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In the following days, Project Veritas began releasing undercover videos from its “American Pravda” series showing CNN producers and on-air personalities questioning the network’s nonstop coverage of Russian interference in the presidential election.Ĭonservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said it’s the “end of CNN.” Three senior journalists at the network resigned over the story, which CNN said did not meet its editorial standards. Last month, CNN was forced to apologize and retract a report saying the head of a Russian investment fund, who met with a member of Trump’s transition team before the inauguration, was under congressional investigation. Trump’s favorite “fake news” punching bag. The article is just the latest black eye for a network that has emerged as Mr. In a statement Wednesday, CNN said any “assertion that the network blackmailed or coerced him is false.” Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said the Atlanta-based company may have broken a Georgia law prohibiting extortion. to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange weighing in on the controversy. Bozell said Wednesday on Fox Business Network’s “Varney and Co.”ĬNN ignited a firestorm on Twitter on Tuesday night when they published the article, with figures ranging from Donald Trump Jr. “This is CNN that has been so embarrassed, it has overreacted so badly to that silly ‘Smackdown’ video - which I wish the president hadn’t done - but they’ve overreacted so badly by suggesting that it’s fostering violence against the media, that they’re trying to find the upper hand on this,” Mr. The network said the video would “encourage violence against reporters.”īrent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, said CNN overreacted to the video. Trump at a World Wrestling Entertainment event from 2007 tackling a man who had CNN’s logo superimposed on his face. Why not just say, ‘This person asked not to have his name released, and we complied’?”ĬNN denounced the president Sunday after he tweeted the video, which depicted Mr. “But the strange thing is saying we reserve the right if you return to your previous behavior,” she continued. “Just because you want to use an alias and an anonymous handle doesn’t mean that, if what you say becomes newsworthy and gets picked up and tweeted by the president, that you don’t suddenly become news,” she said. i'm never letting my kids listen to his new smash single Montero (call me by your name) that's out right now! smh".She said she had no problem with CNN finding out who made the video, equating posting online comments to standing on a soapbox and shouting in the public square. Lil Nas X and the shoes have created a national conversation, and the musician has been widely condemned, primarily from conservative and religious sectors, which Lil Nas X then proceeded to mock on his own social media, writing about himself, "this kid is disgusting. 7ZbVBj1gJv- Parker Molloy March 29, 2021 Pete Hegseth had to be corrected by the weather guy. Missed this from yesterday's Fox & Friends: they were talking about Lil Nas X and the satan shoes thing. However, in the athletics company's lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, Nike said the shoes were produced without its approval and that it was "in no way connected with this project." He intended to sell each of them for $1,018 (a reference to Luke 10:18, which reads, "And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.'" In the haze of outrage that followed, there seemed to be a belief that Nike had actually created the shoes. In addition, Lil Nas X created 666 pairs of Satan Shoes, which were modified Nike Air Max 97s with bronze pentagram, an inverted cross and a drop of human blood in each shoe. Singer and rapper Lil Nas X has made headlines of late with the music video and marketing campaign behind his most recent hit, "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)." The clip depicts the musician descending into hell, where he proceeds to have sex with the devil before slaying him and replacing him on his throne.
