Posted on 08/25/2020 11:59:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
It is the kind of move that, had the players been changed, would have had Brian Stelter pontificating loudly about the inference of intolerance. But as the Republican convention kicked off last night, we saw a very curious decision made by the production staff at Brian’s network, and you have to raise a number of questions about the move, especially considering some of the comments made by Stelter himself.
Kim Klacik made a quick name for herself with a campaign ad she made to run for the representative seat in her hometown of Baltimore. That a forceful person of color was running as a GOP in Maryland’s 7th District is enough to turn a few heads, but her message, while strolling through the gutted backdrop of her city, was powerful and she became a sensation as a result.
So much so that she was invited to be one of the featured speakers at the Republican convention Monday night -- just don’t tell that to CNN. In truth, it appeared someone had let the network know. When it came time for Klacik’s message to begin CNN minimized her -- literally.
Her video was diminished to make room for the news network to run a commercial spot.
It can hardly be suggested that CNN had to cut away for time constraints at that moment. Klacik’s segment was following directly behind the live speech made by Florida Representative Matt Gaetz -- as the second speaker of the evening. The convention had only just begun, and CNN chose to use her time to run a Geico Insurance commercial. It's not difficult to believe this was an orchestrated decision.
Over the weekend on his "Reliable Sources" program Brian Stelter had paved the way for networks to cut away from convention coverage to lend insight and fact-check the commentary, as needed: “Television nets are going to have interesting choices to make...about whether to cut away if there’s this stream of disinformation happening live.” Bypassing the small detail that CNN was not so inspired during the lies told last week at the DNC Telethon, CNN cut off Klacik before she could even speak.
If you had been watching CNN Monday night here is her segment that may have been missed.
What makes this move by CNN to discard a POC Republican candidate all the more disturbing are some other words offered up by the network’s media expert.
In the minutes just ahead of the start of Monday’s lineup, Stelter had this comment to make, seemingly addressing the hostility between his industry and President Trump, and by extension the Republican Party.
"We'll hear many critiques of the media tonight and throughout the #RNC. But keep the power dynamic in mind: Convention organizers NEED the media to help their message reach a much wider audience. They need CNN, MSNBC and the broadcast nets…"
What transpired is a rather nice summation of what is wrong with the media complex these days. Stelter is essentially offering biased punditry - telling us what will happen, not reporting on what has happened -- and at the same time elevating his profession as an exalted presence in this country. And in just a matter of minutes his own network disproved all of his claims.
There had been no critiques delivered, and there was no fact checking taking place when Kim Klacik was walked over. Stelter boldly declares that he and his industry are sorely needed by the parties, and then about 15 minutes later, his network displays a refusal to enact the very outreach he trumpeted as their cause. Klacik never was on the receiving end of expert analysis of her message, she was denied the chance to deliver her message.
It will be up for speculation as to why CNN elected to mute her time in the public. Do not be afraid to use the same suggestive speculation of their motives that Stelter and CNN panelists use when assessing Republicans, or FoxNews.
A GOP House pickup?
Klacik has left the plantation. Slavemaster CNN won't allow that.
The RNC should rerun it on another night and announce it was what CNN censored. She may not win Baltimore, but she may persuade a few more fence sitters in other districts.
The scenes in Baltimore are all too familiar in other cities like Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and LA where the race hustlers rule.
They had seen her viral YouTube Ad...where she walks through Baltimore bombed out ghettos and shows the World what 50+ years of Democrat political rule has produced...
There was no way they were going to give her a national primetime forum...
I’m getting a sense there are some major cracks (and not just cocaine) in the mulinyan voting base...
DJT is about to flood the DIM Plantation...
utub won’t let me see Walker’s video Happens on a lot of videos. Can anyone here see it?
She is seriously hot.
CNN hates black people. They simply hate to show them in a good light.
Flat out bigots at CNN
Most people long ago realized anything coming out of CNN is either a straight up lie or at least largely deceptive.
Nothing has changed.
Well he has to put his 5 cents in, it’s his job.
CNN is ATT
It’s ATT that cutaway.
Of course..God forbid CNN show a black woman who isn’t on the Dem plantation
I don’t care. Go around thinking the world is out to get us.
When the programming “suddenly” switches to a commercial, that is what is going on. Whether you believe it or not.
I am here to help educate people. But if you don’t want to learn, I can only do what I can do.
Just make sure you take your viagra before watching the convention.
She should marry Ben Jr.
No, and it won’t even be close.
Bump
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