Like Barack and Michelle Obama, CNN has mastered the art of pitting Americans against each other over race.
On April 7th, several weeks before the George Floyd riots, CNN ran a story expressing their concern about how homemade face masks could exacerbate racial profiling and place blacks and Latinos in danger.
Really?
On social media and in interviews with CNN, a number of people of color — activists, academics and ordinary Americans — expressed fears that homemade masks could exacerbate racial profiling and place blacks and Latinos in danger. https://t.co/hgJ435erKz
— CNN (@CNN) April 7, 2020
During the BLM protests two weeks ago, CNN interviewed a black protester who took off his mask for the entire interview. The man standing next to the CNN reporter is not wearing a mask either. Another black man who is not wearing a mask can be seen in the background talking to a reporter behind the CNN interviewer.
What a moment on CNN. pic.twitter.com/T9XMzXmlVb
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 31, 2020
CNN recently published an article about LA County asking that protesters self-quarantine for two weeks. In their article, they don’t admonish protesters for not wearing masks or suggest that by protesting in massive groups, they’re putting anyone else in danger, they simply suggest self-quarantining might be a good idea.
Attend a protest recently? You should be self-quarantining, says Los Angeles County.
Though many protesters were photographed wearing masks, the nature of these gatherings means many were in close proximity to others, an ideal situation for the spread of the coronavirus.
This morning, CNN’s Jake Tapper interviewed Trump’s Director of the US Economic Council, Larry Kudlow. Tapper, like his comrades at the low-rated, fake news cable network, didn’t even try to hide his frustration with the decision to re-start campaign rallies for President Trump, as he attempted to make wearing masks an issue.
Jake Tapper: I'm glad to see you calling for people to wear face masks —
Larry Kudlow: Absolutely!
Tapper: — and I assume that also means attendees at Trump's rally in Tulsa.
Kudlow: Well, okay, ummmm, probably so. pic.twitter.com/P90TH1KPsv
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) June 14, 2020
In another interview, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) confirmed he'll be attending the Tulsa rally but said he "hadn't decided" yet whether he'll wear a mask at the indoor event, adding that "you see actually very few masks in Oklahoma now."
The states covid cases are on the rise. pic.twitter.com/r2h67VEfF2
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) June 14, 2020