CNN sends cease-and-desist letter to Trump campaign over new ad it calls ‘deceptive’

As rich a resource as CNN may be, given its Trump Derangement, the network wants no part of helping President Donald Trump get reelected.

CNN sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump’s reelection campaign over an ad touting the president’s tireless efforts to counter the coronavirus outbreak.

The letter claims the “American Comeback” ad, which includes an exchange between CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and network chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, is a “false, misleading and deceptive” representation of the network’s coverage.

“Is it accurate that if these steps had not been put in place, the stay at home orders, the social distancing orders, as the President said yesterday, it could have been two million people down here in the United States?” Blitzer would ask.

After hemming and hawing, Gupta eventually gets around to answering “yes,” and the Trump ad simply cuts to the chase.

“I mean, you know, these are all models,” Gupta said in full. “It’s a little tough to say, but, you know, if you talk about something that is spreading, you know, very robustly throughout a community. You know, two to three times more contagious than flu, and up to 10 times, perhaps even more than that, more deadly than...

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