We’ve seen our share of “news” stories where the headline doesn’t even come close to matching the reality of a story, and CNN was again spotted taking a big swing for the “journalism” fences with their story about the resignation of a North Carolina city’s entire police force:
The town’s previous city manager was black, a fact CNN doesn’t bother mentioning until paragraph 17. Totally irresponsible journalism designed to create discord. pic.twitter.com/3mRLjV4t2x
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) July 29, 2022
Despicable. Anyone who reads this would assume that the cops resigned because of race. Only late in the article do you learn the previous town manager was a Black man, the cops had specific complaints related to how they were being treated, & no evidence of race being an issue. pic.twitter.com/WPIqC1M3qP
— AG (@AGHamilton29) July 29, 2022
CNN’s being disingenuous again? We couldn’t be more fake shocked!
The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a place with just over 1,500 residents https://t.co/QykLL7VPfq
— CNN (@CNN) July 29, 2022
THIS. Is CNN.
A huge news organization smearing random private citizens as racists without any evidence should lead to outrage and lawsuits, but people have almost come to expect this kind of behavior from the press. No editors even thought to step in apparently.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) July 29, 2022
How the story starts:
The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents.
Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina, resigned, citing a “hostile” work environment less than two months after Justine Jones, a Black woman, began her role as the town’s newly selected city manager.
Well into the story:
Others in the community say they believe there is not a racial component to the situation due to the fact the previous town manager was a Black man. Some residents also cautioned against jumping to conclusions, saying they’ve always had a good relationship with the police department.
And no media outlet promotes jumping to conclusions like CNN!
As always!
— cactus girl 🌵 (@cactusncookies) July 29, 2022
@CNN way to race bait and fan flames. Your disgraceful and hopefully won't be around much longer
— From The Desk of (@justsignmeon) July 29, 2022
That’s what they do.
Yeah, question 1 is, why do you zoom right in on race? They'd had a black city manager before with no issues. https://t.co/OiVdLr1RJf
— Joe Halstead (@TheMailman48801) July 30, 2022
Because it’s CNN and they only know how to dishonestly frame stories?
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