Two RNC Attendees Threw Nuts At A Black CNN Employee And Said, 'This Is How We Feed Animals'

TBI ^ | 8-29-2012 | Brett LoGiurato

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Two RNC Attendees Threw Nuts At A Black CNN Employee And Said, 'This Is How We Feed Animals'

Brett LoGiurato
Aug. 29, 2012, 9:32 AM

Two spectators at the Republican National Convention were kicked out Tuesday after allegedly throwing nuts at a black CNN employee and saying, "This is how we feed animals," according to a CNN report this morning.

CNN did not have any further official comment beyond its short report. The convention released this statement this morning:

“Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated."

The story was first extensively reported by Talking Points Memo. And TPM editor Josh Marshall notes that CNN didn't report on it until almost 8 a.m. this morning:

There’s a normal and correct tendency for a news outfit not to want to make itself into the story. But this goes way beyond that and puts CNN in an exquisitely awkward position. CNN has been bending over backwards of late trying to position itself as the last holy beacon of objectivity and fairness in cable news, as Fox and MSNBC play to more clearly partisan audiences. Meanwhile, they’re under almost constant assault from conservatives for alleged (and basically mythical) liberal bias.

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I was banned (some time back) from making comments at this site.(Ahem)

[henkster]

I call BS. This never happened.

[TigerClaws]

Rat plants?

[Hotlanta Mike]

Sounds like a set-up to me...

[The_Media_never_lie]

CNN has been bending over backwards of late trying to position itself as the last holy beacon of objectivity and fairness in cable news

This is a joke, right?

[VRWCarea51]

That’s what happens when you Send Joe Biden anywhere without supervision.

[factoryrat]

First thing that came to my mind!

[scottjewell]

to me, too.

[Darteaus94025]

And being called an ‘animal’ could NEVER be because they are members of the Commie News Network?

[SMGFan]

in a tweet @evalongoria This is shocking and horrible. http://say.ly/kcE441P

She is speaking at the DNC next week.

[Red Badger]

This sounds as fishy as a Sunday morning on Bourbon Street................

[kingattax]

Next --- CNN will report that some GOP convention attendees strapped an old lady in her wheelchair and threw her in Tampa Bay.

CNN's 24 viewers have a combined IQ a couple points less than a dog biscuit.

[raybbr]

Or, Pualtards....

[Mr. K]

"CNN has been bending over backwards of late trying to position itself as the last holy beacon of objectivity and fairness in cable news"

It has?? Seriously? since When? They are not called the "Clinton News Network" for nothing

[Uncle Miltie]

In other news:

[Eric in the Ozarks]

$10 says this is phony.

[theDentist]

Dear CNN hack,

You lie!

[pallis]

They should screen out the Occuturds and ACORNtrash.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

just of late.
Before lately, they admit to being biased.

[madison10]

Sounds like a person has been added, at first it was just one person throwing peanuts. Tomorrow we’ll have the whole state of AL in on it. Agree that’s the creeps were probably either Dem plants, or Paul-tards.