Seriously: the same day CNN announced it had hired Rex Chapman, the cable channel also announced that it’s hiring for a new team that will be dedicated to covering disinformation. They’re a little late to cover the Russian collusion scandal they hyped for years, but we’re sure they’ll find plenty of disinformation on Fox News and maybe Joe Rogan’s podcast. It’s funny how Brian Stelter never goes after MSNBC and their premier conspiracy theorists Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid.
Hello Twitter! Some very exciting MEDIA JOBS to tell you about. I'm hiring 3 people for a new CNN team dedicated to covering misinformation. Thread about the team/jobs starts here. Please feel free to share far and wide, and if you’re interested, reach out or apply at the links.
— Alex Koppelman (@AlexKoppelman) January 18, 2022
What do we mean by covering misinformation? Really it's about covering reality: The uses, abuses, and distortions of it, the people twisting it, and the effect that has on all of us. We already do a lot of important work on this; we want to do more.
— Alex Koppelman (@AlexKoppelman) January 18, 2022
Mostly peaceful riot. #FakeNewsCNN pic.twitter.com/VBv05NcUuZ
— David Morgan (@StarCoreOne02) January 18, 2022
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) January 18, 2022
Start here. pic.twitter.com/TSumNezhvN
— 🇱🇻threetimesthecharm 🦕 (@threetimesthec2) January 18, 2022
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— Konstantin Toropin (@KToropin) January 18, 2022
Is one of them just going to camp outside Cillizza’s office
— Mike B (@dabull1014) January 18, 2022
Incredibly proud of @CNN for taking this step internally to prevent its misinformation from hitting the airways.
— Sacred Honor (@honor_sacred) January 18, 2022
This is rather surprising. You don’t normally hear of left-wing networks hiring staff to call out its fellow anchors, reporters and analysts for spreading nonsense. Kudos to CNN for finally looking in a mirror to call out their misinformation and disingenuous takes. https://t.co/puqrRbaPHU
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) January 18, 2022
Wow, that's great. CNN is hiring 3 people to call them out on all their 🐂💩 and misinformation. They are going to be busy! Cnn spreads a loooooooot of BS. https://t.co/8xJXQvSpzX
— sarainitaly 🇺🇸🇮🇹 (@sarainitaly) January 18, 2022
CNN is putting so much misinformation out there that they're hiring. https://t.co/PbHNNSRxsf
— PoliBard (@PoliBard) January 18, 2022
GFY https://t.co/2Vvm9uo9cB pic.twitter.com/Rgxr8inAQj
— Chance (@Bewdreaoux) January 18, 2022
https://t.co/xgjKVErE8p pic.twitter.com/ODfznvo4Am
— Unmarked Minivan (@UnmrkdMinivan) January 18, 2022
Is this like Internal Affairs?
— Deplorable Neanderthal (@Gribbszilla) January 19, 2022
@CNN just hired Rex Chapman, my dude. Might want to combat misinformation at home first.
— Red Dot in a Blue Dot in a Red State (@reddotinaustin) January 18, 2022
— link0x (@Link0x) January 18, 2022
I'm assuming, based on you're recent controversies, none of your applicants need a background check. https://t.co/dRHaemaUVc
— Magills (@magills_) January 18, 2022
Dang, I would apply, but I'm not on the sex offender registry.
— Antonio Ramirez (@antoniormrzz) January 18, 2022
CNN is starting up their #meme suppression team. https://t.co/1UKarydtx7
— A Better Tale, Autiste (@ABetterTale) January 18, 2022
— Keith Klay Roop 🏒⚾️🏈🇺🇸 (@Klaylurkin) January 18, 2022
CNN just hired Rex Chapman 🙃
— American Momma (@American_Momma) January 18, 2022
Well we know you didn't hire Rex Chapman for this position 😆
— Brooks Boettner (@BrookstheUmp) January 18, 2022
Who is watching the disinformation coming from CNN? They just hired Rex Chapman – gonna need one person just on him alone.
— Christine Breasbois (@ChristineBreas1) January 18, 2022
I hear @ChrisCuomo is looking.
— TOHL – The Orange Haired Lorax ⬛🟧 (@rvolt24) January 18, 2022
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SUPERCUT! Here’s CNN’s ‘King of Truth’ spreading the lie that Jacob Blake was unarmed https://t.co/wMEqo0Lf56
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 31, 2021
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