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CNN Hiring Practices Called Into Question?

During the week of February 4th, many proponents of fairness in the media felt shock after seeing the most recent hire at CNN. Who was this new recruit? Josh Campbell, the FBI agent who publicly authored a  NY Times opinion piece against Trump. In response to the personnel move, Donald Trump Jr tweeted, “You would think their stable is full in the hate on Trump department. Ahh, who am I kidding? It’s CNN of course there’s more room.”

What did Trump Jr mean?

One might think that Don Jr was referring to the hosts. Perhaps Jake Tapper, a former writer for a far left publication? Maybe Chris Cuomo, the son and brother of pillars of the democratic party? Or could it be Jim Sciutto, a former Obama official, who comes with former Obama officials as sources? These three are just a taste of the issue with hosts but this is not the travesty Don was referencing.

Typical CNN Panel

Another theory would be Don Jr was referring to the stable of pundits who appear on panels. It is quite common to find entire panels of anti-Trump perspectives. Many of the experts at CNN are direct hires from the Clinton/Obama machine. ‘HIres,’ such as regulars, Gloria Borger and David Axelrod or even the contributors like Neera Tanden, John Podesta and Robby Mook or even the countless guests who easily outnumber supporters of Trump 5-1. (With the ‘1’ being self-hating republican Anna Navarro)

The true problem Don Jr saw was that CNN is boldly and irreverently hiring symbols of the resistance. The pattern is too much to ignore.

Trump Hater Unemployment At All-Time Low
  • After mounting a campaign to be President in the state of Utah, with the sole purpose of thwarting the Trump presidency, Evan McMullin was hired as  consultant at CNN.
  • When reporter April Ryan engaged in a public fight with the President and became a hero of the resistance she found herself  working at CNN a day later.
  • After the media pretended Preet Bahara was a hero for getting replaced by the Trump administration, Preet got a paycheck from CNN.
  • Once James Clapper broke tradition and called Trump a threat to democracy he found that he earned a part-time gig at CNN.

The amount of time between the acts of #resistance and the hiring is troubling. One might ask if Josh Campbell was promised a job in return for his op-ed.

The bias at CNN is quantifiable if anyone cared to look. The only remaining question is why Sally Yates did not cash in, did she have a better offer at MSNBC?

 

 

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Is the Obstruction of Justice charge as ridiculous as the collusion charge?

We will stipulate at the outset of this analysis that if Putin and Trump colluded, then Trump would be guilty of obstructing justice in addition to whatever crime “collusion” entails. However, the serious Democrats and even CNN know collusion is a fantasy so they are now betting on a Nixon-like obstruction charge sticking where collusion failed. One must note a crucial difference between Watergate and Russiagate. Nixon had an underlying crime to conceal, the break-in, whereas the Russia investigation of Trump will yield no such crime.

Working 9 to 5

We are basing the analysis herein on our assumption that Vladimir Putin does not actually have the power to pick who becomes the President of the United States. We are also assuming that Putin would not take the risk of getting caught by CIA, NSA, and FBI having open discussions where he offered to publicly leverage this imaginary power to bet on a heavy underdog in a presidential race, in exchange for… something. We will even assume that neither sitting US Senator Jeff Sessions, nor *Carter Page , nor **George Papadopoulos, engineered this fantastical plot. Furthermore, we assume the story that Donald Trump Jr took a failed meeting with a Russian claiming to have dirt on Hillary Clinton, was in fact a failed meeting with a Russian, claiming to have dirt on Hillary Clinton, and that’s all folks!

Innocent

Onward; person obstructs justice when they have a specific intent to obstruct or interfere with a judicial proceeding. However, a President makes decisions about what to investigate all the time. A POTUS can tell the DOJ “don’t waste staff on marijuana cases instead go after hard-core drugs,” or “round-up some white-collar crimes” or give whatever instructions he thinks are important. This is not obstruction, it’s his job. So if Trump believes there was no collusion then how can he intend to obstruct justice? This is the crucial point, believing no crime occurred precludes the element of intent. Trump clearly thinks the investigation is a hoax and a witch hunt so when he tries to hurry the investigation along, is he obstructing justice or just attempting to end the hoax? Remember, his intentions matter.

When it comes to pass that Mueller declares that there was no collusion and the investigation was a wild goose chase, will we really prosecute the lone member of our government trying to stop the monumental fraud? Will we really follow one circus with another? Was P.T. Barnum the greatest showman or was it Adam Schiff and cast of CNN?

