CNN Anchor's Lie About Trump & New Zealand Is So Huge She Shouldn't Even Be a Fake Journalist
It has been made abundantly clear over the past several years that some members of the predominantly liberal media despise President Donald Trump so much that they will offer up provably false assertions against him in their zeal to tarnish his reputation and further their own liberal narratives.
The latest example is the manner in which some reporters and news anchors have twisted themselves like a pretzel in an effort to put Trump in a bad light over the horrific mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand last week that left 50 Muslim worshippers dead at the hands of a deranged and evil white supremacist.
One of those was CNN anchor Ana Cabrera, who on Sunday made the patently false statement that Trump had not made any mention of, much less expressed condolences for, the New Zealand mosque massacre. Trump, Cabrera said, “has yet to denounce anti-Muslim attacks and hatred himself.”
Instead, she claimed, he had been tweeting about “Saturday Night Live” and its terrible “comedy” at his expense.
The moment in which Cabrera made the claim was dutifully shared on Twitter by CNN’s own version of a liberal Praetorian Guard, chief media correspondent Brian Stelter.
—@AnaCabrera: “Instead of joining the world condemning this hatred and offering support to the Muslim community in New Zealand and across the globe, President Trump is tweeting that ‘Saturday Night Live’ hurts his feelings.” pic.twitter.com/jMlbb1zffD
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 18, 2019
Cabrera said, “Instead of joining the world condemning this hatred and offering support to the Muslim community in New Zealand and across the globe, President Trump is tweeting that ‘Saturday Night Live’ hurts his feelings.”
However, that assertion is so fundamentally dishonest that Cabrera should apologize and be fired from CNN, possibly even banished from the realm of journalism entirely, as Trump had indeed done the things she so falsely claimed he had not.
Early Friday morning, Trump tweeted, “My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!”
My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2019
That tweet was followed later in day by a two-part tweet that read: “Just spoke with Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, regarding the horrific events that have taken place over the past 24 hours. I informed the Prime Minister….that we stand in solidarity with New Zealand – and that any assistance the U.S.A. can give, we stand by ready to help. We love you New Zealand!”
….that we stand in solidarity with New Zealand – and that any assistance the U.S.A. can give, we stand by ready to help. We love you New Zealand!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2019
Further, on Friday, Trump also expressed his condolences for the massacre during an event in the Oval Office.
“I told the prime minister that the United States is with them all the way, 100 percent, whatever they need, we will be there. New Zealand has been a great friend and partner for many years, our relationship has never been better, and what they are going through is absolutely terrible. So our hearts are with them, and whatever we can do,” he added.
Later in that event, Trump was asked about the growing threat of “white nationalism,” and though he replied that he viewed it as a relatively small problem, he nevertheless noted that such people have “very, very serious problems” with a viewpoint that is a “terrible thing.”
As can be seen, Trump made multiple statements with regard to the New Zealand massacre, contrary to what the “fake news” CNN anchor had claimed.
Incidents like this are why we even have a popularized term of “fake news,” and why Trump and his supporters call out the media so often.
They’re also why the media’s credibility with a massive segment of the American populace is figuratively circling the drain of the nation’s toilet.
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