{"id":1327741,"date":"2022-02-22T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1327741"},"modified":"2022-02-22T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:23:56","slug":"cnn-journalist-mocked-for-terrible-scoop-about-bidens-supreme-court-nominee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-journalist-mocked-for-terrible-scoop-about-bidens-supreme-court-nominee-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Journalist Mocked for Terrible \u2018Scoop\u2019 About Biden\u2019s Supreme Court Nominee"},"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\">22<\/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-journalist-mocked-for-terrible-scoop-about-bidens-supreme-court-nominee-2%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=1327741&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>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">The &#8216;breaking&#8217; news was announced last month<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/april-ryan-final-2.png\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/april-ryan-final.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/april-ryan-final-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/april-ryan-final-700x450.png 700w\" 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 February 22, 2022 3:10 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>CNN political analyst April D. Ryan was widely mocked over the weekend for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AprilDRyan\/status\/1495584921481531393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touting<\/a> an &#8220;exclusive&#8221; &#8220;scoop&#8221; about President Joe Biden&#8217;s forthcoming Supreme Court nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AprilDRyan\/status\/1495612251163836421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> the &#8220;breaking&#8221; news on Sunday, writing that Biden&#8217;s announcement &#8220;could come as early as tomorrow or as late as the end of the month.&#8221; There was no announcement on Monday, probably due to the fact that Russia decided to invade Ukraine on a Democratic president&#8217;s watch for the second time in eight years.<\/p>\n<p>As many observers pointed out, Biden&#8217;s intention to announce a nominee by the end of this month was already a widely known fact. &#8220;Biden plans to name Breyer&#8217;s successor by the end of February,&#8221; the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/27\/us\/politics\/biden-breyer-retire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Jan. 28. <em>Washington Post<\/em> reporter Dave Weigel, among others, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daveweigel\/status\/1495785515798437897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mocked<\/a> the CNN analyst for &#8220;packing a month-old fact as a scoop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Social media users piled on in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AprilDRyan\/status\/1495584921481531393\/retweets\/with_comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replies<\/a> to Ryan&#8217;s initial post on Twitter. Many echoed Weigel&#8217;s assessment that the news was neither &#8220;breaking&#8221; nor a &#8220;scoop.&#8221; One remarked: &#8220;Pretty shoddy journalism when Biden himself said his deadline was by the end of February.&#8221; Another responded: &#8220;That&#8217;s a scoop? Dear God!! Are we lacking in news? What&#8217;s wrong with these reporters?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/cnn-hires-april-ryan-as-political-contributor-990912\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hired<\/a> Ryan in 2017 several days after she got into a verbal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/stop-shaking-your-head-sean-spicer-lashes-out-reporter-april-n739691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">altercation<\/a> with then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer during a briefing. She also reports for <em>theGrio<\/em>, a digital media outlet formerly owned by NBC News. In recent years, Ryan has been repeatedly criticized for using her media platform as a so-called journalist to engage in partisan activism.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2019, then-candidate Pete Buttigieg <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/466445-white-house-correspondent-april-ryan-to-moderate-fundraising-event-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that Ryan would be moderating a &#8220;grassroots fundraising event&#8221; for his presidential campaign. Weeks earlier, Ryan attended the Congressional Black Caucus dinner as Buttigieg&#8217;s invited guest and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2abeCvFJxh\/?igshid=11l9m5uhe3gqc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> a selfie with the candidate on Instagram. After a barrage of criticism regarding the dubious ethics of a journalist actively helping a politician raise money, Ryan was forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/cnn-analyst-april-ryan-withdraws-from-moderating-fundraiser-for-mayor-pete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdraw<\/a> from the event. Buttigieg&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/buttigieg-white-boomer-dance\/\">support<\/a> among black voters never rose above &#8220;statistically insignificant&#8221; levels throughout the primary campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2020, Ryan was ridiculed for suggesting that journalists should not report on leaked information involving Biden. Ryan&#8217;s controversial remarks came in response to leaked audio from Biden&#8217;s meeting with civil rights leaders, in which the then-president-elect appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/leaked-recording-biden-says-gop-used-defund-police-beat-living-n1250757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticize<\/a> the &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement. &#8220;The question is who leaked this and why?&#8221; Ryan wrote on Twitter, referring to reports on the leaked audio.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Ongweso Jr., a reporter for <em>Motherboard<\/em>, appeared to sarcastically mock Ryan&#8217;s concern, writing, &#8220;It is irresponsible and sets a dangerous precedent for journalists covering the incoming administration to be able to use secretly recorded conversations in their stories. To parse out Biden&#8217;s thoughts and anticipate his policy commitments, you must go through proper channels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The sarcasm was lost on Ryan, who replied to Ongweso&#8217;s tweet in earnest, writing, &#8220;You hit the nail in the head! This is not good at all!&#8221; The <em>Motherboard<\/em> journalist continued the gag, and Ryan &#8220;liked&#8221; his subsequent tweet that mockingly suggested that &#8220;revealing a contradiction between Biden&#8217;s private thoughts and public statements is dangerous because it erodes public trust in the President, the Office, and the media itself.&#8221; Journalist Glenn Greenwald said Ryan&#8217;s comments were &#8220;one of the most shocking things I&#8217;ve seen on this website.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her opposition to reporting on Democratic presidents, Ryan is best known for the time one of her bodyguards harassed and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/security-guard-for-cnns-april-ryan-harasses-reporter\/\">assaulted<\/a> an actual journalist in New Brunswick, N.J., where Ryan was giving a speech. The journalist,\u00a0<em>New Brunswick Today <\/em>editor Charlie Kratovil, said he was a fan of Ryan and had simply wanted to record the speech, but was prevented from doing so by the aggressive bodyguard, who was subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/cnn-analyst-april-ryans-bodyguard-charged-with-assault-for-forcible-removal-of-journalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> with assault after forcibly removing Kratovil from the venue.\u00a0&#8220;When I speak, I don&#8217;t have news covering my speech,&#8221; Ryan told the audience in an effort to explain the commotion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media The &#8216;breaking&#8217; news was announced last month  Andrew Stiles \u2022 February 22, 2022 3:10 pm CNN political analyst April D. 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