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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN's riot coverage is intense
They just showed the National Guard moving in, then protesters all taking a knee with their hands up, all silent. Then tear gas started coming in.
The reporter is right in the middle of it.
herding cats
(19,567 posts)In a heartbreaking way.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)sop
(10,247 posts)EarlG
(21,966 posts)The common factor seems to be that theyre mostly young people.
iluvtennis
(19,872 posts)Celerity
(43,501 posts)superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)LisaM
(27,830 posts)Of course, it took away from it that a bunch of the people were holding up call phones to self-document, but oh well.
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)EarlG
(21,966 posts)Fantastic reporting.
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)MSNBC is a much better reporter. than Nick though..
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)from Chris Cuomo, whose experience in evaluating these developing situations is interesting.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)I agree that he's been doing an awesome job - and not just covering the protests, but he's been on constantly since coverage of this national emergency started.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)I agree that he's been doing an awesome job - and not just covering the protests, but he's been on constantly since coverage of this national emergency started.
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)sop
(10,247 posts)mopinko
(70,216 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Not sure why they would descend on CNN? CNN, like MSNBC, have been sympathetic to their cause and not sympathetic at all to that racist thug policeman who killed that poor man.
They arent helping their more that just cause.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)rookie Nick Valencia, said nothing about CNN when asked why they were there, just brief words about having to have change. Other reporting said a couple thousand protesters were in the nearby area, and that as police confronted them in other directions some moved toward CNN Center, which had been empty to that point and thus relatively unprotected.
I far more hoped than expected that some smart people were accusing CNN of electing the Republicans who protect and enable police murders, but apparently strictly wishful thinking.
crickets
(25,983 posts)The window breaking, etc. didn't happen for quite a while, which makes it unclear just how it got started and the motivations of those who did it. I wonder whether somebody who doesn't approve of successful peaceful protest didn't show up and take action to change the tone.
H2O Man
(73,605 posts)Things are very bad right now. But they could quickly become much worse.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)So intense!
onecaliberal
(32,895 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Yet another reason it's fucking important to have a competent LEADER with an actual SOUL.
Takket
(21,625 posts)I didn't understand that target....... or was it more antagonizes doing the trashing and the protestors were peaceful?
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Could it be his people?