{"id":1404757,"date":"2022-03-28T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404757"},"modified":"2022-03-28T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:14:45","slug":"cnn-analyst-somehow-manages-to-blame-trump-for-will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-somehow-manages-to-blame-trump-for-will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Analyst Somehow Manages to Blame Trump for Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars Incident"},"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\">26<\/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-analyst-somehow-manages-to-blame-trump-for-will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-incident%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=1404757&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 id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A CNN analyst appeared to blame the chaotic scene that occurred after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/oscars-2022-will-smith-slap-chris-rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Smith slapped Chris Rock<\/a> during the 94th Annual Academy Awards on none other than longtime CNN nemesis former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">During the Oscars on Sunday night, Smith charged the stage and smacked Rock in the face after the comedian make a joke about the &#8220;King Richard&#8221; actor\u2019s wife. The incident stunned the crowd, but the show went on and Smith eventually won the coveted Best Actor award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/oscars-2022-will-smith-slap-chris-rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OSCARS: WILL SMITH SLAPS CHRIS ROCK OVER JADA PINKETT SMITH JOKE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/640\/320\/Asha-Rangappa-CNN-logo-CNN.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"CNN analyst Asha Rangappa appeared to blame the chaotic scene that occurred after Will smith slapped Chris Rock during the 94th Annual Academy Awards on none other than longtime CNN nemesis former-President Trump.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      CNN analyst Asha Rangappa appeared to blame the chaotic scene that occurred after Will smith slapped Chris Rock during the 94th Annual Academy Awards on none other than longtime CNN nemesis former-President Trump.\u00a0\n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Asha Rangappa decided the Dolby Theater crowd stuck around because of Trump. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So did like anyone walk out after that happened??? Or are we getting an independent psychological case study on how Trump got normalized?&#8221; Rangappa asked on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Rangappa was swiftly mocked for blaming Trump for the incident.<\/p>\n<p>CNN famously drifted away from its once-nonpartisan style to an anti-Trump, liberal network under former boss Jeff Zucker, who was forced to step down earlier this year. Incoming boss Chis Licht is expected to attempt to steer the network back toward the just-the-facts approach to news that founder Ted Turner intended.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rangappa, who is one of the network\u2019s more outspoken liberals on social media, was mocked last year for comparing a Southwest pilot who objected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a> to an ISIS sympathizer. A pilot on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque signed off his announcement for passengers by saying, &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Brandon,&#8221; according to an Associated Press journalist who was reportedly on the flight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-asha-rangappa-doxxes-free-beacon-intern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CNN&#8217;S ASHA\u00a0RANGAPPA DOXXES FREE BEACON INTERN, MOCKS HER AS &#8216;KAREN&#8217; AFTER TWITTER INTERVENES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The phrase had become codeword for a more profanity-laced message for Biden, and the CNN analysis took to Twitter with her thoughts after the pilot referenced it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/AP22087089734517.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;As an experiment, I\u2019d love for an\u00a0@SouthwestAir\u00a0pilot to say \u2018Long live ISIS\u2019 before taking off. My guess is that 1) the plane would be immediately grounded; 2) the pilot fired; and 3) a statement issued by the airline within a matter of hours,&#8221; she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Rangapappa doxxed\u00a0an intern from the Washington Free Beacon, putting her personal contact information on\u00a0Twitter\u00a0for the world to see, and mocked her as &#8220;Karen&#8221; when she was forced to remove the message.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rangappa, who is also a senior lecturer at\u00a0Yale University,\u00a0once criticized\u00a0former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley for\u00a0going by Nikki, which is her middle name, instead of &#8220;Nimrata,&#8221; the name on her birth certificate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In February, Rangappa tweeted her support to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/liberal-media-personalities-remain-devoted-to-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continue wearing COVID masks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Masks are a reflection of social trust in society &#8212; in Tocqueville&#8217;s words, \u2018self-interest well understood,\u2019&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s the ability to make a small sacrifice that benefits the public good, and in doing so, benefits you, as well. The U.S. currently has very low levels of social trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Cortney O\u2019Brien contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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