Posted on 02/12/2017 2:13:54 PM PST by John Semmens
CNN's Chris Cuomo is attempting to make a case that labeling his reports as "fake news" is the equivalent of using racial epithets against a person.
"Calling someone the 'n-word' is pure bigotry," Cuomo declared. "It takes a trivial difference in appearance as an excuse for name calling. Likewise, using discrepancies in what we report as evidence of 'fake news' blows a minor issue into an insensitive and hurtful remark. Both expressions ought to be banned from polite discourse."
Cuomo brushed aside contentions that the two scenarios were, in fact, significantly different. "Some would argue that denigrating a person's skin color—something over which the individual has no control—isn't the same as denigrating a journalist for something he says. Well, I'm here to tell you that what we say on the air is entirely out of our control. We're handed a script and face intense pressure to adhere to the prescribed narrative. To hold us responsible for what we say is totally unfair."
"I could be fired for stepping out of line," Cuomo maintained. "How is this significantly different from a slave obeying his master to escape being whipped or a Mexican keeping a low profile to avoid being deported?"
Ironically, Cuomo's comments came after he interviewed Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn), long-time promoter of the fake story that he had served in Vietnam. Cuomo rebutted Trump's castigation of him on this matter, asserting that "I did ask the Senator about his Vietnam service, but he modestly declined to discuss this ancient history in favor of focusing on Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch's criticism of Trump's unwarranted remarks about the judge who slapped down his Muslim ban."
In related news, Sen. Blumenthal insisted that Gorsuch "must go through extreme vetting to make sure the nation isn't embarrassed by elevating a poseur to an exalted position he doesn't deserve."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,248686.0.html
Loved the clip yesterday of Bernie Sanders calling CNN Fake News on the air with them live... CNN broke away for technical issues... Was Way Funny.....
Let’s see, a Counterfeit News Network journalist objects to “Fake News” label? Why would he object?
Chris Cuomo: Pick up the phone: ‘Fake News’; ‘Fake News’; ‘Fake News’!!! Can you hear me now???
Mr. Cuomo and his fellow lib journalist just don’t seem to get that full HALF of America doesn’t just dislike them they HATE THEM and consider them more of an enemy (from within) than Putin and China.
N-Word to Chris Cuomo: NitWit
CNN Journalist, jumbo shrimp, military intelligence, etc
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