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*A CNN program claimed in May 2017 that [[Islam]] "has always been part of the American fabric" even as far back as the American Revolution, despite the apparent contradiction with the historical record.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/29/cnns-crusade-declare-islam-part-americas-founding/ CNN’s W. Kamau Bell: Islam Part of America’s Founding]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref>

*A CNN program claimed in May 2017 that [[Islam]] "has always been part of the American fabric" even as far back as the American Revolution, despite the apparent contradiction with the historical record.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/29/cnns-crusade-declare-islam-part-americas-founding/ CNN’s W. Kamau Bell: Islam Part of America’s Founding]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref>

[[File:Ralph Northam (D-VA) in blackface.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Democrat shill Don Lemon (left); Democratic Governor Ralph Northam (in blackface (right).]]

[[File:Ralph Northam (D-VA) in blackface.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Democrat shill Don Lemon (left); Democratic Governor Ralph Northam (in blackface) (right).]]

*Chief White House Correspondent, Jim Acosta, stated in January 2018 that President Trump "seems to harbor racist feelings about people of color, from other parts of the world."<ref>Hanchett, Ian (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/01/11/cnns-acosta-trump-seems-to-harbor-racist-feelings/ CNN’s Acosta: Trump ‘Seems to Harbor Racist Feelings’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref>

*Chief White House Correspondent, Jim Acosta, stated in January 2018 that President Trump "seems to harbor racist feelings about people of color, from other parts of the world."<ref>Hanchett, Ian (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/01/11/cnns-acosta-trump-seems-to-harbor-racist-feelings/ CNN’s Acosta: Trump ‘Seems to Harbor Racist Feelings’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref>

===Russia collusion conspiracy theory===

===Russia collusion conspiracy theory===

*Obama [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] illegally leaked the ''[[Clinton-Steele dossier]]'' to CNN, lied to Congress about it, and was rewarded by CNN with a contract.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/29976/cnn-rewarded-obama-official-contract-after-leaking-ryan-saavedra </ref>

*Obama [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] illegally leaked the ''[[Clinton-Steele dossier]]'' to CNN, lied to Congress about it, and was rewarded by CNN with a contract.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/29976/cnn-rewarded-obama-official-contract-after-leaking-ryan-saavedra</ref>

*[[James O'Keefe]] of Project Veritas, who helped expose the [[fraud]] of CNN's fake news narratives about the Trump-Russia [[conspiracy theory]], summarized CNN's non-journalistic and unethical standards as motivated by corporate [[greed]] and ratings driven by liberal viewers. A deliberate effort to report as news a story that liberals wished to be true without any factual evidence.<ref>https://youtu.be/jdP8TiKY8dE</ref> He revealed that liberal CNN political commentator [[Van Jones]] called the outlet's Russia stories a "nothingburger."<ref>Concha, Joe (June 28, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/339867-okeefe-video-shows-cnns-van-jones-calling-russia-story-a-nothingburger O'Keefe video shows CNN's Van Jones calling Russia story a ‘nothingburger’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Richardson, Valerie (June 28, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/28/cnns-van-jones-calls-russia-story-nothing-burger-l/ CNN’s Van Jones calls Russia story ‘nothing burger’ in latest undercover video]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref> He also revealed that a CNN associate producer called voters "stupid as s***", and regarding President Trump stated that "on the inside, we all recognize that he is a clown, that he is hilariously unqualified for this, he’s really bad at this and that he does not have America’s best interests. We recognize he’s just f***ing crazy."<ref>Richardson, Valerie (June 30, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/30/cnn-producer-calls-trump-crazy-voters-stupid-as-sh/ CNN producer calls Trump ‘crazy,’ voters ‘stupid as sh—’ in latest Project Veritas video]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.</ref><ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/30/james-okeefe-cnn-associate-producer/ James O’Keefe Video: CNN Associate Producer Calls Voters ‘Stupid as Sh*t’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 30, 2017.</ref>

