{"id":1228825,"date":"2022-01-21T00:23:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T05:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1228825"},"modified":"2022-01-21T00:23:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T05:23:35","slug":"cnn-ridiculed-over-reality-reporters-combatting-misinformation-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ridiculed-over-reality-reporters-combatting-misinformation-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Ridiculed over \u2018Reality\u2019 Reporters Combatting \u2018Misinformation, Extremism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fcnn-ridiculed-over-reality-reporters-combatting-misinformation-extremism%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=1228825&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris-drinking-debate-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>CNN is being ridiculed online following the left-wing news network\u2019s new job postings seeking \u201creality\u201d reporters and an accompanying editor to help combat what it deems \u201cmisinformation,\u201d with many noting the hypocrisy of the network having been accused itself of misinformation on many occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the job <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/warnermediacareers.com\/global\/en\/job\/R000052931\/Editor-Misinformation-Beat-CNN-Digital\"><span>listing<\/span><\/a><span> for the \u201cmisinformation\u201d team in New York City, CNN Digital states it is seeking \u201creality\u201d reporters and an editor to help run a \u201cnew team covering misinformation,\u201d which the network is starting.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re looking for reporters to cover reality, and an editor to guide them in doing it,\u201d the posting states.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The position entails covering the \u201cdistortions\u201d of reality and those behind them and includes \u201cvaccine refusal\u201d and what it deems \u201cextremism\u201d and \u201cinsurrection.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat includes the uses and abuses and distortions of it, the people twisting it, and the effect that twisting is having on all of us, from schools closed over rumors about TikTok challenges to vaccine refusal to extremism and insurrection,\u201d it reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The \u201cideal\u201d candidate is described as one \u201cwho can see the big picture\u201d and who \u201cloves reporters and stories.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They should also \u201cbe ready to jump into action on it\u201d and possess a \u201cdeep knowledge of misinformation and the issues surrounding it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a tweet on Tuesday, Alex Koppelman, a managing editor for CNN, tweeted he was hiring individuals for the new team.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe already do a lot of important work on this,\u201d he wrote, \u201cwe want to do more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hello Twitter! Some very exciting MEDIA JOBS to tell you about. I&#8217;m hiring 3 people for a new CNN team dedicated to covering misinformation. Thread about the team\/jobs starts here. Please feel free to share far and wide, and if you\u2019re interested, reach out or apply at the links.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Koppelman (@AlexKoppelman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexKoppelman\/status\/1483544135789432839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>In response, many ridiculed the left-wing news outlet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c1984 \u2013 \u2018Ministry of Truth,\u2019\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHLive\/status\/1483812904600100865\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> investigative reporter Drew Hernandez.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cBar none \u2014 the funniest story of the day is the fact that #CNN announced new team dedicated to \u2018covering misinformation,\u2019\u201d wrote radio host Joe Pags Pagliarulo.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEvery joke and poke and comment exposing this nuttiness did not go far enough to mock this ridiculous announcement,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bar none \u2014 the funniest story of the day is the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNN<\/a> announced new team dedicated to &#8216;covering misinformation.&#8217;  Every joke and poke and comment exposing this nuttiness did not go far enough to mock this ridiculous announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Pags Pagliarulo (@JoeTalkShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeTalkShow\/status\/1484072052529238019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cCNN Covering Misinformation is a Joke,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPUSA\/status\/1483922218522329089\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> Turning Point USA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJust read the report that CNN is launching a show dedicated to misinformation. It\u2019s called CNN,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmyfailla\/status\/1483859939173048329\"><span>quipped<\/span><\/a><span> radio host Jimmy Failla.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is laughable,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judgealexferrer\/status\/1483827588950904836\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> former judge Alex Ferrer. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to cover CNN misinformation, you might want to hire 30.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWill this replace the many teams that @CNN has to create misinformation?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dangainor\/status\/1483590421402030083\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is rather surprising. You don\u2019t normally hear of left-wing networks hiring staff to call out its fellow anchors, reporters and analysts for spreading nonsense,\u201d wrote conservative talk host Jason Rantz.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cKudos to CNN for finally looking in a mirror to call out their misinformation and disingenuous takes,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is rather surprising. You don\u2019t normally hear of left-wing networks hiring staff to call out its fellow anchors, reporters and analysts for spreading nonsense. Kudos to CNN for finally looking in a mirror to call out their misinformation and disingenuous takes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/puqrRbaPHU\">https:\/\/t.co\/puqrRbaPHU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1483589630318448640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cAlong with NBC, the New Yorker, the Atlantic and NYT, Ground Zero for the insane Trump-is-Putin\u2019s-blackmail-pawn conspiracy theory was CNN. They were led around by CIA to spread the most unhinged conspiracy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1483581587291840516?s=20\">wrote<\/a> journalist Glenn Greenwald.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNow they really believe they fight, rather than spread, \u2018misinformation,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAre you going to re-cover the Steele dossier, Hunter\u2019s laptop, the Russian bounties, ISIS\u2019 Air Force in Syria and all the other tales CNN told?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxAbrahms\/status\/1483650693022068736\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> terrorism expert Max Abrahms.