Twitchy already did a post about the hall monitors at CNN apparently having no problem giving a nationwide platform to white nationalist Richard Spencer, but the network had a good reason: they thought they could make President Trump’s “racist” tweets sound even more racist if they brought on a real live Nazi to endorse them.
Jake Tapper tweeted out a link to the story — headed, “Hate Watch” — as if nothing unusual had happened. “The Lead” brought on the hate, and you watched.
Hate Watch: White supremacists celebrate Trump's racist tweets @sarasidnerCNN reports @TheLeadCNN https://t.co/HuGRJLxR19 pic.twitter.com/3zYajQfhJR
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 16, 2019
Editor’s note: Tapper appears to have deleted the tweet featuring Spencer only to repost the exact same segment with a photo of Trump, because that’s … better?
Hate Watch: White supremacists celebrate Trump's racist tweets @sarasidnerCNN reports @TheLeadCNN https://t.co/HuGRJLxR19 pic.twitter.com/Kona9Tnh0Q
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 16, 2019
Really bad look having him on Jake
— B, (@pwnedlib) July 16, 2019
pls don't put white nationalists on TV
— Jack ?ns (@JackPBerens) July 16, 2019
You put them on CNN
— Mister D (@CallMeMisterD) July 16, 2019
Why would you platform this fascist ?
— nutted on shadow (my cat) (@bintxhos) July 16, 2019
you guys suck
— Jack Fate (@JackFated) July 16, 2019
Shame on CNN for giving Spencer airtime.
— AlterAtYeshiva (@alteratyeshiva) July 16, 2019
You should be ashamed of yourself and your network for putting him on.
— Sox 2020: Giolito, Kopech, Rodon, Cease, Lopez (@b_boilers) July 16, 2019
You had him on your show Jake. Go take a shower.
— Victory!!!! (@Indynetwork2846) July 16, 2019
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CNN's latest contributor, a white supremacist, and what a gem too.
This is some really good stuff here, Jake, another sterling day for American media and CNN.
— ??Night "Antifa Target” Wood✞⚭⚓ (@Shteina_Gott) July 16, 2019
LOL association fallacy. Sad that "journalism" came to this
— Tony? (@Sheasy64) July 16, 2019
LOL And? Do you realize how #dumb the media looks when they grasp at straws like this one?
— Lana (@Lana40) July 16, 2019
Why is this nazi being given a platform?
— Jon Doc (@JonDoc80) July 16, 2019
“We condemn white supremacists, but why don’t we invite that white supremacist guy on our show and give him all the platform he needs ?”
— americanconscience2 (@americanconsci3) July 16, 2019
Giving Nazis airtime to own the Cons!
— Thanos' Plan (@GrowtheFKUP) July 16, 2019
Interesting that Richard Spencer has become a mainstream political commentator now.
— Wes Westerson (@wes_westerson) July 16, 2019
Yeah, not like those far-right-wing loons Trump had at his social media summit.
Yeah no thanks Jake. We aint' interested in the bullshit from Spencer or anyone.
— @SaysDana (@SaysDana) July 16, 2019
Disgusting that @cnn booked him. Shame.
— Xeni (@xeni) July 16, 2019
YOU gave him a platform on your show, Jake. And you should be ashamed.
— Spencer Schwartz (@schwarsm) July 16, 2019
Uhhhh I’m sorry, please tell me you did not have Richard Spencer on your show?
— Maddie (@madbev14) July 16, 2019
frankly can’t believe you decided to give him a platform
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) July 16, 2019
Great job giving him a platform, perhaps CNN can cover the next cross burning? Prime time it, convene a panel?
— Gungle Gym (@GungleG) July 16, 2019
You gave White Naitonalists a platform??? You @jaketapper are a disgrace and a lowlife!!!
— Steve Gruber (@stevegrubershow) July 16, 2019
This is an all time low for CNN.
— John Miller (@MillerJohnP) July 16, 2019
Hey now … it’s only 7 p.m.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS? WHY WOULD YOU HAVE HIM ON? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! STOP! WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE! STOP STOP STOP!
— Francesca1225✡♋??? (@frannie1225) July 16, 2019
Next up! Our panel featuring 2 white supremacists, 1 actual Nazi, 1 Third Way spokesperson, and David Brooks.
— Do Yabba (@doyabba7) July 16, 2019
The world would be a better place without @cnn
— SHANK (@HoselMr) July 16, 2019
CNN put a Nazi on the air to ask him what he thinks of racism
— (((קיפוד))) (@SababaUSA) July 16, 2019
Not a good look, Jake. This takes you down several notches in my book. You gave racism a camera and a microphone and that is never, ever necessary in order to understand how vile it is.
— Michelle D. (@chelleinchicago) July 16, 2019
Why on earth did you give white supremacist Richard Spencer a platform?
