CNN is in flames after being accused of this sick action
The mainstream media has been peddling the Left’s lies for years. But this could bring down the entire network.
And CNN is in flames after being accused of this sick action.
There’s plenty of disagreement when it comes to hot button political issues like abortion, immigration, or foreign aid.
But one thing most Americans would agree with is that our so-called leaders should not be criminals.
That seems like a pretty low bar to reach, but it’s proving incredibly difficult for some in the Biden administration.
Just days ago, news broke that Biden’s head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Kristen Clarke, lied to Senators during her confirmation process about her previous run-ins with the law.
The report specifically detailed how when asked if she had ever been arrested for a violent crime, she said “no.” This despite the fact that she had attacked her husband with a knife back in 2006 and was arrested by police.
Not everyone wanted to play ball with the bombshell accusations, and CNN actually tried to play it off like she wasn’t in the wrong.
Following The Daily Signal’s report on Tuesday highlighting evidence that Clarke had not disclosed an arrest and an expungement during her nomination process to the DOJ — and then explicitly denied ever having been arrested to Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton – CNN published a report on Wednesday headlined “DOJ civil rights leader says she was a victim of abuse in extraordinary statement.”
CNN’s Hannah Rabinowitz framed the article around Clarke’s “exclusive” statement to the network, in which she acknowledges that she did not reveal her arrest and expungement, and claims that her ex-husband, Reginald Avery, assaulted her domestically for years.
Avery, who previously claimed Clarke assaulted him with a knife while they were married in 2006, refuted his ex-wife’s allegations in a statement to The Daily Signal on Thursday. He also described CNN’s coverage as “a hit piece.”
“Clarke’s now-expunged arrest, which reportedly occurred during a domestic dispute, quickly became a cause célèbre among right-wing media and lawmakers who claim she lied during her 2021 Senate confirmation hearing, with some calling for her resignation,” wrote Rabinowitz, who did not clarify to The Daily Signal why she did not link to the original Daily Signal report.
Stephen Miller, a commentator, called Rabinowitz out in a post on X on Wednesday evening.
“To be clear what happened here,” he posted.
“1. Kristen Clarke, the head of Biden’s DOJ Civil Rights Division, did not disclose an arrest from a domestic fight 2. CNN took the original report, omitted that fact she lied under oath, did not link to the original story, and framed Clarke’s own statement.”
The Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway similarly accused Rabinowitz of running cover for the DOJ: “CNN propagandist Hannah Rabinowitz was asked by DOJ to spread this info op and she complied, hiding the explosive journalism which provoked it.”
According to Steve Krakauer, the executive producer of The Megyn Kelly Show, it was “outrageous journalistic malpractice for CNN leadership to hang a young reporter out to dry like this, slapping her byline on propaganda spin of an administration, and diminishing actual journalism in the process.”
Chuck Ross, an investigative reporter for The Washington Free Beacon, also commented on CNN’s framing.
“Amazing,” Ross exclaimed. “After @MaryMargOlohan reports that DOJ’s Kristen Clarke lied about being arrested, Clarke runs to CNN with a claim that she lied only because she was the victim of domestic abuse. And CNN spins it with the typical ‘conservatives pounce’ framing.”
Amazing. After @MaryMargOlohan reports that DOJ's Kristen Clarke lied about being arrested, Clarke runs to CNN with a claim that she lied only because she was the victim of domestic abuse. And CNN spins it with the typical "conservatives pounce" framing. https://t.co/IOUdYtOuSl pic.twitter.com/BFe0pkUz4S
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) May 1, 2024
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