Posted on 03/03/2019 4:20:04 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
A conservative group of street artists has labeled the cable channel run by Jeff Zucker the "Communist News Network." A billboard that criticized CNN and its president, Jeff Zucker, over a perceived liberal bias sprang up Friday directly across the street from the news network's headquarters in Hollywood.
The billboard at the corner of Sunset and Cahuenga features Zucker's face and faux title, "CEO, CNNPC" and it refers to CNN as the "Communist News Network." The main message reads: "Keep Korea Divided."
Before Friday morning, the giant billboard was being used to advertise a marijuana dispensary, but it has been altered by a small band of conservative street artists who go by the name The Faction, and it is the third time in six weeks the group has attacked a TV channel owned by AT&T's WarnerMedia.
In January, The Faction criticized Bill Maher and a month after that it was John Oliver, both of whom host shows on HBO. In those attacks, the entertainers were labeled "NPC," which, in video-game parlance, means "non-playable character," though in conservative circles it refers to robotic liberalism allegedly displayed by mainstream journalists.
One of The Faction's members told The Hollywood Reporter that the critical CNN billboard is related to its coverage of President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. CNN had no comment.
“When Trump speaks glowingly of Kim Jong Un it's a tactic,” says a member of The Faction, which remains anonymous. “Zucker and his journo-activists know this, but are more than willing to try to torpedo the summit — the future of the long-suffering North and South Korean people be damned.”
Trump's summit had been taking place in Vietnam and the president said his mission was to get North Korea to disarm its nuclear weapons and drop its ambitions for more of them. The talks broke down Thursday without an agreement.
The Faction first made a name for itself in August when it peppered the Hollywood Walk of Fame with dozens of phony Trump stars in an attempt to replace his real one, which activists have destroyed on numerous occasions.
Update 2:35 p.m. Pacific: The anti-CNN billboard remained for about seven hours before it was removed.
“I’ll bet every hair on my head that I’m right to hate Trump”—Zucker.
Conservatives are the real radicals in states like California. Give the commies a taste of their own medicine. Very good
When the judge says that it must be removed will everyone finally agree with me that we do not have freedom of speech?
The day it comes down by court order it will have been totally defaced and be unreadable.
Gambling is illegal here on Bushwood Free Republic as a good judge once declared, or I’d consider a bet. I won’t.
CNN - America’s Fake News Headquarters.
I love it!
I’m surprised they found a company willing to rent them the billboard for such a message.
I'm not.
Now the BB company can get triple the rate from CNN to keep it out of the hands of non-fake news types.
“KEEP THE USA DIVIDED” is more to the point.
I wonder if the FBI will investigate it as a hate crime?
Attack?
Since when is satire an “attack”?
I keep thinking that AT&T will dump Zucker or sell CNN. Hope remains eternal.
Damn good on them.
As someone has sagely observed CNN = Current Narrative Network
It’s time...to send them all to their final situations.
company willing to rent the billboard....
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True.
A dangerous turn toward civil unrest started when the companies like Nike patted themselves on the back to look righteous (now called virtue signaling. Where did that term start? Clumsy to me.)
Now we have to see if a store tossed out Ivanka’s merchandise, another withdrew ads for Mark Levin or Rush and another contributes to BLM and the Women’s March.
We’ll need another stupid “app” (I have zero)for pro and con boycotts of every product. Then, like a gay guy said to me “I love Chik Fil A so much I’ll forget they were anti gay and pro Christian.” And I’ll have to buy MyPillow (have a small one now) to support the owner and his Cpac speech and pro-Trump stance. Exhausting.
“CNN - Crappy News Network”. I’m Jeff Zucker and I approve of this message.
This article is getting recycled.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3731637/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3731648/posts
I prefer Certainly Not News.
It’s true.
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