CNN Hot Takes and Mis-Information

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CNN's Natasha Alford Dismisses 'Privileged' White Dems Who Support DeSantis​

After the piece concluded, co-anchor Phil Mattingly asked GOP strategist Joseph Pinion for his reaction, leading Republican to put a negative spin on the DeSantis presidential campaign by accusing him of hurting his standing by recently pushing issues like abortion:

I think you saw a snapshot of a man who built a broad, nonpartisan coalition, and then engaged in a legislative session that, in many ways, marginalized himself with many of the people that had come to count on him as their champion. And so you listen to people talking about the six-week ban -- you listen to people talking about some of the things that happened in the legislative session that were supposed to be burnishing his record in anticipation of this launch...some women like the ones you just heard from who feel as if the person that was their champion has now in many ways forgotten all the things they liked about him.

Turning to Alford, fill-in co-anchor Audie Cornish described Moms for Liberty as "radicalized by COVID" as she suggested that Democrats could lose the support of such women:

Natasha, I've interviewed Moms for Liberty mothers, and they were very radicalized by the COVID era. This is a vulnerability for Democrats in certain respects. So what is the counter-messaging that they've developed?

It didn't take long for Alford to inject race into the conversation as she began her analysis:

Well, I mean, first, when I see that package, I just think that there have always been women in conservative movements, in particular, who are approaching politics from a personal lens, right? But also a lot of the women in that package were not women of color, right? And so these women are coming from a privileged position in society, and they don't like sort of being called out for that privilege.

 

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CNN under fire for misgendering Dylan Mulvaney: ‘Unbelievably bad’​

Media Matters critic Ari Drennen shared footage of the less-than-2-minute clip, ripping it as an “unbelievably bad CNN segment.”

“God damn, that sucked,” agreed the media watchdog’s research director, Craig Harrington.

“Wow, absolute garbage segment,” a Media Matters follower wrote, while another called it “despicably poor ‘journalism.'”

“What horrible coverage and the pundit couldn’t even correct the misgendering of Dylan. This makes me sad,” another said.

 

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This is clearly a message, you remember what happened to Jared, you’re next.

 

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CNN Claims Biden Investigation is "Much Ado About Nothing"​

Despite growing allegations, CNN treated a Biden impeachment inquiry as unwarranted, especially compared to former President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Host Erica Hill implied McCarthy’s comments served merely as a political strategy:

We’ve been hearing more from Speaker McCarthy talking about the potential for an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. We also have reporting from our fantastic colleagues up there on the Hill that there has been more of a push among top Republicans to go after Joe Biden. If you are going to do an impeachment inquiry or proceedings of some sort, go for the top dog.

Jones also dismissed the Biden allegations, warned Republicans that when Trump faced trouble his numbers rose, and speculated the same would be true for Joe Biden. He asserted there were no grounds to impeach Biden and that it distracted Congress:

And, you know, the difference that -- from the Trump impeachments versus this, this will be just completely pulled out of nowhere, even the impeachment efforts against his cabinet members coming out of nowhere. But I would just say as a political matter, pretty foolish. There is a reason that Kevin McCarthy is not in a big rush to do this. It will distract his congressman doing anything Americans care about.

“I think it’s much ado about nothing,” Jones concluded.

According to New York Post article by former MRC Bulldog Award winner Miranda Devine, Hunter Biden’s close friend Devon Archer said Hunter used his father’s position as the Vice President to impress foreign executives and win their money. Hunter Biden frequently called his father when meeting with business partners and investors, introducing them to his father or asking his father for advice.

 

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Former business partner says Hunter Biden sold ‘illusion’ of access to Joe Biden, source says​

CNN —
Devon Archer told the House Oversight Committee on Monday that his former business partner, Hunter Biden, was selling the “illusion” of access to his father, according to a source familiar with the closed-door interview, the latest development in the Republican-led congressional investigations into the president’s son.