*[[James O'Keefe]] of Project Veritas, who helped expose the [[fraud]] of CNN's fake news narratives about the Trump-Russia [[conspiracy theory]], summarized CNN's non-journalistic and unethical standards as motivated by corporate [[greed]] and ratings driven by liberal viewers. A deliberate effort to report as news a story that liberals wished to be true without any factual evidence.<ref>https://youtu.be/jdP8TiKY8dE</ref> He revealed that liberal CNN political commentator [[Van Jones]] called the outlet's Russia stories a "nothingburger."<ref>Concha, Joe (June 28, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/339867-okeefe-video-shows-cnns-van-jones-calling-russia-story-a-nothingburger O'Keefe video shows CNN's Van Jones calling Russia story a ‘nothingburger’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Richardson, Valerie (June 28, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/28/cnns-van-jones-calls-russia-story-nothing-burger-l/ CNN’s Van Jones calls Russia story ‘nothing burger’ in latest undercover video]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref> He also revealed that a CNN associate producer called voters "stupid as s***", and regarding President Trump stated that "on the inside, we all recognize that he is a clown, that he is hilariously unqualified for this, he’s really bad at this and that he does not have America’s best interests. We recognize he’s just f***ing crazy."<ref>Richardson, Valerie (June 30, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/30/cnn-producer-calls-trump-crazy-voters-stupid-as-sh/ CNN producer calls Trump ‘crazy,’ voters ‘stupid as sh—’ in latest Project Veritas video]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.</ref><ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/30/james-okeefe-cnn-associate-producer/ James O’Keefe Video: CNN Associate Producer Calls Voters ‘Stupid as Sh*t’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 30, 2017.</ref>

===Violence===

===Violence===

*CNN’s [[Chris Cuomo]] defended [[Antifa]] in August 2018, saying that “all punches are not equal morally.”<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/08/14/cnn_chris_cuomo_defends_antifa_attacks_on_police_journalists_not_equal_to_fighting_bigots.html</ref>  Antifa brutally beat Andy Ngo, a Vietnamese-born journalist for '' Quillette''. Ngo was hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage following the attack in Portland.<ref>Multiple references:

*CNN's [[Chris Cuomo]] defended [[Antifa]] in August 2018, saying that “all punches are not equal morally.”<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/08/14/cnn_chris_cuomo_defends_antifa_attacks_on_police_journalists_not_equal_to_fighting_bigots.html</ref>  Antifa brutally beat Andy Ngo, a Vietnamese-born journalist for '' Quillette''. Ngo was hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage following the attack in Portland.<ref>Multiple references:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSGsaJ24wo

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSGsaJ24wo

* https://www.pscp.tv/w/1OwxWkEzRWqxQ

* https://www.pscp.tv/w/1OwxWkEzRWqxQ

*Kirkwood, R. Cort (July 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/32740-antifa-goons-attack-gay-conservative-journalist-cruz-mayor-permits-leftist-terror Antifa Goons Attack Gay, Conservative Journalist. Cruz: Mayor Permits Leftist Terror]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 1, 2019.</ref> He had previously criticized Antifa for its violence.<ref>Pentchoukov, Ivan (June 30, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/antifa-members-assault-journalist-known-for-exposing-groups-violence_2984149.html Antifa Members Assault Journalist Known for Exposing Group’s Violence]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref>  Ngo was first blinded in a milkshake attack.  Police reported that quick drying cement, a caustic substance, had been mixed into milkshakes.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2019/06/30/should-antifa-be-designated-a-domestic-terror-group/</ref>  The [[LGBTQ+]] centered [[Human Rights Campaign]] press secretary called Andy Ngo a "sniveling weasel" and said the Leftist attack was "the greatest thing that could have happened." In Andy Ngo's own retelling of events, "I was suddenly slammed on the back of my head with something hard. Dazed and still hearing faint chants of ‘no hate,’ I was then punched and kicked by perhaps a dozen masked people in black. At an Antifa event meant to resist ‘fascist violence,’ I—a gay journalist of color—was beaten so badly that I was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/04/andy-ngo-lefts-expanded-definition-violence/</ref>

