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kag

(4,078 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 02:55 PM Apr 2019

F**king CNN.

This idiot is talking about how "bad" Obama looks in the Russia scandal. Of course he leaves out a LOT of details, like how hard McConnell and the Dump Campaign worked to stop Obama's admin from doing anything. Even so, he minimizes the sanctions the investigations, etc., just to talk about how BAD Obama comes out it this.

And then fucking CNN puts it at the top page with a big picture of "Bad" Obama.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/opinions/mueller-report-obama-jennings/index.html

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RandySF

(58,450 posts)
3. Scott Jennings.
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 02:58 PM
Apr 2019
Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor, is a former special assistant to President George W. Bush and former campaign adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell. He is a partner at RunSwitch Public Relations in Louisville, Kentucky. Follow him on Twitter @ScottJenningsKY. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN.



https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/opinions/mueller-report-obama-jennings/index.html

kag

(4,078 posts)
11. Fair question.
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:02 PM
Apr 2019

And in my defense, I didn't. I put the link, and I put in GD since it's not "news" of any kind. The relevant fact is that CNN put it at the top of their page with a picture of Obama. And yes it says "Opinion" or "Analysis" up in the corner, but just having that image with that headline up there was aggravating.

I'm working on calming down now.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. President Obama is another one who won't lose a single supporter
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:00 PM
Apr 2019

There’s no need to worry. The only people who hate him are the same one’s who have always hated him. CNN is wasting its time thinking they’ll change those statistics.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,576 posts)
9. It's an opinion piece by conservative commentator Scott Jennings,
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:01 PM
Apr 2019

so consider the source. It’s not CNN any more than the op-ed pieces in a newspaper are the same as its own editorial opinions.

 

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)
10. That's an opinion piece from a guy that worked for McConnell, but I know what you mean
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:01 PM
Apr 2019

He even twisted the McConnell lie about warning the nation but McConnell wouldn't. He stated his proof as McConnell signing the letter to the states which is what McConnell said was all he would do. McConnell would not go public with the Russians hacking. I don't get putting an opinion piece so prominent though...

kag

(4,078 posts)
13. Precisely.
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:04 PM
Apr 2019

I can try not be pissed at Jennings. Republicans are gonna Republican. Idiots are gonna idiot. But CNN is just the worst.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
14. I would suggest turning them off
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:08 PM
Apr 2019

CNN and the rest of the Cable Noise is nothing more than Infotainment with an occasional brush up against journalism but mostly just designed to fill air time between ads for drugs we never knew we needed.

madaboutharry

(40,183 posts)
16. Scott Jennings is a right wing republican.
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:17 PM
Apr 2019

He worked for Bush 43 and Mitch McConnell. That information is right above the article.
Having an opinion piece from someone who doesn't share one's view doesn't make it "F**cking CNN." Come on, it's "Opinion" and not presented as "News."

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
17. It's not even opinion,
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:23 PM
Apr 2019

it's a misrepresentation of the news. President Obama wanted Republicans (McConnell) to go along with a bipartisan announcement that Russia was meddling in our election. McConnell refused to go along so Obama didn't want to make it look like a partisan issue.

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