Within the space of self-awareness, CNN journalist Donie O’Sullivan earns -500 factors.
O’Sullivan, showing alongside host Jake Tapper, lamented the alleged unfold of conspiracy theories on Elon Musk’s X social media platform.
Significantly sticking within the craw of the CNN duo is the reinstatement of conservative provocateur Alex Jones’s account on X.
Musk reactivated Jones earlier this month following a 5-year ban. The X CEO said, “Everlasting bans must be extraordinarily uncommon” and famous that any false info unfold by Jones can be fact-checked by Neighborhood Notes.
“He didn’t simply deliver this account again,” Tapper complained. “He’s enjoying a task in elevating Alex Jones’s account.”
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CNN Correspondent Complains About X Making Cash Off Of Bulls***
O’Sullivan proceeded to whine about X’s attain within the public sphere, one thing that far outreaches CNN’s.
“On this case, it is among the strongest and one of many wealthiest males on this planet. And he’s selling these folks,” aghast O’Sullivan advised Tapper.
“And I’ll simply say that that audio stream you talked about on final verify, it had 11 million folks, 11 million listeners. Now, after all, numbers on-line generally is a little deceiving, however for sure, hundreds of thousands of individuals now have entry to this junk,” he added.
It appears this pair suffers from an excessive case of listener envy.
CNN will not be joyful about Elon Musk reinstating Alex Jones’ account
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The CNN reporters then mentioned if the Alex Jones reinstatement may result in an exodus of advertisers.
Musk has advised advertisers in the event that they try to regulate the narrative on X, in the event that they try to “blackmail me with cash,” they’ll “go f*ck yourself.”
“Yeah, I imply, I feel the traditional knowledge right here would say, you already know, that is going to push advertisers away,” O’Sullivan stated.
“It actually goes to be very fascinating what main manufacturers like, together with the NFL, are going to do as this platform continues to seemingly descend,” he continued. “However let’s not neglect, there may be some huge cash in bulls*** as effectively, proper?”
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If Anyone Is aware of About Bulls***
The phrases ‘there’s cash in bullshit’ being uttered on a community that critics preserve has a monopoly on bulls*** is quite outstanding.
CNN was one of many largest purveyors of the Russia collusion hoax for years. In 2017, three CNN journalists had been forced to resign after the cable information community printed and finally retracted a narrative linking a Trump transition crew member to the Russia-related investigations.
CNN in 2020 agreed to a settlement with Covington Catholic scholar Nicholas Sandmann after varied entities on the community falsely portrayed him as an aggressive, Trump-supporting racist when he was concerned in a viral interplay with a Native American man.
CNN was additionally constantly doling out misinformation relating to COVID, declaring that “racist assaults and ignorant assaults towards Asians” had been spreading “sooner than the pandemic” and telling viewers it was less deadly than the flu.
Simply absolutely the pinnacle of bulls***, that community is.
Including to the irony is the truth that O’Sullivan, after being suspended from X in 2022, warned that the ban on him and his media colleagues would have a “chilling impression” on journalists.
Donie, like Alex, was reinstated.
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