We forget exactly what it was that prompted CNN to hire Andrew Kaczynski to write the KFILE: Kaczynski had dug up an old interview or something with Donald Trump, and CNN wanted more of that — someone who would go through archives of Howard Stern’s radio show in search of dirt on Trump. Kaczynski broke stories like Trump appearing in a Playboy VHS video in the ’90s, though “the scenes featuring Trump do not contain nudity or sexually explicit content.” Pretty parochial for CNN to think that was a bombshell.
As Twitchy reported earlier Saturday, KFILE dropped some dirt on GOP congressional candidate, titled, “GOP congressional candidate Joe Kent’s ties to white nationalists include interview with Nazi sympathizer.” As someone pointed out, “It took 5 paragraphs to get to the part where it explains that this ‘interview’ was by a random guy accosting Kent on the street and asking him questions.” That’s a far cry from Jake Tapper bringing on known white nationalist Richard Spencer as a guest.
Anyway, Kaczynski’s nine-month-old daughter tragically died of a rare brain tumor in 2020. With that in mind, Mediaite reported that “Republican strategist Alex Bruesewitz was so displeased by reporting from CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski Friday he invoked the tragic death of the reporter’s infant daughter.”
Steve Bannon asked Bruesewitz about the report, and Bruesewitz “invoked the 2020 death of Kaczynski’s infant daughter from cancer”:
Yeah, it’s a guy named KFILE, he’s from CNN. He’s a total fake news hack. You know, he went through a rough patch, and I thought he would have changed hard and become a decent person after what he went through, but he’s still a lying piece of crap.
Here’s CNN’s Em Steck, who contributed to the Kent “scoop”:
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This is absolutely disgusting. The amount of vile, heartless attacks invoking Andrew’s daughter literally makes me sick. Neither Andrew nor Francesca deserves this. Who thinks this is OK?
F*ck that guy and any one else who thinks that is acceptable https://t.co/5D9tEUXbAh
— em steck (@emsteck) October 1, 2022
Why do you lie? You’re sick. You’re the one invoking her death.
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) October 1, 2022
I cannot believe people still trust and believe you.
— Seth (@SethSfamily1984) October 1, 2022
It’s way worse to smear for political purposes. The reporter lied.
— Seandk22 2X kicked off (@Seandk94062) October 1, 2022
I don’t care
— JesseJacksonPink (@JesJacksonPink) October 1, 2022
Is this disinformation..??
— Crypto LLC (@CryptoLLCplus) October 1, 2022
Reported for spreading lies and disinformation. Delete this now!
— Shelley (@GizmosReviews) October 1, 2022
— Frank (@richardrahl1086) October 1, 2022
Em Steck, you’re hardly in any position to lecture anyone at this point. You are viciously smearing & slandering a war hero & a gold star husband. Why don’t you try to salvage an ounce of integrity and journalistic professionalism and then maybe someone will take you seriously!
— Emmy Wolfe (@emmywolfe) October 1, 2022
Seriously? You're batching a out the words "rough patch" in regards to your dishonest reporting where you said Kent "granted an interview" because he answered a couple of questions to a guy on a street? How pathetic to use that as a shield.
— Zaggs (@Zaggs) October 1, 2022
Andrew's report was disgusting
— Jim Muessig (@JimMuessig) October 1, 2022
Give it a rest. Fake outrage is unbecoming. Get a grip
— Dave Schlitz (@Schultzee81) October 1, 2022
You are a fraud. And a left wing manipulator. Your entire @CNN group are Democrat activists who lie comfortably.
You and Andrew should have been fired years ago for your phony “reporting” seeking to help Democrats only. https://t.co/Yvr89qcVmy— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 1, 2022
Mediate and you brought up specific details. Alex pointed out what we all continue to see – Andrew is a fraud who continues to lie and attack people who took the high road of humanity when he had a tragedy.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 1, 2022
Thank you, @RichardGrenell.
It’s sick that @KFILE & @emsteck and the other fake news FRAUDS at CNN viciously lie about & smear conservatives then cry when they get called out.
The fake news is the enemy of the people. https://t.co/upTVhFrLTG
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) October 1, 2022
Call this editor human garbage if you want, but he thinks Kaczynski would have had a change of heart going through what he did. But he’s back to doing the same hit pieces he did before. It’s disappointing.
Related:
CNN’s KFILE smear merchants attempt to tie Joe Kent to a white nationalist and it backfires badlyhttps://t.co/3nSpqKEAZZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 1, 2022
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