The source also reiterated that Archer provided no evidence connecting President Joe Biden to any of his son’s foreign business dealings.

After the interview concluded, a second source told CNN that Archer did affirm to the committee that Hunter Biden was selling the “illusion” of access to his father, but later clarified that the president’s son was actually selling the illusion of access to Washington, DC, and knowledge of how it worked.

 

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CNN Contributor Shocks Panel: 'Not GOP's Fault Hunter Biden is a Scumbag' (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

CNN contributor and Republican strategist Scott Jennings shocked the panel on Sunday after he called Hunter Biden a scumbag.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

 

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Pritzker: People Dislike Biden’s Handling of Economy Because of ‘False Rhetoric’ from GOP, How Trump Handled COVID​

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) stated that people have negative views of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy because they haven’t gotten over their feelings from “the last year of the Trump administration, in which he did absolutely nothing to protect people from coronavirus.” Pritzker also blamed “the false rhetoric coming from the Republicans, who are pushing Facebook fakery.”

Co-host Poppy Harlow asked, “He’s just not resonating with voters on the economy. We have this new CNN polling out this week, 63% of folks disapprove of how he’s handling the economy, 70% disapprove of how he’s handling inflation. Why do you think that is? Because the numbers across the board are getting better on the economy.”

Pritzker answered, “Well, I think you just made the point that things are getting better. It does take a while, though, for people who have been feeling the ill effects of frankly, the Trump-era — the last year of the Trump administration, in which he did absolutely nothing to protect people from coronavirus. And it is President Biden that rescued the country, its health, and its economy. We’re seeing the benefits of that now. There’s literally full employment across the nation. We’re seeing that wages have gone up in real terms for people. But it does take a while for that to sink in. And of course, you’ve got to fight off the false rhetoric coming from the Republicans, who are pushing Facebook fakery.”

 

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But then Tapper changed gears, moving the conversation to the reason his pals in the White House probably want CNN to report on Biden’s trip. They’re “clearly trying to gin up excitement for Pres. Biden’s 2024 campaign.” He references a poll that CNN released last week, which the network’s own data analyst Harry Enten said “stinks” for Biden on both his job approval and handling of the economy. Arama wrote:

“If you look at Joe Biden’s approval on the economy right now, IT STINKS!” Enten declared, explaining it was well below 40 percent. Biden has a 37 percent approval rating on the economy and 63 percent disapproval.

Tapper showed those numbers again on the screen, saying that he “felt like [he] has been noting” a recurring theme for the past three years:

Pres. Biden is out there heralding such-and-such, and the American people disapprove overwhelmingly. Three years in, we’re still having this conversation.

The entire time Tapper was sharing his thoughts on the dismal polling for Biden, guest Ayesha Rascoe, who hosts a weekend news program on NPR, could be clearly heard in the background, giggling nervously. Then she insisted she had the answer to Tapper’s quandary on why they were still “having the conversation.” She said:

Because there is not…the connection isn’t happening. And I know that has to be frustrating for his staff. When you look at the economy, when you look at the raw numbers, there’s a lot of good there!
Unemployment’s relatively low, inflation’s coming down, but people aren’t feeling that way. I think part of it is that, when you had inflation, that’s such a pocketbook issue. It really hit people where they hurt. You’ve got interest rates up…It’s just a lot.
Everything feels more expensive, and I think that’s the issue that they have, is that they have not been able to connect and make people feel like Biden has done something for them. I think it’s hard, because Biden is not that type of candidate, that gets people all worked up, in their hearts, to feel very warm and fuzzy about him.

What Rascoe is trying to say, without saying it explicitly: Joe Biden is not Bill Clinton or Barack Obama. And again, we see Democrats trying to convince themselves—and everyone else—that it’s the messaging that’s the problem, not the message or who’s delivering it. They just aren’t succeeding in convincing people that they aren’t dealing with hard times. They aren’t getting across to people that the big government policies of the Democrats are the solution. Of course, it’s never a positive thing that so many Americans are hurting economically right now. But seeing them at least somewhat aware that spending more isn’t fixing things is a hopeful sign.

