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| | In a [[Project Veritas]] undercover sting video, CNN technical director Charlie Chester gleefully admitted that the channel was actively engaged in propaganda to try to remove [[Donald Trump]] as [[President of the United States]].<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/breaking-project-veritas-cnn-director-admits-network-engaged-propaganda-remove-trump-presidency-video/ BREAKING: PROJECT VERITAS: CNN Director Admits Network Engaged in ‘Propaganda’ to Remove Trump From Presidency] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The following day, Project Veritas also released a video revealing Chester admitting that the channel uses [[CCP flu]] fearmongering and manipulation to shape public opinion and drive ratings,<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/project-veritas-drops-video-cnn-director-admitting-use-covid-fearmongering-ratings/ Project Veritas Drops Video of CNN Director Admitting They Use COVID Fearmongering for Ratings] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> then admitted in a third released sting video that the channel was trying to help [[Black Lives Matter]] by protecting the hate group's narrative on race, saying that CNN was only pushing reports implicating whites while providing cover for black criminals (particularly those engaging in hate crimes against Asians) on the basis of race.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/breaking-cnn-director-caught-hidden-camera-saying-network-trying-help-blm-pushing-stories-implicate-white-people/ BREAKING: CNN Director Caught on Hidden Camera Saying The Network is ‘Trying to Help’ BLM By Only Pushing Stories That Implicate White People] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> | | In a [[Project Veritas]] undercover sting video, CNN technical director Charlie Chester gleefully admitted that the channel was actively engaged in propaganda to try to remove [[Donald Trump]] as [[President of the United States]].<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/breaking-project-veritas-cnn-director-admits-network-engaged-propaganda-remove-trump-presidency-video/ BREAKING: PROJECT VERITAS: CNN Director Admits Network Engaged in ‘Propaganda’ to Remove Trump From Presidency] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The following day, Project Veritas also released a video revealing Chester admitting that the channel uses [[CCP flu]] fearmongering and manipulation to shape public opinion and drive ratings,<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/project-veritas-drops-video-cnn-director-admitting-use-covid-fearmongering-ratings/ Project Veritas Drops Video of CNN Director Admitting They Use COVID Fearmongering for Ratings] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> then admitted in a third released sting video that the channel was trying to help [[Black Lives Matter]] by protecting the hate group's narrative on race, saying that CNN was only pushing reports implicating whites while providing cover for black criminals (particularly those engaging in hate crimes against Asians) on the basis of race.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/breaking-cnn-director-caught-hidden-camera-saying-network-trying-help-blm-pushing-stories-implicate-white-people/ BREAKING: CNN Director Caught on Hidden Camera Saying The Network is ‘Trying to Help’ BLM By Only Pushing Stories That Implicate White People] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> |
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| − | From its origin as a cable-only service, CNN now broadcasts worldwide by satellite, with programs presented from studios in several countries in addition to their headquarters in Atlanta. Some regions receive locally produced opt-outs (under the name "CNN International"), and there are also broadcasts in [[Spanish]], [[German]], [[Italian]], [[Croatian]], [[Japanese]], and [[Turkish]].
| + | CNN rewarded two corrupt [[Obama administration]] employees, both [[fake news]] [[leak]]ers in the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]], with jobs after they were driven out of government - [[James Clapper]] and [[Andrew McCabe]].<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/23/cnn-just-paid-off-another-corrupt-deep-state-leaker-tv-contract/</ref> In 2020 it was reported 5 former CNN reporters were now working for [[CGTN]] which is run by the [[Chinese Communist Party]] and available in almost 30 million US households. It is the overseas arm of the state's of the party's Propaganda Department.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2eOEPPjD0A</ref> As of 2021, CNN primetime anchors Chris Cuomo faced sexual harassment allegations, Don Lemon faced a jury trial for [[sexual assault]] allegations, and CNN legal analyst was welcomed back on air after being suspended for masturbating in public. |
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| − | CNN rewarded two corrupt [[Obama administration]] employees, both [[fake news]] [[leak]]ers in the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]], with jobs after they were driven out of government - [[James Clapper]] and [[Andrew McCabe]].<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/23/cnn-just-paid-off-another-corrupt-deep-state-leaker-tv-contract/</ref> In 2020 it was reported 5 former CNN reporters were now working for [[CGTN]] which is run by the [[Chinese Communist Party]] and available in almost 30 million US households. It is the overseas arm of the state's of the party's Propaganda Department.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2eOEPPjD0A</ref> | |
| | [[File:CNN - Biden Townhall.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN nationally televised townhall on [[vaccination]]s with [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/21/joe-biden-arranges-words-into-odd-cringe-worthy-sequence-during-heavily-structured-cnn-townhall-event-the-picture-is-priceless/</ref>]] | | [[File:CNN - Biden Townhall.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN nationally televised townhall on [[vaccination]]s with [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/21/joe-biden-arranges-words-into-odd-cringe-worthy-sequence-during-heavily-structured-cnn-townhall-event-the-picture-is-priceless/</ref>]] |
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| | + | From its origin as a cable-only service, CNN now broadcasts worldwide by satellite, with programs presented from studios in several countries in addition to their headquarters in Atlanta. Some regions receive locally produced opt-outs (under the name "CNN International"), and there are also broadcasts in [[Spanish]], [[German]], [[Italian]], [[Croatian]], [[Japanese]], and [[Turkish]]. |
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| | CNN was founded by media mogul Ted Turner and made its debut on June 1, 1980 as the first 24-hour news network.<ref>[http://www.turner.com/about/corporate_history.html]</ref> | | CNN was founded by media mogul Ted Turner and made its debut on June 1, 1980 as the first 24-hour news network.<ref>[http://www.turner.com/about/corporate_history.html]</ref> |