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Coronavirus Town Hall Or Breaking News? CNN Faces Juggling Act
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSometimes, breaking news means fixing the best-laid programming plans.CNN has recently tamped down its reliance on a Thursday-night “town hall” devoted to analyzing the latest effects of the global coronavirus pandemic, all so it could focus its primetime schedule on recent nationwide protests of the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police. The schedule maneuvers show the juggling act many of the nation’s TV-news outlet must attempt while trying to follow the ins and outs of several major national news stories all swirling simultaneously.CNN for three months had devoted two hours of its Thursday primetime schedule to an ambitious “town hall” led by Anderson Cooper and Dr.
