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CNN host uses Democrat's own words to show how she is using double standard to defend Biden over classified docs
CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota offered Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) an opportunity to be fair regarding criticism of politicians who mishandle classified documents.
But she declined to take it.
What is the background?
Last September, when the government had revealed the scope of Donald Trump's retention of classified documents, Jayapal demanded the full force of the law be used against the former president.
She even went so far as to claim that Trump "stole" the documents.
"Donald Trump stole classified documents," Jayapal said. "He put not only our national security at risk, but the security and safety of our allies around the world. He must be held accountable to the full extent of the law."
What did Jayapal say?
During an interview on "CNN Newsroom," Camerota asked Jayapal about her tweet and whether she believes the same standard should be applied to President Joe Biden in light of classified documents being discovered in at least two areas private to him.
"Should President Biden be held to that same standard?" the CNN anchor asked. "Isn't it possible that President Biden is putting our national security at risk also?"
But immediately, Jayapal began to equivocate and defend Biden.
"I absolutely think that is why the Department of Justice has appointed the special counsel," she said.
"But again, I would just point to the fact that these documents so far that we know, what we know is that they were kept in a locked place. That was a very small number and I don't know how important these are, they might be incredibly important. They were marked top secret," she added. "But the storage and the approach to this is completely different."
Jayapal acknowledged that Biden's retention of classified documents is a "political problem for all of us as Democrats." But she tried to emphasize distinction between Biden's mishandling of classified information and Trump's. Biden, Jayapal claimed, is "cooperating completely."
However, she has no way of knowing that.
After all, the White House declined to disclose the discovery for more than two months, and when it finally admitted to the existence of classified documents inside Biden's private office, it refused to disclose the second batch of documents that had already been found at Biden's private residence.
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CNN anchor left stunned by development in Club Q massacre that undermines media narrative: 'I don't know what to say'
CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota expressed shock on Tuesday over a new development in the Club Q massacre that undermines the narrative blaming Republicans for the incident.
Democrats and the media are suggesting that partial responsibility for the massacre falls at the feet of Republicans and conservative media because they oppose the progressive LGBT agenda.
What did Camerota say?
While speaking on "CNN Tonight," Camerota broke news to a panel that the perpetrator of the Club Q massacre identifies as "non-binary" and uses "they/them" pronouns.
"Attorneys for the accused shooter ... say in new court filings tonight that the suspect now identifies as non-binary," Camerota explained. "In a footnote to a motion asserting legal privileges the public defenders say, quote, '[The perpetrator] is non-binary. They use 'they/them' pronouns, and for the purposes of all formal filings, will be addressed as mix-[perpetrator's name]."
The news left Camerota speechless.
"I mean, you know, I don't know if— I don't know what to say about that," she said.
\u201cWatch in real time as CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota sees her network's narrative on the Colorado Springs gay night club shooting come crashing down. She was speechless that the shooter identifies as "non binary": "I don't know what to say about that."\u201d— Kevin Tober (@Kevin Tober) 1669176171
By inserting the word "now" into her commentary, Camerota framed the development in a way that suggested the perpetrator only recently made the change to his gender identity. The legal filing to which she referred does not use the word "now."
Still, her framing prompted CNN political commentator Errol Louis to claim the change was made as a legal defense against hate crime charges.
"It sounds like they're trying to prepare a defense against a hate crimes charge," Louis claimed without evidence.
"That's the least of his problems legally speaking. But it looks like they're trying to build some kind of sympathy or at least confusion on the question of whether or not this was purely motivated by hate," he added.
Anything else?
The perpetrator faces first-degree murder and hate crime charges.
He was released from the hospital on Tuesday and was due in court on Wednesday, according to the Denver Post.
CNN's Alisyn Camerota wins leftist cheers for grilling GOP lawmaker on why Texas can 'protect the unborn embryo' but not 'living, breathing 10-year-olds'
CNN's Alisyn Camerota is garnering left-wing kudos after grilling a Republican lawmaker from Texas on why his state can "protect the unborn embryo" through abortion restrictions but not "living, breathing 10-year-olds" in the wake of the mass killing of 19 children in an elementary school in Uvalde on Tuesday.
What went down?
Camerota and Victor Blackwell, anchors for CNN Newsroom, on Wednesday asked Texas state Rep. James White what the Texas legislature should do in response to heartbreaking murders at Robb Elementary School.
After replying that lawmakers should let authorities conduct an investigation and then going over the timeline of the atrocity, a clearly agitated Camerota interrupted White and hit the lawmaker with a double-whammy "gotcha" question that appeared to campaign for abortion rights and gun control simultaneously.
