CNN sunk to a new low as NewsNight fill-in host Audie Cornish implied subway “vigilante” Daniel Penny was no different than Luigi Mangione, the alleged murderer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. “There you also have a victim who somebody determined did not deserve to continue living,” as if Penny was an assassin. “Tell me which vigilante action is okay.”
Attorney Arthur Aidala objected: “Talk to people who ride the subway every day, because I do all the time. I do all the time. I can’t find anyone who rides the subway who’s unhappy about this verdict.”
CNN analyst Scott Jennings also pushed back, sensibly suggesting that Penny was the good guy, and Mangione was the bad guy. “I’m just telling you what I see out in the world today,” he said.
On ABC’s The View, Whoopi Goldberg was furious that Penny’s team celebrated his win. “I don’t know that…
