Posted on 03/02/2022 7:06:53 AM PST by Kaslin
In May 2017, CNN boss Jeff Zucker gave an interview to the "New Yorker Radio Hour" and made waves by proclaiming, "Fox is state-run TV and is extolling the line out of the White House. MSNBC has become the opposition, and I think CNN is seeking the truth." There wasn't a laugh track.
In 2022, it's quite obvious that CNN can now be accused of sounding like state-run TV.
On Feb. 27, CNN anchor Pamela Brown (whose father, John Brown, served as the Democrat governor of Kentucky) robotically read a Twitter thread from Jill Biden. She introduced it like this:
"First Lady Jill Biden addressed the anxiety so many of us are feeling about the ongoing war in Ukraine and the uncertainty of the future." She can speak for "so many of us" if she's talking about CNN's audience full of Democrats.
Then Brown spent nearly a minute and a half reading 198 florid First Lady words (duplicated on screen) about how parents, teachers and military families are coping, where to find mental health resources and how "Joe and I continue to pray for the brave and proud people of Ukraine." CNN White House reporter Kate Bennett also had a brief article about this on CNN.com.
The Russians are bombing Ukraine, and CNN wants you to feel grateful that we have the Bidens in the White House to help us cope with the disturbing results of the president's geopolitical fecklessness.
The robotic messaging for Team Jill continued the next afternoon. CNN White House reporter Kevin Liptak tweeted, "The White House says Jill Biden wore this mask with a sunflower today to show support for the Ukrainian people. It's the national flower of Ukraine and has become a symbol of resistance to Russian invasion."
Less than a half-hour later, his colleague Kate Bennett seconded that emotion: "@FLOTUS face mask today features a large embroidered sunflower, the national flower of Ukraine, in solidarity. (Her polka dot ensemble is by designer Brandon Maxwell)".
Bennett sounds like she's tweeting for Vogue. Brandon Maxwell is known for dressing Lady Gaga and judging on Lifetime's reality show "Project Runway."
There are 24 articles pictured on Bennett's profile page as I write. Half of them are about the Bidens, and half are about the Trumps. The tone differs sharply.
Here are some typical Jill Biden headlines:
--"Jill Biden's whirlwind first year as the President's eyes and ears across America"
--"First Lady Dr. Jill Biden calls for healing"
--"Jill Biden and Elizabeth Dole team up to highlight military caregiving"
There's also an article each on the new Biden puppy, and later, the new Biden cat. Compare that with Bennett's most recent Melania Trump headlines:
The robotic messaging for Team Jill continued the next afternoon. CNN White House reporter Kevin Liptak tweeted, "The White House says Jill Biden wore this mask with a sunflower today to show support for the Ukrainian people. It's the national flower of Ukraine and has become a symbol of resistance to Russian invasion."
Less than a half-hour later, his colleague Kate Bennett seconded that emotion: "@FLOTUS face mask today features a large embroidered sunflower, the national flower of Ukraine, in solidarity. (Her polka dot ensemble is by designer Brandon Maxwell)".
Bennett sounds like she's tweeting for Vogue. Brandon Maxwell is known for dressing Lady Gaga and judging on Lifetime's reality show "Project Runway."
There are 24 articles pictured on Bennett's profile page as I write. Half of them are about the Bidens, and half are about the Trumps. The tone differs sharply.
Here are some typical Jill Biden headlines:
--"Jill Biden's whirlwind first year as the President's eyes and ears across America"
--"First Lady Dr. Jill Biden calls for healing"
--"Jill Biden and Elizabeth Dole team up to highlight military caregiving"
There's also an article each on the new Biden puppy, and later, the new Biden cat. Compare that with Bennett's most recent Melania Trump headlines:
Our media is in the tank for Democrats just as much as Russian media is in the tank for Putin.
She’s an “excellent doctor” from what I hear...
I just threw up a little in my mouth…
CNN was always the DNC network.Fox was never full of Trump supporters.
LOL. CNN, what a bunch of losers.
The Clown News Network strikes again.
There was an article stating that new management at CNN was going to bring it back to neutral news. Bahahahahha, yeah ok- off to a pretty poor start there clown news network
So this is the ‘chat’ she has in the Sodomite’s Turkish Bath House? Your pals, the Red Chinese, don’t like Sodomites...enjoy your future (LOL) with them.
Radio Moscow, Radio Peking and Radio Pyongyong weren’t even this bad in the ‘70’s.
Either the sotu speech is delayed several,seconds so,that they can cut out any embarrassing remarks, or Biden is still somewhat OK at reading teleprompter, but what’s amazing is that had Trump flubbed even just a little bit, the media woild have been howling,like,a bunch of howler monkeys, calling for I Leachman claimingmhe was unfit for office. Biden makes major gaff after major gaff, and the media simply ignores it
Who’s Jill Biden? I thought her first name was Doctor.
With all of the ditzy minority bimbos Pedo Joe has forced into our lives since taking office, I find it weird that he married a white supremacist.
She should be prosecute for Elder Abuse.
A truly forgettable first lady
Her private hell is that she has to change his diapers in the middle of the night..... She deserves it.
And a Gold digger.
WOW! Just saw a real spectacle as Jill and Joe were leaving the WH. THe press was asking him questions, all milk toast. He was asked about Ash Wednesday, he responded that the cardinal came to the WH for ashes and they prayed for Ukraine. THEN, it turned dark. A follow up question about abortion and receiving sacraments. Mama bear JILL, standing in the background came running to his rescue, like she was going to intervene. Unbelievable.
“What’s all the hubbub ... bub?”
Political speaking points writers need to be banned from newspapers and newsrooms everywhere. Networks hiring the people who produce this kind of content is the virus that sickens America. Journalism media is supposed to make people think, not to tell people what to think or feel.
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