Tapper Perplexed by Biden's Policies Failing to Persuade Americans, NPR Host Insists She Knows Why

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John King isn't the worst of all the hosts on this network. —but this tete-a-tete packed an extra kick when the pair discussed the views of Republican voters. King said that GOP voters are good people, but when they weigh in on issues like the Ukraine War, it reads like something out of a Tucker Carlson commentary, with views that would break their fact-checking machine.

Bash agreed with her former husband, saying that the base of the Republican Party is heavily invested in conspiratorial views because they essentially don’t believe CNN. King also acknowledged that conservative voters view CNN as anathema regarding accurate reporting, adding that they think the network is part of the problem.

The network was at the forefront of peddling the manufactured evidence in the Russian collusion hoax. That’s sort of why everyone laughs at CNN.

This Has to Be One of the Most Tone-Deaf Segments From a CNN Host in Awhile

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CNN’s Tapper to Comer: ‘Certainly There’s Sleaze,’ But No Evidence that President Biden Did Anything Illegal​

Tapper said, “So let’s pause it for the sake of argument that Hunter Biden is sleazy, and the president’s relatives tried to profit off the Biden family brand, something CNN has reported on. What’s new in this memo?”

Comer said, “Well before we released the memo, we interviewed Devon Archer, who is one of the associates who was a partial owner of one of the shell companies that the Bidens were receiving money from foreign nationals and then laundering it into Biden bank accounts. So the associate Devon Archer testified that Joe Biden had, in fact, spoken to over 20 of the people who had wired the money to the Biden family members.”

He added, “So we’re concerned the president is compromised because of the millions of dollars his family’s received.”

Tapper said, “Well, you definitely have made a case that the people who are around President Biden in terms of the lobbyists and his son Hunter have trafficked on that connection to the then vice president, now president. But I haven’t yet seen any evidence that the president did anything wrong.”

He added, “It’s assumptions. It’s how the world works. But again, just looking for evidence because we’re talking about impeachment here. I don’t see any evidence of any crime. And frankly, that is how the world works in Washington, D.C., and if you guys are going to launch an effort to try to reform Washington so people who are powerful can’t have their wives and children and husbands and others traffic on that relationship, you know, I’ll be first in line to help you out. But it doesn’t seem like you’re trying to do that. It seems like you’re just trying to go after President Biden.”

Comer said, “No. We’re trying to do that. That’s been the goal from day one, is to have a legislative fix.”

Tapper said, “Certainly, there’s sleaze there. I’m saying, what did the president do wrong, though?”

Comer said, “When we started this investigation at the end of January, that’s when I got subpoena power, the last week of January, the narrative was the laptop was Russian disinformation, Joe Biden’s family never received money from China, Joe Biden’s family never received any of this money while he was vice president and Joe Biden never communicated with any of the people that sent his family this money. All four of those things have been proven false.”




Trump Russian Collusion - Trump never changed the message NO Collusion

Biden Story Changes EVERY TIME some new detail is reveled

 

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The change of status followed the collapse of a deal last month that likely would have seen Hunter Biden get sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges. The deal would have also included an arrangement that would have resolved a felony gun charge. Weiss said in a court filing on Friday that negotiations to restructure the deal – which a judge had worried was unconstitutional – have now reached an “impasse” and that a trial was likely.

The prospect of the president’s son going on trial, under a glaring media spotlight, would be a nightmare distraction for any White House, let alone – potentially – during a reelection campaign. It would also prolong the personal toll on the president and his family of an investigation into his only surviving son, a recovering addict, which has already lasted five years.

Such a spectacle could be so damaging to Joe Biden, that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” Friday that a fresh plea agreement could not be ruled out.