*Kirkwood, R. Cort (July 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/32740-antifa-goons-attack-gay-conservative-journalist-cruz-mayor-permits-leftist-terror Antifa Goons Attack Gay, Conservative Journalist. Cruz: Mayor Permits Leftist Terror]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 1, 2019.</ref> He had previously criticized Antifa for its violence.<ref>Pentchoukov, Ivan (June 30, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/antifa-members-assault-journalist-known-for-exposing-groups-violence_2984149.html Antifa Members Assault Journalist Known for Exposing Group’s Violence]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref>  Ngo was first blinded in a milkshake attack.  Police reported that quick drying cement, a caustic substance, had been mixed into milkshakes.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2019/06/30/should-antifa-be-designated-a-domestic-terror-group/</ref>  The [[LGBTQ+]] centered [[Human Rights Campaign]] press secretary called Andy Ngo a "sniveling weasel" and said the Leftist attack was "the greatest thing that could have happened." In Andy Ngo's own retelling of events, "I was suddenly slammed on the back of my head with something hard. Dazed and still hearing faint chants of ‘no hate,’ I was then punched and kicked by perhaps a dozen masked people in black. At an Antifa event meant to resist ‘fascist violence,’ I—a gay journalist of color—was beaten so badly that I was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/04/andy-ngo-lefts-expanded-definition-violence/</ref>

*A [[suicide bomber]] was shot and killed by police at an [[ICE]] facility in [[Tacoma]], Washington.<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/07/13/armed-activist-hurling-molotov-cocktails-at-ice-facility-shot-killed-by-police/ Armed Activist Hurling Molotov Cocktails at ICE Facility Shot Killed by Police]</ref>  The attacker was later identified as having attended Antifa black shirt protests.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90YXf5P1rE&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=1BRrxh8nJyANlPeS%3A6</ref>  The attacker, Willem Van Spronsen, 69, sent a manifesto to friends the day before the assault in which he wrote, "I am Antifa,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S376N3YfnP0</ref>  and now he is lionized by members of the leftwing group as a "martyr."  Spronsen was part of a May 5, 2019 episode of CNN’s ''United Shades of America'' with W. Kamau Bell.  The heavily promoted show featured Bell explaining the “Redneck Revolt,” which Bell identified as gun-toting [[liberal]]s who defend the Second Amendment and seek to battle the “alt-right” and neo-Nazis.  Bell called them “good guys,” going to a gun range with members and even questioning why “more white people” don’t share their viewpoints.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-antifa-ice-glorified</ref>  Anti-ICE protestors and other left-wing activists praised the attacker for his violent actions.<ref>Price, Bob (July 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/14/man-who-attempted-to-blow-up-migrant-detention-center-praised-by-some-anti-ice-activists/ Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Migrant Detention Center Praised by Some Anti-ICE Activists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref> Anti-ICE protestors and other left-wing activists praised the attacker for his violent actions.<ref>Price, Bob (July 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/14/man-who-attempted-to-blow-up-migrant-detention-center-praised-by-some-anti-ice-activists/ Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Migrant Detention Center Praised by Some Anti-ICE Activists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref>

*A [[suicide bomber]] was shot and killed by police at an [[ICE]] facility in [[Tacoma]], Washington.<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/07/13/armed-activist-hurling-molotov-cocktails-at-ice-facility-shot-killed-by-police/ Armed Activist Hurling Molotov Cocktails at ICE Facility Shot Killed by Police]</ref>  The attacker was later identified as having attended Antifa black shirt protests.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90YXf5P1rE&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=1BRrxh8nJyANlPeS%3A6</ref>  The attacker, Willem Van Spronsen, 69, sent a manifesto to friends the day before the assault in which he wrote, "I am Antifa,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S376N3YfnP0</ref>  and now he is lionized by members of the leftwing group as a "martyr."  Spronsen was part of a May 5, 2019 episode of CNN's ''United Shades of America'' with W. Kamau Bell.  The heavily promoted show featured Bell explaining the “Redneck Revolt,” which Bell identified as gun-toting [[liberal]]s who defend the Second Amendment and seek to battle the “alt-right” and neo-Nazis.  Bell called them “good guys,” going to a gun range with members and even questioning why “more white people” don't share their viewpoints.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-antifa-ice-glorified</ref>  Anti-ICE protestors and other left-wing activists praised the attacker for his violent actions.<ref>Price, Bob (July 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/14/man-who-attempted-to-blow-up-migrant-detention-center-praised-by-some-anti-ice-activists/ Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Migrant Detention Center Praised by Some Anti-ICE Activists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref> Anti-ICE protestors and other left-wing activists praised the attacker for his violent actions.<ref>Price, Bob (July 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/14/man-who-attempted-to-blow-up-migrant-detention-center-praised-by-some-anti-ice-activists/ Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Migrant Detention Center Praised by Some Anti-ICE Activists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref>