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) July 16, 2019
Can we get an explanation from @CNNPR why @CNN is giving airtime to white supremacists?
— Ames Grawert (@AmesCG) July 16, 2019
You guys would book Hitler on your network if he were still alive.
— Trevin "ban the fucking nazi scum" Forkert (@Tr3vin) July 16, 2019
This is awful. Time to start making a list of your sponsors
— Mole Man is Lit (@KingMoleMan) July 16, 2019
Do not give these hateful people a platform. How do you not understand by now that they don’t deserve any attention?
— Getting the Frenchy-Fuqua outta here (@nakamachirabu) July 16, 2019
This is shameful and pathetic by CNN.
— PCR RitesGood (@pcrritesgood) July 16, 2019
What’s wrong with you?
— Ambrose Wolfinger (@AMWolfinger) July 16, 2019
Way to use your airtime, Jake.
Can’t have enough white supremecists on national cable.— Grant Bosse (@grantbosse) July 16, 2019
Haven't heard about that turd since Charlottesville. Congrats on making him relevant.
— Burt Macklin (@agent_macklin_) July 16, 2019
Jake, why on earth are you giving a microphone and air time to Richard Spencer? Why are you filling your airwaves with someone who thinks there isn’t enough racism spewing out of the WH? This normalizes hate, as the ADL spokesperson suggested earlier in the piece!
— Mike Futter (@Futterish) July 16, 2019
.@sarasidnerCNN covers racists and white supremacists for us (among other subjects) and does a great job. She did a taped package for cnn about the reaction of white supremacists to the president’s tweets.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 16, 2019
And you aired them on your show.
You had him in your studio, presenting him like a pundit. That's not "covering white supremacists." That's quite literally giving him a platform.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 16, 2019
Why would you host a white nationalist like Richard Spencer and not even be critical of his views? Instead, you used him as an authoritative source for analysis and comment on President Trump.
How is CNN a serious news network?
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 16, 2019
Does doing an anti-Trump segment really justify giving a platform to Spencer?
They also celebrated Ilhan Omar's comments, but CNN didn't do a segment on it. CNN definitely didn't have David Duke on to give his take.
Don't see why anyone thought this was a good idea. https://t.co/ec182YIwtz
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 16, 2019
Why? Why the fuck do we need to hear them say what we already know and give them air time? We don’t need to “cover them.” Ever. White supremacists should NEVER get a free platform. Your “reasoning” is utter bullshit.
— AltSpesh (@mocal68) July 16, 2019
you dipshit
— libby watson (@libbycwatson) July 16, 2019
You have lost your damn mind.
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) July 16, 2019
You really don't care about your credibility any longer, do you?
— Rusty Weiss ?? (@rustyweiss74) July 16, 2019
Sorry Jake…..Richard Spencer has no business being given a platform by your network. If you want to mention his opinions as part of the story, that's one thing, but having him on air is quite another.
— Jacob Detamore (@kipsbigboy) July 16, 2019
This is a new low even for CNN
— Danny (@blurredspurt) July 16, 2019
"This is CNN."
The ONLY "news" network providing world-wide airtime to white supremacists.
James Earl Jones wants his voice promo back.
— Engage Your Brain ?? (@Brain_Pwr) July 16, 2019
Now do David Duke endorsing Ilhan:
“She’s the Most Important Member of Congress”
— Manarino (@EJManarino) July 16, 2019
How did you see this headline, and see the sneering face of a man who wants to purge tens of millions of human beings from this country, and then say, yeah, let's post this. Disgraceful.
— Tonnage & Poundage (@jmegerian27) July 16, 2019
This was an utterly ridiculous thing to do.
— Harrison Booth (@TweetsFlyinHigh) July 16, 2019
Now do an Antifa member attacked a detention center, and his manifesto mirrored democratic talking points, if we are discussing hate groups.
— Wendy Kortepeter (@WKortepeter) July 16, 2019
This is some next level hypocrisy.
— ? (@AsTheWorldBurnz) July 16, 2019
I didn't think it was possible and I can't believe i'm saying this but…@cnn has hit a new low..
— AJP (@MrAjParker) July 16, 2019
CNN media guy Brian Stelter doesn’t seem to have noticed any of the backlash or he would have chimed in by now, certainly.
"Spencer will turn this into a new wave of attention within his own media ecosystem, where CNN has now just legitimated a litany of white supremacists, many of who were relegated to online obscurity." https://t.co/6DHB4yRtM8
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 16, 2019
CNN managed to unite the left and the right in agreement that they exercised terrible editorial judgement here. https://t.co/BvcSiHcfln
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 16, 2019
Related:
CNN, which attacked Trump’s summit of ‘right-wing extremists,’ hosts white nationalist Richard Spencer https://t.co/3g5fNTkNnT
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 16, 2019
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