Caught shorthanded: CNN mischaracterized call to burn down Milwaukee suburbs as call for peace

Now that the FBI’s routine security review of Hillary Clinton’s email setup is complete, it might be time for a nationwide audit of the government’s and media’s recording equipment.

The State Department has suffered “glitches” lately that erased portions of video from its archives, “technical issues” caused audio to drop out whenever French President Francois Hollande happened to mention “Islamist terrorism,” and Andrea Mitchell’s aside that Juanita Broaddrick had been “discredited” vanished from NBC News’ online report.

Now CNN has fallen victim to some sort of dropout that caused its reporter to miss out on a really critical portion of remarks made by Sherelle Smith, sister of Sylville Smith, whose shooting set off rioting, looting, and arson in Milwaukee.

CNN appears to leave out some much-needed context here https://t.co/LwjW8iumRa pic.twitter.com/YtXmW7pujF

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 16, 2016

Newsbusters’ Kristine Marsh noted that CNN, in reporting on Smith’s “condemnation” of violence, left out the bit about burning down the suburbs rather than setting fire to the local beauty supply store that housed community essentials like hair weaves.

https://twitter.com/kristine_writes/status/765285323819606021

Yeah, that whole bit about calling for peace …

Sylville Smith's sister Sherelle encourages "protestors" to burn the suburbs @Cernovich @CassandraRules @rooshv pic.twitter.com/prxR2prcUV

— DeeconX (@DeeconX) August 15, 2016

@davisiain0 pic.twitter.com/X3HonwXPPy

— DeeconX (@DeeconX) August 15, 2016

It would almost be frightening if Vox hadn’t assured the public that rioting could be a tool for positive social change. For those who weren’t so comfortable with the idea of the suburbs being burned down because an armed criminal was shot by police, CNN admitted that Smith’s comments had been mischaracterized.

CNN admits story “mischaracterized” comments https://t.co/TCR5dd6HXk pic.twitter.com/o0O2jDQLrZ

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 16, 2016

Not good enough? Would you believe “shorthanded”?

We shorthanded sister’s quote. Unintentionally gave the impression she was calling for peace everywhere. Correction: https://t.co/CUroBoxj60

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) August 16, 2016

“Unintentionally.”

"short handed"? "Unintentionally "?

— susan price (@sbprice) August 16, 2016

Unintentionally? Complete BS. You knew exactly what you were doing.

— Rob Laurich (@rlaurich) August 16, 2016

https://twitter.com/CameronCulp12/status/765697495380918272

https://twitter.com/TheBucketShop/status/765680184288653312

https://twitter.com/JoeTalkShow/status/765652938857394176

https://twitter.com/kobeernamtab/status/765644002120962048

@cnn That's it? That's your only response?
You purposely misrepresented the situation to hide the truth. #ZeroCredibility #hack

— jmc71 (@jimmymc_71) August 16, 2016

https://twitter.com/TexasYankee001/status/765690990233518080

you flat out lied, period. You aren't a journalist. You edit & then run with a narrative to your liking. Disgusting.

— Peter (@peteb1974) August 16, 2016

you said she called for peace. No impression required. Just admit you where pushing lie to cover for her racist rant. #BullShit

— Gary Carlo (@GaryACarlo) August 17, 2016

.@AnaCabrera Honest mistake. No harm no foul. Keep up the stellar coverage of the largely-peaceful assaults and arson in Milwaukee you guys!

— J Burton (@JBurtonXP) August 16, 2016

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