With CNN’s GOP Debate coming up, TNT was forced to engage in some corporate synergy during Thursday night’s basketball broadcast. Since Charles Barkley was the only personality to even remotely express interest in politics, the fine folks at Turner Broadcasting decided he was the best talking head to promote the upcoming debate. They probably didn’t expect Barkley to go off on an insightful rant of how CNN has allowed Donald Trump to succeed by “following ratings and sound bites.”