Breitbart.com and the Chicago Tribune have reported that obtained emails show that CNN coordinated with Rahm Emanuel’s aides on production of the documentary series “Chicagoland” in order to make the Windy City mayor look like a “star”:
The emails tell the story of a cable news network coordinating with the mayor of a failing city who is also a rising Democrat star. The apparent goal of “Chicagoland” was for CNN to use its resources as a way to portray the “mayor in a positive light” at a national level and showcase Emanuel “as the star he really is.”
According to the Tribune, details were coordinated down to camera angles.
Making Rahm Emanuel a TV “star” generated an idea:
https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/459709243437105152
https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/459709669871992832
And #CNNRahmComs was born.
The idea of sitcoms and dramas styled around Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel caught on quickly:
#CNNRahmComs You've Got Fail
— Artist_Angie: Sensei of Sarcasm (@Artist_Angie) April 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/YCakeY/status/459710523181768704
https://twitter.com/TheMorningSpew/status/459710771707269120
https://twitter.com/TheMorningSpew/status/459717139054596096
https://twitter.com/liars_never_win/status/459711128860643328
https://twitter.com/liars_never_win/status/459717063221579776
#CNNRahmComs Three's Company Kickbacks
— Daniel Snyder (@danmsnyder) April 25, 2014
#CNNRahmComs One and a Half Middle Fingers
— Daniel Snyder (@danmsnyder) April 25, 2014
#CNNRahmComs
The Shady Bunch— Lizzy Lou Who ?? (@_wintergirl93) April 25, 2014
F*&kface & Grace #CNNRahmComs
— Artist_Angie: Sensei of Sarcasm (@Artist_Angie) April 25, 2014
Outnumbered COPS
— AG (@ag_texas) April 25, 2014
Modern Mob Family #CNNRahmComs
— Democracy Dies In Dankness (@ImagoDank) April 25, 2014
Chicago Dope #CNNRahmComs
— BulletsAndBBQ (@BulletsAndBBQ) April 25, 2014
7 Bribes for 7 Gang brothers #CNNRahmComs
— Artist_Angie: Sensei of Sarcasm (@Artist_Angie) April 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/DrollNDry/status/459716331781111808
https://twitter.com/DrollNDry/status/459717531675004929
A Crime Family Affair#CNNRahmComs
— Effin' A Right (@FNA_Right) April 25, 2014
#CNNRahmComs Schmuck Dyanasty
— Just A Russian Hack (@Anewhomestar) April 25, 2014
#CNNRahmComs Honey, I shrunk the mayor
— Just A Russian Hack (@Anewhomestar) April 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/DavidJGarth/status/459724938417831937
Pretense of Law & Order: Chicago #CNNRahmComs
— Never Trump Team (@NeverTrumpTeam) April 25, 2014
#CNNRahmcoms There’s something about Barry
— Heidelmark (@hmark6) April 25, 2014
#CNNRahmComs Arrested Developers
— Dana French (@DanaBFrench) April 25, 2014
Here’s a #CNNRahmcom with a special guest star:
#CNNRahmComs F-Troop (see Elizabeth Warren in the back) pic.twitter.com/fsTSDrSNgY
— NoMorePCness (@ToneBaloneRocks) April 25, 2014
Ha!
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to correct a spelling error in Emanuel’s last name.
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