Anderson Cooper apparently thinks he's popular enough to make us doubt our own reactions to the horrendous Trump town hall. His thinking seems to be a little... distorted, doesn't it? Via HuffPost:

Critics slammed the network as “shameful” for even hosting the event, which Cooper admitted was “disturbing” and “awful.” He also said it was “disturbing” to hear the audience “laugh and applaud his lies.”

“Many of you think CNN shouldn’t have given him any platform to speak, and I understand the anger about that,” Cooper said. “But this is what I also get: The man you were so disturbed to see and hear last night? That man is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president.”

Cooper then pushed back at critics who don’t want to hear from Trump ― and don’t want CNN giving him the platform.

“Do you think staying in your silo and only listening to people you agree with is going to make that person go away?” he asked. “If we all only listened to those we agree with it may actually do the opposite.”

Anderson, Anderson, Anderson. Do you really believe that we don't already know who Trump is, or what he stands for? Do you think we don't know that the nation was exposed to Trump's abuse because your boss Chris Licht is trying to make CNN the new Fox? Was it an accident that hapless Tucker Carlson mentee Kaitlin Collins was selected to host the event?

Are you sure you're not the one living in a silo?