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are you going to re-cover the Steele dossier, Hunter\u2019s laptop, the Russian bounties, ISIS\u2019 Air Force in Syria and all the other tales CNN told?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxAbrahms\/status\/1483650693022068736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cTranslation: CNN is looking to hire three people whose job it will be to attack non-liberals who get online traction with truths which contradict\/question\/embarrass the accepted liberal narrative\u2026,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zigmanfreud\/status\/1483617172110790662\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> columnist John Ziegler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCNN \u2018covering misinformation\u2019 is like Stalin trying to pass voting rights legislation,\u201d wrote former congressional candidate Jon Hollis.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN &#8220;covering misinformation&#8221; is like Stalin trying to pass voting rights legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hi (@hollis4congress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hollis4congress\/status\/1483580718185955336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c[W]hen it comes to blatant misinformation. CNN is definitely one of the leaders in the space,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DomClare\/status\/1483834757557407755\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> sportswriter Dominique Clare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The creation of the new \u201creality\u201d team to combat \u201cmisinformation\u201d comes on the same day that CNN \u2014 which itself has been accused of misinformation on multiple occasions \u2014 announced the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/18\/cnn-blasted-hiring-king-viral-misinformation-rex-chapman-streaming-service\/\"><span>hiring<\/span><\/a><span> of ex-NBA player Rex Chapman, described as one of the biggest purveyors of misinformation on Twitter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMost amazing media news of 2022: CNN announces a new department to cover misinformation ON THE SAME DAY they hire renowned misinformation peddler Rex Chapman,\u201d wrote sports radio host Gerry Callahan.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most amazing media news of 2022: CNN announces a new department to cover misinformation ON THE SAME DAY they hire renowned misinformation peddler Rex Chapman. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCallahanShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheCallahanShow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2nxsOBIY3o\">https:\/\/t.co\/2nxsOBIY3o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GerryCallahan\/status\/1483826772747694092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Chapman has been accused of pushing lies, doctored videos, deceivingly editing quotes, and promoting misinformation on his Twitter account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In one example, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RexChapman\/status\/1417647164063326208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1417647164063326208%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fsports%2F2022%2F01%2F18%2Fcnn-blasted-hiring-king-viral-misinformation-rex-chapman-streaming-service%2F\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><span> that GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell was a mask scoffer early during the pandemic, despite being one of the early members of the GOP to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/sarahd-313035\/2021\/07\/21\/ex-nba-player-rex-chapman-blasts-pro-vaccine-mitch-mcconnell-as-a-misinformation-scourge-while-spreading-blatant-misinformation-about-mitch-mcconnell\/\"><span>advocate<\/span><\/a><span> for mask-wearing both in D.C. and at home in Kentucky.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Even a CNN \u201cfact-checker\u201d blasted Chapman for his lies:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is not true. McConnell was vocally pro-mask under Trump, in Washington and during trips home to Kentucky. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RW6SNxIsgo\">https:\/\/t.co\/RW6SNxIsgo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MhrtziqAZS\">pic.twitter.com\/MhrtziqAZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddale8\/status\/1417671664276488193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In October, CNN\u2019s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/10\/14\/gupta-admits-cnn-should-not-have-framed-ivermectin-as-horse-dewormer\/\"><span>admitted<\/span><\/a><span> the network was wrong in framing a well-known medicine as solely a veterinary drug after host Brian Stelter accused podcast superstar Joe Rogan of using \u201chorse deworming medication that\u2019s discouraged by the government\u201d after he had noted on his podcast that he took doctor-prescribed Ivermectin to treat his COVID-19 infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last year, CNN <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2020\/01\/07\/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-covington-catholic-student-nick-sandmann\/\"><span>agreed<\/span><\/a><span> to settle a $275 million lawsuit brought by Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann over the network\u2019s misleading coverage of a confrontation involving himself and his classmates and a Native American man during a school trip to Washington, DC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, the network has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2021\/12\/30\/this-is-cnn-15-embarrassing-network-moments-in-2021\/\"><span>suffered<\/span><\/a><span> a slew of embarrassing incidents, scandals, and a sharp decline in viewership over this past year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The network\u2019s new campaign against what it labels \u201cmisinformation\u201d follows President Joe Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/13\/joe-biden-begs-social-media-companies-censor-disinformation-your-shows\/\"><span>complaining<\/span><\/a><span> about \u201cdisinformation\u201d regarding the coronavirus and vaccines on social media last Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI make a special appeal to social media companies and media outlets \u2014 please deal with <\/span><span>the misinformation and disinformation that\u2019s on your shows,\u201d Biden said. \u201cIt has to stop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response, former CIA operative Mike Baker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BobyUDjepnI\"><span>warned<\/span><\/a><span> of the dangers of such practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI spent a lot of time overseas in some very unusual places, where this is the way the governments in these places work,\u201d he said. \u201cThey will tell you what is correct and what is not\u2026.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a very dangerous path for us to be going on, this idea that the President of the United States would be saying, \u2018All of you news networks: you gotta shut down this misinformation,\u2019\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s something I would hear when I was overseas in a Fourth World country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN is being ridiculed online following the left-wing news network\u2019s new job postings seeking \u201creality\u201d reporters and an accompanying editor to help combat what it deems \u201cmisinformation,\u201d with many noting 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