“What we want to know is what your solution is,” Camerota said to White, adding that "we’ve all seen how quickly and creatively Texas — your local legislature — can act when it wants to ... protect the unborn embryo. Why not act with that alacrity to protect living, breathing 10-year-olds in this school behind me?”
Camerota continued in activist mode as she suggested to the lawmaker with a raised voice, "Use that same blueprint that you use for your abortion law, make there be waiting periods, make them have to come back to the scene more than once, make them have to answer questions. Why can't you protect living 10-year-olds?"
She presumably was referring to Texas' 2021 law prohibiting abortions as early as six weeks or once a fetal heartbeat is detected; it also allows lawsuits against those who perform abortions.
What happened next?
White replied that "we have this thing called the Constitution" and added that authorities need to pay attention to "these young men, for some reason, that have some very disturbed emotional state. We need to look at our mental health system.”
Blackwell interrupted White and asked for evidence that mental health played a role in the Uvalde massacre, telling him that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said "there is no known connection to mental health illness. The statement from the NRA — you have a 92 percent rating from the NRA, you're a lifetime member — they say that this was the act of a lone, deranged criminal. There was no evidence that there was mental illness.”
White argued back that "deranged" would seem to indicate a mental health problem and that lawmakers are going to "look at everything.”
But Blackwell — perhaps sensing White was on the ropes — interrupted him again: "Are you gonna look at the guns?"
White said yes and added that "we're going to look at the people who do these acts, we’re going to convict them, and we’re going to punish them."
An excited Camerota jumped back in and said, "You can’t convict him, sir. You can’t convict him. He was killed. He was killed, along with 19 children in the school behind me.”
Alisyn Camerota Asks GOP Rep ‘Why Not Protect Living, Breathing 10-Year-Olds?’ youtu.be
How did folks react?
After word spread about the interview, leftists on Twitter cheered loudly for Camerota and for Blackwell:
- "@AlisynCamerota bless you and thank you for pushing for the truth and accountability to the people — the essence of good journalism. Thank you," one commenter said.
- "Yup. @AlisynCamerota please spread that energy to all your colleagues in the media and don't stop until change happens," another user wrote.
- "CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell show how news anchors ought to interview gun-loving Republicans," another commenter said.
- "Big props to CNN’s Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell, going OFF on ... Texas Rep. James White," another user exclaimed.
- "@AlisynCamerota thank you for asking the right questions! Not being hesitant to ask the really tough questions that MUST be addressed right now! Nobody needs an assault weapon unless they are military or police!" another commenter said. "They need to all be confiscated & destroyed. Full stop!"
- "She's over it. @AlisynCamerota is done with the bulls**t. We are with you," another user noted.
- "Happy to see @VictorBlackwell and @AlisynCamerota passionately (Alisyn almost in tears) grilling GOP Texas state legislator about gun control right now outside Robb Elementary," another commenter observed. "We need this so so so badly from all media."
CNN anchor receives career advice after lamenting she is 'officially out of ideas' on what to do about Joe Rogan
CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota lamented Wednesday that she is fresh out of ideas on how Joe Rogan should atone for his transgressions.
What is the background?
Rogan addressed new controversy on his podcast this week that centers on him using the N-word in old podcast episodes. The podcasts were on the internet for years but only became a problem last week.
"In a lot of ways ... all this is a relief,” Rogan said, adding that the video of him using the N-word had always been on the internet.
"This is a political hit job. And so they’re taking all this stuff that I’ve ever said that’s wrong and smushing it all together," Rogan added. "It’s good 'cause it makes me address some s**t that I really wish wasn’t out there."
What happened on CNN?
Reacting to Rogan's declaration that he is the target of a "political hit job," Camerota said, "Well, I'll admit, I'm out of ideas for what to do about Joe Rogan."
"I'm officially out of ideas," she added.
Alisyn Camerota is "officially out of ideas" for "what to do about Joe Rogan."pic.twitter.com/3zyYIV3RBK— Caleb Howe (@Caleb Howe) 1644437679
Camerota's colleague, co-anchor Victor Blackwell, responded by questioning Rogan's motives for apologizing.
"I’m confused by both 'it’s always been out there, but this is a political hit job. It feels good that it's out, but then also I really need to address this,'" Blackwell said. "I mean, it seems like there are at least three different narratives that are coming here."
"Listen, I think that he's saying out loud things that we want people who are caught doing horrible things to say, which is, 'I'm going to do better, I feel ashamed of this, I'm sorry about this.' And so I think that all of that is great," Camerota responded. "I think that where there's the misalignment is that, basically he just said, 'How dumb are you if you're taking medical advice from me,' OK? I posed that same question about Joe Rogan. The people who were taking medical advice from him, how dumb are they? But he has this huge platform that does influence, you know, millions of people. So there's a misalignment between this sort of personal responsibility and the size of his platform."
