CNN’s Brian Stelter interviewed fellow CNN anchor Anderson Cooper along with CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin to discuss Politico’s bombshell article alleging that the Supreme Court will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
It did not go well, and the criticism came from liberal blue-checks, lawyers and other journalists. First up, here’s the segment:
"There has never been a leak of a vote, much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance," @JeffreyToobin says. He calls it a "shattering experience for the justices" and says "I really don't know how the institution is going to recover." pic.twitter.com/ndkFO9vq0u
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 3, 2022
From the Washington Post’s Gene Park who speaks for many right now:
CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin jacked off in front of his coworkers https://t.co/LjwKjYOxdQ
— Gene Park (@GenePark) May 3, 2022
And from UCLA Professor Dr. Sarah Roberts:
Literally NO ONE: “Gosh, I wonder what Toobin’s take on the matter is.”
— Dr. Sarah T. Roberts [email protected] (@ubiquity75) May 3, 2022
Newsbusters’ Nicholas Fondacaro also reminded us that Toobin is probably the last person to go on air to discuss abortion based on his past history on the subject:
CNN’s masturbation correspondent knocked up a coworker’s daughter, tried to pressure her into getting an abortion, and had to be dragged into court to pay child support.
This possible ruling hurts him the most. https://t.co/P5BmJnHJwu— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 3, 2022
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There were no women avaialbe, CNN?
MAYBE A LADY LEGAL EXPERT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WISE CHOICE HERE https://t.co/TKDJ1WZSXg
— Karen K. Ho (@karenkho) May 3, 2022
Well, CNN thought it was a good idea. But, then again, they thought CNN+ was a good idea:
Cannot think of any jerkoff whose analysis interests me less than this odious, point-missing creep’s. https://t.co/d2du1kzqJz
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) May 3, 2022
“Ugh, you had one job CNN”:
Ugh, you had one job CNN. And it was not just relying on the male legal analyst, who couldn’t keep his d*ck in his pants (literally), on the subject of abortion rights being gutted. https://t.co/m1wutxiKnS
— Christie Smythe (@ChristieSmythe) May 3, 2022
Hey, CNN, do you get the picture yet? It appears that many on this site don’t think Toobin should be on air:
oh yes, i was dying to hear from the guy who jerked off in front of his coworkers https://t.co/QClNxhqWJm
— Yannise Jean (@yjeanwrites) May 3, 2022
And we’ll point out what Toobin said about the leak is just not accurate:
This is not accurate. There have been leaks before on multiple occasions, including the original Roe v. Wade case itself. https://t.co/RWQRBoPhLV
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) May 3, 2022
There’s a long history of these leaks, too:
Consider the 1852 case Pennsylvania v. Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company. Ten days before the Court handed down its decision, the New York Tribune reported the outcome.
— Jonathan Peters (@jonathanwpeters) May 3, 2022
And:
More recently, in 1968, New York Times reporter Fred Graham wrote a story about Justice Fortas’s extrajudicial activities to support the Vietnam War, after a law clerk leaked the details to Graham.
— Jonathan Peters (@jonathanwpeters) May 3, 2022
And:
The 1970s brought a wave of leaks. First, Justice Douglas in June 1972 wrote a memo to his colleagues about Roe v. Wade. Somehow, it reached the Washington Post, which published a story about the memo and the Court’s inner deliberations.
— Jonathan Peters (@jonathanwpeters) May 3, 2022
Maybe SCOTUS will recover after all?
i dunno jeffrey you'd be amazed what people recover from https://t.co/9ggQIEaaI4
— andy™ (@andylevy) May 3, 2022
Yep!
If Toobin can recover the court can recover https://t.co/4rJx1dfZeC
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) May 3, 2022
Other libs are calling out Stelter for even covering the leak aspect of the story in the first place:
Yes this is the really important angle of this story 🙄 https://t.co/4uMsXafRl7
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 3, 2022
And from James Fallows:
https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/1521336758755069953
Maybe, instead of defending the coverage, he should read the quote tweets and ask CNN why they continue to employ Toobin? It’s not just our side that thinks it’s a problem:
I think most of tonight's TV coverage has reflected that: https://t.co/Z1z7QpM3qp
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 3, 2022
If only:
OH MY GOD SHUT UP https://t.co/khM57LJVR3
— Emily Willingham PhD (@ejwillingham) May 3, 2022
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