are very shallow and unprofessional.

[SouthBayDem]

21. It turns out she may be a nepo baby

Wikipedia says her dad was a producer at ABC News. Bash's bad week again strengthens the argument that media is full of people who got there because of who, not what, they know.

[ShazzieB]

46. Dana Bash sucks.

I can't stand her, but I don't see how her father being a producer at one media organization (ABC News) makes her a nepo baby at a completely different media organization (CNN). That's not consistent with my understanding of what nepotism means.

Regardless of that, she's terrible. She seemed to freeze completely when Graham went on his tirade, just sat there and stared at him with an expressionless face the whole time, except for the one moment when she questioned him about retaliation. She let him answer, then went right back to staring.

I don't know if her behavior was due to favoritism or just plain incompetence, but it was a very weird display of...something.

[SouthBayDem]

49. Probably corporate orders

I just remembered that Republican donor John C. Malone is now a major investor in CNN's parent company.

[ShazzieB]

50. Seems like a stretch to me.

Also not the definition of "nepo baby," lol.

But then, I'm not big on speculation about hidden motives or schemes like that. Just not my thing.

[tritsofme]

22. Honestly, who could care enough about this person to be mad?

Cable news is a waste of time.

[Oopsie Daisy]

23. Actually, I've heard that LG is one who's compromised. People are saying that there are photos *

* and receipts which if released would cause great embarrassment, scandal, and put him in legal jeopardy. I don't know if these rumors are true, but I keep hearing them, so I wonder if this is a case of smoke and fire.

I think that any reasonable person consider his behavior over the years and how much he once despised Trump, then suddenly (without explanation) he flip-flopped and became one of Trump's biggest defenders and supporters -- well, that is definitely curious, isn't it?

What would prompt LG to go full-on MAGA almost overnight. What would make him go frothy at the mouth with rants and get teary-eyed defending Trump. He even stood by Trump when a MAGA crowd was jeering and booing him... he just stood there and smiled and pretended that nothing was wrong.

It's been argued that that's the behavior of someone who's compromised and who has something to hide.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

25. I reckon then, Joe Biden ain't Lindsey Graham's friend no Moore?

If he wants to "go after Biden" if CF#45 wins? What a LOSER ole Lindsey is.

[Skvngr]

28. It's the club of access

All ratings driven, if you push back, especially against the magat crowd you don't get guests on your show, your bosses tell you to go along to get along, and the cycle self consumes itself. My 2¢.

PS - I'm new here, been watching for years and years, finally thought it was time to express myself.

[Wednesdays]

31. Good point, and welcome to DU!

[Skvngr]

33. Thank you!

[niyad]

34. Welcome officially to our DU family. So glad you decided to come in from

the cold. You are just in time for all the fun.

[Skvngr]

38. I appreciate this community, even though I've just ---

Decided to participate!

DU is my go to for news as the opinions here most often mimic mine, thank you and glad to be here!

[electric_blue68]

40. Ha... make sure depending on circumstances to have either popcorn, a good stiff drink, or your drug of choice - at hand

And welcome!

[ShazzieB]

47. Good point.

I thought she looked frozen myself. I didn't see any signs of approval or encouragement on her part, just an expressionless stare. That would be consistent with what you're saying.

Welcome to DU.

[Warpy]

29. Yeah, blame a woman

Chris Licht might be out after his failed attempt to make CNN into Pox Lite, but the damage he did apparently lingers on. Both Tapper and Bash had to be robotic, asking questions with no follow up and no fact checking and no input at all beyond the questions, which TFG was seemingly not required to answer, even tangentially.

So I think there is plenty of blame to go around, most of it falling on men. Jake Tapper agreed to this abomination as much as Bash did. The format was eeemingly set into stone, favoring TFG by making sure he never got called on any of his bullshit.

I'm also semi convinced something was wrong with the sound at the beginning. If it wasn't sabotage, no one seemed to be in too much of a hurry to fix it.

I wish we could bring back the League of Women Voters and their debaes. Those were reasonably well run with a hell of a lot les bullshit than has been pulled since then.

If a presidential candidate is too fragile to stand up to a TV debate, he's far too fragile to hold office.

[GenThePerservering]

39. It's because her name came up again in the news cycle

with weak ass Graham.

[Warpy]

43. I'm allowed to be sick of this shit

Been coping with it all my life and I'm old.

[Galraedia]

48. Dana Bash has been terrible long before Chris Licht became CEO and was quickly fired

[choie]

52. Stop, it has nothing to do with her being a woman

It has to do with her being a shill and a hack.

[Warpy]

53. So's Tapper

Why wasn't he singled out?

Or whoever came up with at sick excuse for a "debate" format

[valleyrogue]

36. Lindsey Graham is human trash.

My profound dislike of this politician goes back to when he was a member of the House and was one of Bill Clinton's persecutors in the sham impeachment debacle. Couldn't stand him then, and I can't stand him now.

[DoBW]

42. Benghazi hearings

Graham Cracker & Howdy doody Gowdy

[robleb]

37. Why Oh Why?

Why does national media keep giving "Ms" Graham air time?
Who gives a flying f___ what the lost senator thinks?

[DoBW]

41. Her knitting needles ain't working in these gun fights

But that's what CNN wants i guess

[B.See]

44. What's the sense of "hosting" a show

if you're going to let whoever come on and say whatever the fk they want? That's not a discussion. Might as well just give em the mike and step the fk off.