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10 Times CNN Told Us An Apple Was A Banana
The Federalist ^ | 10/23/2017 | David Harsanyi

Posted on 10/23/2017 1:18:47 PM PDT by ForYourChildren

Considering the numerous mistakes and misleading stories CNN has produced over the past several years, you’d think that they’d be a tad less sanctimonious.

The first ad in CNN’s “Facts First” initiative features nothing but an apple with a voiceover lecturing you about the need to embrace facts. “This is an apple,” an amiable man tells us. “Some people might try to tell you that it’s a banana. They might scream banana, banana, banana, over and over and over again. They might put BANANA in all caps. You might even start to believe that this is a banana. But it’s not. This is an apple.”

This reflects the smug and didactic disposition of many in a political media that treats a vocation as if it were a religious crusade. Considering the numerous mistakes and misleading stories CNN has produced over the past several years, you’d think that they’d be a tad less sanctimonious.

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KEYWORDS: banana; cnn; fakeamericans; fakenews
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1 posted on 10/23/2017 1:18:47 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
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To: ForYourChildren

This ad... so sad.

It almost, almost, but doesn’t, make me feel sorry for CNN.


2 posted on 10/23/2017 1:18:57 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

The comments here are hilarious.

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2017/10/23/orange-you-glad-i-didnt-say-banana-cnns-fruity-factsfirst-ad-cracks-conservatives-up/


3 posted on 10/23/2017 1:19:16 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

Here is the ad:

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/922402297581375488/video/1


4 posted on 10/23/2017 1:19:30 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

Here is another funny thread... twitter comments..

“HA! Dana Loesch puts CNN in a lib-style headlock over ‘apples & bananas’ lecture “

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2017/10/23/ha-dana-loesch-puts-cnn-in-a-lib-style-headlock-over-apples-bananas-lecture/


5 posted on 10/23/2017 1:20:03 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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” But what if it’s an apple that identifies as a banana. pic.twitter.com/0UoPJSxbTQ “

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 23, 2017


6 posted on 10/23/2017 1:20:28 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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” @CNN did you just assume that an apple can’t identify as a banana? Who are you to decide what is right for every fruit? #Bigots https://t.co/VksULPmWRf

— Erin Found (@ErinFound) October 23, 2017


7 posted on 10/23/2017 1:21:01 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren
"Some people will try to tell you this is a banana."

"But we are reality-based."

"This is a woman."

8 posted on 10/23/2017 1:35:37 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: ForYourChildren

this is bruce jenner.

people may call him an her over and over and over again.


9 posted on 10/23/2017 1:38:59 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: ForYourChildren
HAH!!! I am in a hotel... in Asia... and just turned the TV on... and they are running the ad... Don't worry I am going to go take a shower after I change the channel.

Has anyone told CNN that the APPLE IS FAKE? It's not a real apple! Them talking about bananas is a diversion!

10 posted on 10/23/2017 1:52:16 PM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: ForYourChildren

Ok, so what would CNN say if some guy in their studio claimed to be a girl? Yeah, that’s what I thought...


11 posted on 10/23/2017 1:58:26 PM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: ForYourChildren
Ironic seeing as how CNN tried to fool its viewers into thinking they were using Microsoft products when, in fact. they were using to hid their use of Apple products.


12 posted on 10/23/2017 2:00:12 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ForYourChildren

bkmrk


13 posted on 10/23/2017 2:21:36 PM PDT by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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Future Red Dwarf ping...

It's a banana

14 posted on 10/23/2017 2:24:24 PM PDT by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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To: ForYourChildren

And these are the same people who don’t know the difference between a boy and a girl.


15 posted on 10/23/2017 2:34:44 PM PDT by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: ForYourChildren

Do they have to be hit over the head to see the irony of their stupid statements? Hey folks - a man is a man and a woman is a woman no matter how many times you try to convince us otherwise! It has to be painful to be so stupid. Do they take pain pills for that?


16 posted on 10/23/2017 4:20:44 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Texas Eagle

Is that Candy Crowley in the picture? Is she still around?


17 posted on 10/23/2017 4:23:01 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: libertylover

OW - that hurts. They will tell you it’s YOU who doesn’t know the difference. You just haven’t been brought up to date since the last time you saw one or the other. It just can’t be taken for granted that the woman you saw yesterday is a woman today....GADS!


18 posted on 10/23/2017 4:24:57 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: ForYourChildren

I don’t why everyone is so down on CNN’s new ad. It’s very convincing. I’m now believe it’s possible that CNN might be “The Most Trusted Name in News About Fruit” ...


19 posted on 10/23/2017 4:46:32 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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Good point. I’m now ready to consider using CNN as my primary fruit identification cable new provider.

Will there be regular twitter or instagram fruit photo submittal procedures so they can use a couple hours of their broadcast day to provide this valuable service to viewers?


20 posted on 10/23/2017 7:54:11 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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