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CBS News Changes Headline for Report on Beto ORourke Defending Protesting NFL Players After Criticismby Josh Feldman | Aug 25th, 2018, 12:07 pm
CBS News covered comments from Texas Senate candidate Beto ORourke with a headline incorrectly framing the NFL protests he was talking about.
ORourkerunning against incumbent Ted Cruzwas asked recently about his position on players kneeling during the anthem and not only did he defend them, he said, I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights anytime, anywhere, any place.
Cruz responded by saying this wont fly in Texas:
Link to tweet
CBS News report itself refers to ORourke defending players who kneel during the national anthem, but the headline frames the players actions as protesting the anthem:
Link to tweet
-snip- (Tweets condemning CBS for the erroneous headline)
After the online blowback this morning, the headline on the CBS News article was changed to say Beto ORourke says nothing more American than to stand up or take a knee for your rights.
The report also now contains this editors note:
Editors Note: The headline of this story has been changed to more wholly reflect ORourkes remarks and correct a previous headline that stated ORourke said there was nothing more American than NFL players protesting the national anthem. Players who kneel during the national anthem are protesting police brutality and racial inequality.
full article
https://www.mediaite.com/online/cbs-news-changes-headline-for-report-on-beto-orourke-defending-protesting-nfl-players-after-criticism/
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CBS Changes Headline for Report on Beto O'Rourke Defending Protesting NFL Players After Criticism (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2018
OP
The only thing more American is supporting Russian agents in the WH,,, Right Ted?
world wide wally
Aug 2018
#7
EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)1. Headlines are critical. Good!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)2. To vote for Cruz means you are a deeply distirbed ugly pesron
theaocp
(4,244 posts)4. Or an intellectual layabout. n/t
Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)3. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread DonViejo
G_j
(40,370 posts)5. Who ever wrote the original headline
is grossly unqualified to be writing headlines.
spooky3
(34,476 posts)6. Agree. And I suspect it was intentially slanted. nt
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)7. The only thing more American is supporting Russian agents in the WH,,, Right Ted?