“The risk (of a trial) is potentially much greater for Hunter Biden, it’s also bad for his father … does the son really want to put the president through a trial in the middle of a campaign?” said Gonzales, who served in the George W. Bush administration.

The exact legal implications of the request by Weiss will only become fully clear in the coming weeks. There are questions, for example, over why Weiss requested his new elevated status after being ready to conclude a plea deal with Hunter Biden and saying previously he didn’t need special counsel powers. And why did Attorney General Merrick Garland decide that this was the moment, in accordance with the special counsel statute in US law, that there were sufficient criminal allegations to investigate as well as potential conflicts of interests in keeping Weiss under the direct supervision of the Justice Department?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/politics/hunter-biden-investigation-joe-biden/index.html

 

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Nervous? CNN host bluntly asks whether Biden will be linked to Hunter’s business deals​

During questioning, CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins confronted the development that Attorney General Merrick Garland had appointed a special counsel to continue investigating the president’s son.

“I mean, these investigations have a way of ballooning, and taking tacts that they did not initially have. Can you say with certainty that based on what you know, there’s no possibility that any of Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings will in any way connect back to his father, the president?” she prodded.

Compartmentalizing his response, Lowell began, “Well, let’s start with the latter. You’ve had dozens of members of Congress and their staff, you’ve had dozen members of right-wing media picking and trying to find the connection between Hunter and his business and other family members, and they have come up with nothing because there’s nothing to come up with.”

He then turned to Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss who had been leading the investigation into Hunter since the Trump administration. “He has a new title. His powers, in our views, are the same. The evidence hasn’t changed. The law hasn’t changed. So, why after grand jury proceedings, search warrants, interviews and proceedings that came up with two tax misdemeanors and one diverted gun charge, for the 11 days that Hunter possessed a gun, should there be a conclusion, notwithstanding that he has a new name, that should not be the case?”

The dodge wasn’t overlooked by Collins who tried again, “But can you answer the question about whether or not you’re — from what you know — if you’re confident that this won’t in any way link back to the president?”

Playing to the narrative, the attorney argued, “What I know is what the evidence has revealed. I mean, that is what people should focus on”

 

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CNN publishes a 'guide to neopronouns,' embraces genderless pronouns like 'leaf, leafself, sun, star'​

CNN raised eyebrows on Saturday after publishing a detailed explainer on the use of "neopronouns," a "new" kind of "gender-neutral or nonbinary pronoun" that allows subjects to characterize themselves using genderless descriptors like "leaf," "sun," and "star."

In the story titled "A guide to neopronouns, from ae to ze," CNN's article outlined the use of alternative grammar that eliminates "gender markers," quoting one of "the foremost experts on neopronouns" who encouraged readers to "use and respect" neopronouns like any other common pronoun.

"Some of the most common words in the English language have gender markers, including pronouns," CNN reported. "But not all of them are binary. Consider the singular "they," preferred by some nonbinary and trans people for whom gendered pronouns do not fit."

 

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They should rebrand to TNN.

Tard News Network.

 

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CNN publishes a 'guide to neopronouns,' embraces genderless pronouns like 'leaf, leafself, sun, star'​

CNN raised eyebrows on Saturday after publishing a detailed explainer on the use of "neopronouns," a "new" kind of "gender-neutral or nonbinary pronoun" that allows subjects to characterize themselves using genderless descriptors like "leaf," "sun," and "star."

In the story titled "A guide to neopronouns, from ae to ze," CNN's article outlined the use of alternative grammar that eliminates "gender markers," quoting one of "the foremost experts on neopronouns" who encouraged readers to "use and respect" neopronouns like any other common pronoun.

"Some of the most common words in the English language have gender markers, including pronouns," CNN reported. "But not all of them are binary. Consider the singular "they," preferred by some nonbinary and trans people for whom gendered pronouns do not fit."

So my pronouns of "lord" and "master" are not out of the question. Thanks CNN.

