Posted on 11/28/2017 1:23:31 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
President Donald Trump has made CNN one of his favorite punching bags on Twitter, calling the network "fake news," "garbage journalism" and "the worst."
But Trump's most recent attack on CNN seems to have especially aggravated the network, prompting what appeared to be an organized response from some of its most prominent journalists, including Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Christiane Amanpour and Brooke Baldwin.
And on Monday, the network dedicated significant airtime to rebuking Trump.
"We have thick skin here at CNN," host Anderson Cooper said Monday. "We can handle criticism but we'll damn sure call it out when it's a lie."
"His assault against a free press, a free press that stands up to him, will not stop us or any other legitimate news organization," Cooper said. "It won't stop my colleagues around the world who put their lives on the line to do their work, to report."
Wolf Blitzer introduced a nearly five-minute montage of clips showing CNN correspondents covering war and strife in places like Afghanistan, Syria, Niger, Libya and the Philippines.
"The relentless pursuit of the truth and the outright rejection of any attack against it is something we still hold sacred, always will," Blitzer said. "No matter how many insults or blatant assaults on the press and its freedom, this pursuit is something for which we will never bend nor break. Even the loudest critics can't silence the facts."
In another segment moderated by host Brooke Baldwin, Wedeman and fellow senior international correspondent Clarissa Ward spoke of the threats presented by Trump's tweet.
Beyond being "disheartening," Trump's assault "emboldens" people in foreign countries who may already show hostility toward western journalists, Ward said. What may come across as a joke in the U.S. could be life-threatening to reporters in the field, she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Getting lots of flack.
Must be over the target!...................
They can all go pound sand.
Their bitterness is my daily food.
“His assault against a free press, a free press that stands up to him, will not stop us or any other legitimate news organization,” Cooper said. “It won’t stop my colleagues around the world who put their lives on the line to do their work, to report.”
—
LOL. What a self-important ass.
Yet the titgroper and rapist icon get a pass...so f u mediapukes!!!
“”We have thick skin here at CNN,” host Anderson Cooper said Monday.”
Then why do you need to do this childish crap? People with thick skin ignore outside sound. It just shows you’re a bunch of thin-skinned obama whores who pretend to be “free press”.
I don't believe that for a second. You have persistently slanted your reporting for years to the point where everyone recognizes it now. That, in large measure, explains why your ratings continue to slide into the toilet...pretty much where your reporting belongs.
All evidence to the contrary.
and a Huge YAWN was heard everywhere ,LOL
I read that Brooke Baldwin is paid around $200,000 a year. Obviously she didn’t use her assets to get more money.
Isn’t Anderson Pooper WAY too white to be representing CNN to America and the World?
Anti-U.S. democrat party propaganda is more virulent, hate-filled, toxic, and over-the-top than what the people of North Korea are subjected to daily.
Poor babies.
Please, somebody change their diapers.
5.56mm
Their wallets are frightened.
Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Christiane Amanpour : triumvirate of evil.
Thick heads, more like.
That's bull sh*t. He has pink rat skin along with his easily offended deviate homosexual associates.
That's funny right there. Don't really remember Cooper standing up to Bammy. He was usually on all fours.
The ship is sinking and its taking on water and the rats are all huddled together about to eat each other, bon appetite
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.