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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCrowd of NY Ferguson Protestors Chants ‘F*ck CNN!’ on CNN
Last night in Ferguson, one protestor interrupted CNNs live coverage to shout Fuck CNN! Well, this time, a whole group of New York protestors chanted it for several seconds on CNN.
CNN was covering protests all around the country and listening in on the chants of protestors in New York. And then, for a few seconds, you can hear the profane chant carried live on the cable news network. And there may have been some middle-finger-extending as well
Watch the video below, as well as the reactions of Anderson Cooper and the reporter hearing this first-hand, via CNN:
Video @ link: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/crowd-of-ny-ferguson-protestors-chants-fck-cnn-on-cnn/
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)blame them. I have gone back to turning it off and getting the news from more reliable sources, from the tens of thousands of people who are live blogging, all over the country, posting photos, telling the truth, not reading from a memo, because just watching for a couple of hours, reminded me why I stopped watching long ago.
CNN is still trying hard to outdo Fox. And I have to say, they might have done it last night.
Van Jones and Jesse Jackson TRIED though they were constantly interrupted, to tell the audience that MOST of the peaceful protesters had gone home before the fires and looting. CNN was not about to allow them to tell the truth.
As for Don Lemon, I did not realize how ignorant he was. Jesse Jackson had to give him a lesson on the Civil Rights Movement right there after he embarrassed himself by attempting to change history by saying that the Civil Movement was totally PEACEFUL, no riots, not like Ferguson!!
Lemon had an agenda, he wasn't even very good at hiding it. CNN tried to blame Civil Rights leaders like John Lewis for 'not trying to keep people from rioting'.
It was an astonishing display, maybe even worse than Fox, which I wouldn't know since we do not turn to that propaganda channel in this house.
eShirl
(18,494 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)While I'm not aware of anything recent he's done, I'm well aware of several where he doubles down on his ignorance on whatever topic they're discussing. From confusing automatic to semi-automatic weapons, his interview with Reza, to what I'm reading with his interview with Talib Kweli.
Cha
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Thousands of Protestors in #NewYork are loudly shouting "Fuck CNN" on national TV. Anderson Cooper is speechless.#Ferguson #MikeBrown
3:43 PM - 25 Nov 2014 77 Retweets 48 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/25/a-tweet-or-two-177/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5871829
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Cha
(297,304 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)on defending wilson.
Cha
(297,304 posts)Lefta Dissenter
(6,622 posts)we managed to get "Fox News sucks!" on air a few times. One of those treasured memories from a chaotic time.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Cha
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Watching protestors chant "Fuck CNN" on CNN for ten straight seconds is My way of apologizing to America.
4:39 PM - 25 Nov 2014 1,500 Retweets 2,476 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/25/the-presidents-day-33/#comments
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)afternoon and it was a love fest for the acquittal so IMO they were no better.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Orrex
(63,215 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)played it and forced every black guest to apologize or explain it...it was CNN racism at its best, focus on the words of one person, not the cause of the protest.....injustice.
Jeff Zucker is a racist. Wolf Blitzer is a racist. Don Lemon was born in the wrong skin, so they hired him as the token. Anderson Cooper is just confused,
So sue me.