{"id":1122456,"date":"2021-12-15T17:14:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T22:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122456"},"modified":"2021-12-15T17:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T22:14:23","slug":"festival-of-whites-cnn-sweater-contest-reveals-stunning-lack-of-racial-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/festival-of-whites-cnn-sweater-contest-reveals-stunning-lack-of-racial-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Whites: CNN Sweater Contest Reveals Stunning Lack of Racial Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffestival-of-whites-cnn-sweater-contest-reveals-stunning-lack-of-racial-diversity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122456&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.941463414634\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/\">Satire<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">ALSO, WHERE ARE THE MASKS??? WE ARE LITERALLY SHAKING RIGHT NOW!!!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-sweater-main.png\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-sweater-main.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-sweater-main-300x183.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> \u2022 December 15, 2021 5:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"63.966364812419\">\n<p>CNN appears to suffer from an alarming lack of racial diversity among its employees, according to photos posted online by network anchor Jake Tapper. &#8220;Some great entries for the annual CNN Christmas sweater contest!&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1471196475061374984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Twitter before posting a series of pictures of white people wearing sweaters.<\/p>\n<p>The stunning revelations come after CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/cnn-toobin-racist-masturbator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused<\/a> to promote a person of color to replace Jeffrey Toobin as the network&#8217;s chief legal analyst. Toobin, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/jeffrey-toobin-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired<\/a> by the <em>New Yorker<\/em>&nbsp;last year for masturbating on a Zoom call with coworkers, was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/jeffrey-toobin-rises-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reinstated<\/a> at CNN in June after being given several months&#8217; worth of &#8220;time off while he deals with a personal issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tapper&#8217;s photos raise troubling questions about the prevailing culture of white supremacy at CNN, a network that claims to value racial diversity.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1547874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-second.png\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-second.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-second-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The scandal prompted critics to revive the popular hashtag, #CNNSoWhite.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1547886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-third.png\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-third.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-third-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tapper alleged that &#8220;everyone is vaccinated and we took masks off for the photos.&#8221; Sorry, but that&#8217;s just not good enough. The Omicron variant doesn&#8217;t care about your stupid sweaters!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1547895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-science-white.png\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-science-white.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cnn-science-white-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>It wasn&#8217;t the first time CNN staffers have promoted themselves while recklessly flouting science-based safety measures. Last month, the mostly white employees on Tapper&#8217;s show held an office &#8220;bake off&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1455214615860858882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posed<\/a> for a group photo WITHOUT MASKS. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1547955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tapper-bake-off.png\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tapper-bake-off.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tapper-bake-off-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Earlier this week, Tapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/sen-klobuchar-pivots-to-honor-bob-dole-when-jake-tapper-asks-if-maskless-sen-cruz-endangered-her\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.) is she felt endangered after Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) was spotted sitting next to her without a mask.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satire ALSO, WHERE ARE THE MASKS??? WE ARE LITERALLY SHAKING RIGHT NOW!!!  Andrew Stiles \u2022 December 15, 2021 5:00 pm CNN appears to suffer from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1122456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1122456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1122456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1122456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}