===Racism===

===Racism===

CNN has been widely criticized for its [[racist]] programming.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kanye-west-segment-on-cnn-labeled-racist-for-calling-singer-token-negro-of-the-trump-administration</ref><ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/11/don-lemon-mocks-kanye-west-donald-trump-minstrel-s/</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6266479/amp/CNN-fire-mocking-Kanye-Wests-support-president.html</ref><ref>Nolte, John (October 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/10/14/nolte-cnns-freak-show-of-violence-and-racism-hit-17-new-lows-this-week/ Nolte: CNN’s Freak Show of Violence and Racism Hit 17 New Lows This Week]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref> Many have called for the firing of news Anchor [[Don Lemon]] for his blatantly vile and hate-filled rants and comments from guests.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/10/10/cnn-slammed-full-blown-racist-commentators-call-kanye-west-token-negro/</ref><ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/10/11/don_lemon_explodes_kanye_west_put_on_a_minstrel_show_for_trump_needs_a_father_figure.html</ref><ref>https://gellerreport.com/2018/10/racist-cnn-token-negro.html/</ref> Lemon labeled a black man exercising his [[First Amendment]] rights as a "minstrel show;"<ref>https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bc0048ee4b01a01d688fceb/amp</ref> Democrat Congresswoman [[Jackie Speier]] and others on CNN implied such blacks are "mentally ill."<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2018/10/12/cnn-kanye-west-is-a-mentally-ill-token-negro-n2527876 </ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-kanye-reaction-factbox/kanye-wests-meeting-with-trump-provokes-scorn-sadness-support-idUSKCN1ML2SX</ref>

CNN has been widely criticized for its [[racist]] programming.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kanye-west-segment-on-cnn-labeled-racist-for-calling-singer-token-negro-of-the-trump-administration</ref><ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/11/don-lemon-mocks-kanye-west-donald-trump-minstrel-s/</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6266479/amp/CNN-fire-mocking-Kanye-Wests-support-president.html</ref><ref>Nolte, John (October 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/10/14/nolte-cnns-freak-show-of-violence-and-racism-hit-17-new-lows-this-week/ Nolte: CNN’s Freak Show of Violence and Racism Hit 17 New Lows This Week]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref> Many have called for the firing of news Anchor [[Don Lemon]] for his blatantly vile and hate-filled rants and comments from guests.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/10/10/cnn-slammed-full-blown-racist-commentators-call-kanye-west-token-negro/</ref><ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/10/11/don_lemon_explodes_kanye_west_put_on_a_minstrel_show_for_trump_needs_a_father_figure.html</ref><ref>https://gellerreport.com/2018/10/racist-cnn-token-negro.html/</ref> Lemon labeled a black man exercising his [[First Amendment]] rights as a "minstrel show;"<ref>https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bc0048ee4b01a01d688fceb/amp</ref> Democrat Congresswoman [[Jackie Speier]] and others on CNN implied such blacks are "mentally ill."<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2018/10/12/cnn-kanye-west-is-a-mentally-ill-token-negro-n2527876</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-kanye-reaction-factbox/kanye-wests-meeting-with-trump-provokes-scorn-sadness-support-idUSKCN1ML2SX</ref>

Football legend Herschel Walker denounced CNN's racism after a guest inferred blacks who do not vote Democrat "is what happens when Negros don’t read.”<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/herschel-walker-calls-for-cnn-to-fire-don-lemon-over-racist-kanye-west-criticism</ref>  Commentator [[Candace Owens]] called CNN's programming "absolutely despicable."<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/tv/candace-owens-blasts-racist-cnn-panel-for-calling-kanye-west-a-token-negro-for-trump-absolutely-despicable/</ref>

Football legend Herschel Walker denounced CNN's racism after a guest inferred blacks who do not vote Democrat "is what happens when Negros don’t read.”<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/herschel-walker-calls-for-cnn-to-fire-don-lemon-over-racist-kanye-west-criticism</ref>  Commentator [[Candace Owens]] called CNN's programming "absolutely despicable."<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/tv/candace-owens-blasts-racist-cnn-panel-for-calling-kanye-west-a-token-negro-for-trump-absolutely-despicable/</ref>