(*) who did not feel the need to bring a lawyer to his FBI hearing

(**) a man whose girlfriend was more upset people called him “coffee boy” than worried about him being hung for treason

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CNN Bias Permeates Every Crevice of the Network

You might imagine that when CNN does a non-news segment, you would get a break from their propaganda. In actuality, imagining is the only way to get a break from the network’s spin. Christine Romans hosts the business segments on CNN. Apparently they won’t play nicely with her at break unless she perverts her segments to knock Trump like everyone else. And she wants friends.

Most everyone in economics, on both sides of the political aisle, understands that when the economy is strong the Fed can raise interest rates. Low interest rates are an economic stimuli and the Fed can’t keep a stimulus running forever. Janet Yellen was able to begin raising interest rates under Obama and hopes to continue under Trump. But how does CNN portray the upcoming hikes?

Money Without Trump Honey

Is she serious? Her graphic includes every negative aspect of “what a fed rate hike means to you.” She highlights all the ways higher interest rates can hurt an individual via higher payments on credit card, auto and home loans. How about the ways it can help:

  • Increased interest on savings accounts & CDs
  • More earnings in 401(K) plans
  • More money in student 529 plans for college

This Lady does this type of propaganda constantly. She  twists the booming stock market story  into something only good for the rich, and don’t get me started on her tax lessons. CNN does get credit for consistency though.

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Did CNN Leak Their Plan To Attack Trump’s Afghanistan Policy?

Graphic courtesy of cnn.com

CNN is circling their prey as they lie in wait for tonight’s unveiling of Trump’s Afghanistan strategy. The President has two distinct options: withdraw from Afghanistan or stay and continue the war. CNN will remain in a holding pattern all day and not offer any preference via anchors or pundits so they are free to attack whichever option Trump chooses.

If Trump chooses to withdraw they will attack. CNN, and the democratic strategists, have a few game plans to go with and likely will start with all of them and wait to see which sticks:

  1. Bannon influence still running the White House
  2. First US President to lose a war (surrender)
  3. Trump wasting the sacrifice of so many soldiers
  4. Flip flopping on promise to fight terrorism
  5. Not listening to generals (White House in disarray)
  6. Trump doesn’t have the stomach for war and he will look weak to our enemies

If Trump chooses to stay he will also be attacked. Once again CNN, and the democratic strategists, have a few game plans to go with and will likewise start with all of them and see which sticks:

  1. Trump letting generals run White House
  2. Trump will get soldiers killed for no reason
  3. Flip flopping on promise of a withdrawal
  4. Attack announced strategy of an unwinnable war
All Hail CNN

As we discussed earlier, the main goal of CNN is to chip away support of “the base.” So if we had to guess their favored outcome, we would go with stay in Afghanistan. CNN can then really focus on the betrayal of his base. If the network had any integrity this would be difficult for them. As avid Hillary supporters, CNN aligns strongly with the philosophy of retaining a military presence in Afghanistan, but if Trump chooses that option they have to go with their higher calling; shitting on Trump.

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Which POTUS actually infringed upon Freedom of the Press?

CNN reporter

The fist amendment is oft misunderstood and misquoted. It even befuddled all-star reporter Jim Acosta. The amendment protects various rights from being infringed upon by the government, that’s the gist of it. One such right is the freedom of the press. But Jim Acosta interprets it to mean that he is entitled to have his every question answered and he gets his answers on video, else he feels the constitution is under attack. Per Jim, the government declining to do an on-camera presser is a “ban.”

I tweet therefore I am

However, breaking news, new emails released today, by the ACLJ, show how a government can trample on the founders. Apparently, the FBI prevented a reporter from taking pictures of Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch who were caught meeting in a public airport. The difference between the Obama and Trump administration’s actions are distinct. Sarah Sanders did not take anyone’s “rights” away, she didn’t agree to answer questions on camera. The Obama AG had the FBI prohibit taking pictures in public and literally infringed on a basic right of the press.

According to the ACLU, snapping pics in public is a right, and in my opinion, actively taking this right away from the press is quite the transgression. Gee whiz, what was she hiding that she allegedly ordered armed agents to stifle a photojournalist?

The true tragedy of not having an impartial press is not the opinionated biased manufactured coverage of Trump. The danger is how they are apathetic to democrats and how they treated Obama like a star quarterback wearing a red shirt at practice.