Posted on 04/21/2013 8:25:30 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
On Thursday, just hours after the FBI released blurry pictures of the two suspected Boston Marathon bombers, CNN anchor Erin Burnett assumed the suspects were "stereotypically" white Americans and not linked to any foreign terror group.
It turned out that the suspects--Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev--are technically "white" as they are ethnically Chechen (although Dzhokhar recently became a citizen). But what Burnett, like many in the mainstream media who instinctively assume such acts are committed by those who look like Timothy McVeigh, was implying was that the suspects in the photos were white Americans who were born in this country.
"They are young. They're white. They're very confident. They kind of look like college kids," Burnett said on the Thursday evening edition of her low-rated primetime show, "Outfront."
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I wish she had stayed on CNBC, where she was actually decent, instead of a waste of airtime.
Oh man ... Rick Sanchez and his Hawaiian Islands, Don Lemon, Soledad O’Brien, etc. etc., now this .... is stupidity a requirement for working at CNN?
The toads in the “media” love to tell us that we are a nation of immigrants. These two were immigrants. Isn’t that “stereotypical”?
I know its the anniversary, but I was still surprised yesterday when MSNBC ran their Mcveigh special yesterday.
Seems the media has put this one to bed....no reason to dig further...and return to blaming white guys for everything.
Considering the situation, maybe a special on Beslan would have been better.
McCaul said there, “may be some sort of foreign connection here.”
“Wait,” Burnett interrupted. “Let me make sure I understand. Sorry, I want to make you understand.
And the stupid Leftist bitch tries to lecture the Congressman, and she does not want to hear any evidence that goes against her pre-determined “reality”.
Amazing, “reality” is whatever you want it to be. We are living in an insane asylum.
The conceit of brain-dead libs like Burnett is the only reason for the war on terror is for white people to kill brown people. Radical islam is just a ruse don’t you know. So these morons can’t understand why conservatives are upset about the two killers because they’re “white.” Of course, being a lib means being clueless.
Guess she's going to have to rename her show "Burnett's Behind."
Wow. Better hope she never meets me in person.
Christianne, the idiot who when interviewed by Piers Whatshisname said that Crime goes down in areas where Gun Control is implemented.
And no, Piers didn’t correct her fantasy comment.
I guess Chicago isn’t her type of town.
Remember thinking back then that I was glad my dad died in the mid 1990's before he had to witness that attack.
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