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Former CNN pundit: Network is officially 'Leftist State Media' after Trump chyron coverage
Fox News ^ | April 14 2020 | Brian Flood

Posted on 04/14/2020 10:48:44 AM PDT by knighthawk

CNN’s coverage of Monday’s White House coronavirus press briefing put a harsh spotlight on the network's line-blurring between journalism and agenda-driven opinion, media experts tell Fox News, and even has some wondering if the liberal network has abandoned objective coverage of the president altogether.

CNN cut away from Trump’s task force briefing on Monday when the White House aired a brief video designed to combat recent reports that the response to coronavirus didn’t happen quickly enough. CNN host John King quickly called it “propaganda,” which became the phrase du jour for the network during a series of events that one former network employee said proved it has officially become “Leftist State Media.”

Once CNN decided to return to the briefing, the network’s on-screen chyrons began editorializing with snarky comments that were praised by the far left but frowned upon by journalism professors, conservative media watchdogs and ex-CNN employees.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2020election; brianflood; clintonnonnews; cnn; coronavirus; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; johnking; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; tds; trump; trumpmedia
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“Imagine the rage of the 24-year-old in the chyron booth,” Carlson said, mocking a CNN employee by pretending to aggressively type while uttering, “He’s so bad, orange man,” before Hannity chimed in.
1 posted on 04/14/2020 10:48:44 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Delicious!


2 posted on 04/14/2020 10:51:19 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: knighthawk

Tell you what, the rats control the FNC chyron. Turn the sound off and you cannot tell the difference between them and CNN.


3 posted on 04/14/2020 10:51:51 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: knighthawk

I saw a picture of those churns and thought “who is letting a juvenile type these”?


4 posted on 04/14/2020 10:52:04 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: knighthawk

Nothin’ new ‘bout that! Been that way for a long, long time. Only difference is one of them came out and said it.


5 posted on 04/14/2020 10:58:06 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: knighthawk

The pundit to whom the article refers is Jeffery Lord.

For the record...


6 posted on 04/14/2020 10:59:40 AM PDT by be-baw
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even has some wondering if the liberal network has abandoned objective coverage of the president altogether.

Some? Wondering? Pffffffftt.

7 posted on 04/14/2020 11:04:35 AM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: gibsonguy

While I agree that Fox (outside of the primetime lineup and morning host) is not much different than most of the media, CNN and MSNBC are a special kind of stupid. The old school networks jump the shark often as well.

They are rabid propagandist.


8 posted on 04/14/2020 11:05:07 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: knighthawk

I used to like watching Lynne Russell on CNN (Headline News channel).


9 posted on 04/14/2020 11:05:35 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: knighthawk

The idiots at cnn have long ago lost their damn minds.


10 posted on 04/14/2020 11:05:42 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: knighthawk

Four year later and CNN is still.sore about losing the 2016 election.


11 posted on 04/14/2020 11:06:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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As the article shows, former cnn employee, Soledad O’Brien, also criticized cnn in a tweet.

Now that’s amazing... because she’s a far left idiot.


12 posted on 04/14/2020 11:08:31 AM PDT by Conserv
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OMG! Those are real?!

That has to be a woke high school kid writing those. I can't believe they call themselves a news outlet.

13 posted on 04/14/2020 11:09:31 AM PDT by dead (Trump puts crazy glue on their grenades and they never know it until after they pull the pin.)
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To: OttawaFreeper

It was those puffy, bright red lips, right?


14 posted on 04/14/2020 11:09:36 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Scatology is serendipitous)
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To: knighthawk

LOL...I caught that on Tucker last night...very good!

Now that all the airports are empty, I wonder what CNN’s ratings are these days??


15 posted on 04/14/2020 11:12:45 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Never fear the cow)
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CNN has defined its market as those who hate the President and apparently that, plus the heretofore airport franchises, is enough for them.

A local family who has been friends of my family for a many generations is counted among the CNN loyalists.

This family hates Trump and looks forward to feeding that hatred daily by watching CNN's hateful coverage. They actually believe that CNN is "just the news."

16 posted on 04/14/2020 11:13:52 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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cnn jacka$$es have no shame and are not journalists they are biased paid propagandists..how can they sleep at night? no conscience...


17 posted on 04/14/2020 11:13:55 AM PDT by rolling_stone (tshf)
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To: OttawaFreeper

“I used to like watching Lynne Russell...”

Yup, remember her in her early days at KENS in San Antonio.


18 posted on 04/14/2020 11:20:49 AM PDT by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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I liked Robin Meade...

back when I paid for cable.

I use to catch 10 to 12 minutes of headline news, but those days are long over.


19 posted on 04/14/2020 11:27:57 AM PDT by Conserv
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even has some wondering if the liberal network has abandoned objective coverage of the president altogether.

And how can cnn abandon what they never had?

20 posted on 04/14/2020 11:46:52 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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