In the end, Blackwell said that Rogan's COVID controversy is a "separate conversation" from his use of the N-word, but again questioned the sincerity of Rogan's apology.
"We'll see if there's accountability — not cancellation, which some people conflate — accountability," Blackwell added.
What was the reaction?
Camerota — the same CNN employee who repeatedly voiced outrage over Jeff Zucker's ouster — learned quickly that, in fact, no one was asking for her opinion on Rogan.
But if people were, critics had a poignant answer to Camerota's problem: Do your job or turn off the podcast if you do not like Rogan.
- "Here is a novel idea: Got Free Speech? Why not use free speech to counter what you view as bad speech rather than try to silence him?" constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley said.
- "We should absolutely not listen to people spreading COVID misinformation, but I remain steadfast in not wanting to ban CNN," Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) responded.
- "Do the same thing I do with @cnn, @AlisynCamerota ... Change the channel," Dr. Pradheep Shanker said.
- "This is why Alisyn Camerota is so upset about losing Zucker. Hr paid a lot of on-air talent significant money for them to behave like activists while alienating large segments of a potential audience. She is rightly worried that a responsible replacement will clean house," another person said.
- "Context aside it is interesting what she thinks her job is," one person observed.
- "Alisyn Camerota has been out of ideas for a very long time. None of them had to do with Joe Rogan though," one person mocked.
- "As if getting a podcast cancelled will bring all of those listeners over to CNN? How about CNN just focuses on learning how to deliver OBJECTIVE NEWS instead of playing [social justice warrior], that would be a great start," one person mocked.
- "A grateful nation rejoices upon hearing that Alisyn Camerota is officially out of ideas for what to do about Joe Rogan, and fervently prays that should any new ideas come to her for what to do about anything - anything at all, she will keep them to herself," another person mocked.
- "She could try to report news. I know I'm asking too much," one person said.
CNN's Don Lemon tells critics they can 'kiss my behind,' declares himself a 'grown-a** man' whom 'a lot of people hate' during on-camera New Year's Eve rant
CNN's Don Lemon delivered an on-camera rant on New Year's Eve in which he told critics they can "kiss my behind" and also declared himself a "grown-ass man" whom "a lot of people hate."
What are the details?
Dressed in a blue sequined jacket and wearing a necklace adorned with a lemon symbol (Cause, you know, Lemon is his last name?), he stood on a stage in New Orleans — with a cup of some liquid in hand — with fellow CNN talking head Alisyn Camerota and comedian Dulcé Sloan.
And Lemon went off on his haters.
"I don’t give a [long pause] what you think about me ... I don't care. I’m a grown-ass man. I don’t care what you think about me," he said.
Lemon added, "I am who I am. I’m a grown, successful black man who a lot of people hate because they’re not used to people seeing me — and people like me — in the position that I am. To be able to share ... my point of view on television, it freaks people out. And you know what? You can kiss my behind. I do not care. I don’t care ... I have one life, and this is who I am, and I feel very, um —"
After another long pause, Sloan offered a descriptor: "Blessed!"
"Blessed," Lemon agreed. "And honored to be in this position, to be able to do this. So all the hate I get? It’s motivation to me. Bring it. I don’t care."
Ohh Don Lemon is loose off that goose! #CNNYE #NYE2021pic.twitter.com/OL4lkU0zjo— Giselle Phelps (@Giselle Phelps) 1641015876
Prior to giving his rant, Lemon popped out of a fake "lemon cake" as onlookers counted down the end of 2021 and as the clock struck midnight, Jan. 1, 2022.
How did folks react to Lemon's rant?
Twitter users reacting to his rant did not spare Lemon in the least:
- "These people need to stop getting ridiculously drunk on the job," one commenter said. "It's unprofessional and inappropriate."
- "Come on Don," another user pleaded. "You’re on camera drunk."
- "What a drunken embarrassing mess," another observed.
- "Someone get this douchebag off the TV," another user declared.
In related CNN-on-New-Year's-Eve news, popular television and radio host Andy Cohen appeared to give a drunken send-off for outgoing New York City mayor Bill de Blasio as CNN host Anderson Cooper looked on.
Anything else?
Lemon has been under fire over a few recent revelations and accusations:
- Last month, Jussie Smollett testified that Lemon texted him during the early days of the Chicago Police Department's investigation into what Smollett falsely claimed was a racist and homophobic hate crime against him — and that Lemon's text tipped off Smollett that police didn't trust his claims.
- It was reported in September that a lawsuit accusing Lemon of a sexually charged assault is expected to land in court.
(H/T: The Daily Wire)
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