CNN executives must have felt like they were in that show when they were gifted the opportunity to host the first joint appearance between Joe Biden and Donald Trump of the 2024 presidential election.
Now it is up to CNN to measure up to this unexpected and perhaps undeserved windfall.
On the 1950s TV show, some of the newly minted millionaires did much good with their newfound wealth; others squandered the possibilities and became miserable. CNN’s performance in the limelight could springboard the once proud news channel back to respectability. A botched showing will relegate the channel back to its current bottom-feeder status in the journalism world.
