‘Way to race bait and fan flames’: Yet another ‘despicable’ CNN headline has been spotted
http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/07/30/way-to-race-bait-and-fan-flames-yet-another-despicable-cnn-headline-has-been-spotted/
We’ve seen our share of “news” stories where the headline doesn’t even come close to matching the reality of a story, and CNN was again spotted taking a big swing for the “journalism” fences with their story about the resignation of a North Carolina city’s entire police force:
Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) ~ The town’s previous city manager was black, a fact CNN doesn’t bother mentioning until paragraph 17. Totally irresponsible journalism designed to create discord.
AG (@AGHamilton29) ~ Despicable. Anyone who reads this would assume that the cops resigned because of race. Only late in the article do you learn the previous town manager was a Black man, the cops had specific complaints related to how they were being treated, & no evidence of race being an issue.
CNN’s being disingenuous again? We couldn’t be more fake shocked!
CNN (@CNN) ~ The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a place with just over 1,500 residents.
http://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/us/north-carolina-police-resign-black-city-manager-reaj/index.html?utm_medium=social&;utm_content=2022-07-29T21%3A21%3A05&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link
THIS Is CNN.
AG (@AGHamilton29) ~ A huge news organization smearing random private citizens as racists without any evidence should lead to outrage and lawsuits, but people have almost come to expect this kind of behavior from the press. No editors even thought to step in apparently.
How the story starts:
The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents.
Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina, resigned, citing a “hostile” work environment less than two months after Justine Jones, a Black woman, began her role as the town’s newly selected city manager.
Well into the story:
Others in the community say they believe there is not a racial component to the situation due to the fact the previous town manager was a Black man. Some residents also cautioned against jumping to conclusions, saying they’ve always had a good relationship with the police department.
And no media outlet promotes jumping to conclusions like CNN!
cactus girl (@cactusncookies) ~ As always!
From The Desk of (@justsignmeon) ~ @CNN, way to race bait and fan flames. Your disgraceful and hopefully won't be around much longer.
That’s what they do.
Joe Halstead (@TheMailman48801) ~ Yeah, question 1 is, why do you zoom right in on race? They'd had a black city manager before with no issues.
Because it’s CNN and they only know how to dishonestly frame stories?
Nope. If you read the article, sure sounds like the new city manager came in with a chip on her shoulder and immediately started making a big pain in the ass out of herself for a small, overworked police force.
This might have been a clue of things to come ...
from the article: "Jones started as Kenly's town manager on June 2, according to an announcement from the town that notes she was unanimously approved by the council and touted her 16 years of experience working in 'progressively responsible positions with local governments' in multiple states."
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