 

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CNN Worries Trump Will Use Mugshot to His 'Political Advantage'​

“Trump himself has been not downplaying this. I mean, he is certainly seeing how he uses these exact moments to his political advantage,” Collins kvetched.

Murray then jumped in to agree that Trump “uses these for fundraising, he uses these to rally his base.” Due to this, she openly regretted the plan to release Trump’s mugshot.

“That's one of the questions about this sort of value of a mug shot in this case. Right? It's, sure, it’s treating Donald Trump if he does get one, the same as any other defendant but you’re also giving him a photo that there’s no doubt that he's gonna use on promotional material, he’s gonna use on fundraising material,” Murray whined.

 

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After Shooting, CNN Anchor Cues NAACP Smear: DeSantis 'Waged War on Black America'​

Whitfield threw a softball, just asking for deep thoughts: "What are your thoughts today, especially after hearing even more details about how the suspect targeted black people, left behind evidence that he hated them, and even with swastikas on his guns?"

Cole quickly got to scapegoating Republicans as he began his response:

Today brings feelings of deep sorrow and grief, but also brings a lot of questions. To the governor who has waged war on black America, we must ask: How many lives must be lost in the hands of white supremacy before you choose to put people over your political agenda? To the federal lawmakers who refuse to act, how many lives must be claimed at the hands of inaction before you pick up the pen and do your job? What kind of world are we creating for our children?

A couple of hours later, Whitfield had CNN contributor Van Jones on to discuss the story. Jones complained about people who accuse black of complaining too much and the media of discussing race too much:

...but what you can wind up doing is giving aid and comfort to people who say, "Yeah, that's right," you know, "we do not have to talk about racial injustices anymore -- we don't have to," at the very moment when some people are getting worse and not better on the issue.

 

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CNN Whines Fox News to Remain ‘Right-Wing’ After Murdoch Steps Down​

Darcy opened his comments by stoking fear of Murdoch as “one of the most powerful people in the world” in terms of media and politics (you know, everything former CNN boss Jeff Zucker and his underlings wished he was).

“But I think People should be cautious and not jump to the conclusion that that means that the editorial bent of his companies is going to change,” Darcy warned viewers. He read from Murdoch’s memo to his staff and made it clear “Lachlan Murdoch is actually going to continue the tradition of allowing these companies to be right-wing in nature.”

Darcy, who used to write for The Blaze, scoffed at Murdoch for stating “there is a ‘battle for the freedom of speech,’ ‘for the freedom of thought.’” He took particular issue with Murdoch saying “Most of the media is in cahoots with those peddling political narratives rather than the truth.”

Of course, he took the opportunity to make a dig at Fox News and their settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, calling “rich” of him. “t would be irresponsible for me to read that to you without pointing out that Rupert Murdoch himself talks about people peddling narratives and not the truths when he just paid $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems for knowingly advancing falsehoods about the 2020 election,” he sniped.

It would be irresponsible for NewsBusters to call out Darcy without pointing out that CNN had to similarly settle a $275 million defamation suit with Nick Sandmann after the liberal network spit venom at the then-teenager with false claims that he was a racist for smiling at a liberal protestor who assailed him. And the network that demanded transparency from others demanded the settlement stipulate that they couldn’t disclose the final price tag.

He also seemed to suggest Murdoch was getting special treatment from the Trump administration because “Murdoch was one of the first receivers of the COVID-19 vaccine.” But Murdoch was 89 years old at the time, which meant he was in the elderly category that got access to the vaccines very early on.

Things took a dark turn when Darcy started fantasizing about a possible “power struggle” between Murdoch’s children when he inevitably passes away at some point. “And so, does Lachman remain atop these companies as Rupert Murdoch is trying to install? Right now, Rupert’s basically trying to seat Lachlan Murdoch, who is his chosen heir, on the throne, place the crown on his head, and have him in place as the successor,” he said.

CNN Whines Fox News to Remain ‘Right-Wing’ After Murdoch Steps Down

On Thursday, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corp.

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