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How CNN muzzled victims' voices at the Republican National Convention
Breitbart ^ | 7/19/16 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 07/19/2016 11:36:22 AM PDT by Faith Presses On

CNN cut away from speakers who spoke out against illegal immigration at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday night, turning instead to its daily stable of talking heads, and coming back for a conventional politician’s speech. Mary Ann Mendoza, Sabine Durden, and Jamiel Shaw, who each lost a child through crimes committed by illegal aliens, spoke from the heart about why they supported Donald Trump’s proposal to enforce immigration law and build a border wall.

Shaw, who is black, told the tearful audience in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena “You’d think Obama cared, and black lives mattered … Only Trump called me on the phone one day to see how I was doing … Trump will put America first.”

But CNN, which lately fought to rebuild its audience by including more conservative perspectives, filtered out those voices, returning to the speeches in time for Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), who gave a good but otherwise unremarkable address.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016rncconvention; bias; cnn; mediabias; newsblackout; trump
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To: Faith Presses On

PBS did the same thing to Luttrell and Guliani


21 posted on 07/19/2016 11:52:07 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: Faith Presses On

Never get talkover by network or cable pundits during such telecasts! Just watch C-SPAN and keep your blood pressure low and your intellectual ability think for yourself high.


22 posted on 07/19/2016 11:53:42 AM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: Faith Presses On

That is why I am watching it on C-Span. No interruptions at all.


23 posted on 07/19/2016 11:55:15 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Faith Presses On

It’s what they do. They report what they want to. They especially like to interview anyone who doesn’t like Trump or causes controversy.


24 posted on 07/19/2016 11:56:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Faith Presses On

You can be sure that CNN will give max exposure at Demo convention to the deceased sainted black thugs and their enablers when they are paraded out there.


25 posted on 07/19/2016 11:57:07 AM PDT by Lent
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To: Faith Presses On
"I did watch C-span. But many people can’t or won’t, and many are swing voters. THEY are the people who have to hear about the toll of Benghazi and crime by illegal immigrants. The posters on Free Republic already know about all that."

Therein lies the problem. Besides the "gimmedats", much of the American populace is more concerned about the kardashians or wifes of who gives a crap than their own futures.

26 posted on 07/19/2016 11:57:20 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
If you have DirecTV they are running live and uncut coverage on channel 347.

That's how I watch the convention and will watch the Democratic Convention. I want to see and hear the convention speakers, not the talking heads.

27 posted on 07/19/2016 11:59:33 AM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: DesertRhino

That PBS crew was shameful. Kept interrupting. After
Mrs. Trump’s speech, they came back on & were all white
as ghosts, sputtering & slashing at her with their
diarrhea of the mouths. (Even Gwen Ifill was white as a
ghost.)


28 posted on 07/19/2016 12:01:00 PM PDT by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: Faith Presses On

The only way Trump will have to get the truth out to the “folks” is to run a ton of ads and infomercials. Between the families of Benghazi, victims of illegal aliens and some patriotic servicemen, Donald has more than enough ammo to destroy Hillary. The truth and nothing but the truth. There are millions out there that have never even heard about the countless rapes committed by the impeached Bill Clinton. How many know that he has been disbarred for lying? Runs in the family.


29 posted on 07/19/2016 12:01:32 PM PDT by Kahuna
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To: madison10
I heard C-Span was the best.

That is where I went and I heard the complete speeches, unfiltered through some talking head's mouth.

30 posted on 07/19/2016 12:03:26 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: Faith Presses On

CSPAN covered the whole convention. Much better watching straight coverage.


31 posted on 07/19/2016 12:05:14 PM PDT by jch10 (Obama, now out of excuses.)
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To: LibertarianLiz
I heard the complete speeches, unfiltered, not through some talking head's mouth.

Okay, now that is what I meant to say.

32 posted on 07/19/2016 12:06:58 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: madison10
Yes, only CSpan for me from now on. I was listening to a speech and the talking heads would break in and tell me what I was hearing...and they don't seem to hear so well.

Last afternoon when the roll call thing was happening Varney on Fox continued with an in-studio interview and missed it. (I still wonder if it was on purpose...they have a hundred monitors watching the convention floor, very strange). Then Varney proceeded to later explain to me what HE HIMSELF had missed.

CSpan gives you everything, untainted by talking heads. After watching last night, when I woke up this morning, it was obvious none of the outlets saw the same convention I saw. Uplifting, accurate and exciting. But this morning there's Susan Collins, ...ah, she's just not sure if she can vote for Trump. Good old CNN.

33 posted on 07/19/2016 12:12:40 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: jch10; 1Old Pro; Genoa; Robert DeLong; loveliberty2

“CSPAN covered the whole convention. Much better watching straight coverage.”

I watched C-Span online.

I was ALREADY going to vote for Donald Trump, though. Was anyone else here convinced to vote for him by last night’s convention speeches?

The real point is to reach swing voters.


34 posted on 07/19/2016 12:14:30 PM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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To: Faith Presses On

Nazis.


35 posted on 07/19/2016 12:15:57 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Faith Presses On

Kinda funny—but certainly not unexpected—that Breitbart never mentions how Donald Trump himself muzzled the speech by Pat Smith. He called in live to Fox News, which carried the interview with him right while she was speaking. With him, it’s always about The Donald.


36 posted on 07/19/2016 12:20:09 PM PDT by drjimmy
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To: timestax
Journalism isn't about reporting the news. It's about shaping public opinion and telling us what they want us to know. It's been like that for as long as I can remember.

It's the "Goebbels' News School."

37 posted on 07/19/2016 12:21:14 PM PDT by LouAvul (Freedom without responsibility is anarchy.)
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To: Faith Presses On
Wonder if they will cut away when the DNC features the parents of the guys who were killed by the police.

Don't know how popular those speeches will be outside the far left.

38 posted on 07/19/2016 12:22:46 PM PDT by mware
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To: jch10

RSBN covered entire convention also


39 posted on 07/19/2016 12:23:30 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: TexasGator

What kind of bad attitude?


40 posted on 07/19/2016 12:28:06 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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