5 wildest cable news reactions to the Trump verdict, from CNN to Fox News
Cable-news anchors broke out the hyperbole after former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies on Thursday afternoon.
What a day of TV news. On Thursday, May 30, all the cable news networks kept a clock on-screen as the jury deliberated Wednesday and Thursday. This was a reminder that there is no treading water like a cable news anchor trying to pass the time while waiting for something to happen.
But once the jury told the judge it had a verdict, the energy changed.
“I think it’s fair to say that the nation is collectively holding its breath right now,” Dana Bash said on CNN.
“It’s not an exaggeration to say the eyes of the nation and the world are on this New York courtroom right now,” Ari Melber said on MSNBC.
And you know what? They were right.
Here's a look at the wildest media reactions.
Fox News lost it: Donald Trump's guilty verdict sent TV news into overdrive
Andrew McCarthy of Fox News: 'I don’t think it’s good for the president.'
Note to Mr. McCarthy: Trump is not the president.
Jake Tapper of CNN: 'an unbelievable moment in American history'
Trump is not just the first former president tried and convicted of a felony (or 34 of them). He is also the presumptive Republican nominee for president in the 2024 election. A strange moment indeed.
Jeanine Pirro of Fox News: 'This is an anti-Trump judge! An anti-Trump prosecutor!'
She went on to rant: "America’s going to respond to this! This is a gut punch."
Jonathan Turley of Fox News was 'saddened' by the verdict
I’ll bet.
Nicole Wallace of MSNBC described it as 'a political car crash that rolled out in slow motion'
With more trials on the horizon (though none likely before the election), this is only the beginning.
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: 5 wildest Trump verdict reactions from CNN, Fox News, MSNBC