{"id":1944508,"date":"2023-06-05T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-promo-video-backfires-when-viewers-point-out-a-very-big-problem-you-are-bragging-about-your-lying\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:11:08","slug":"cnn-promo-video-backfires-when-viewers-point-out-a-very-big-problem-you-are-bragging-about-your-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-promo-video-backfires-when-viewers-point-out-a-very-big-problem-you-are-bragging-about-your-lying\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN promo backfires as viewers call out: &#8220;You&#8217;re proud of lying?&#8221;"},"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\">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-promo-video-backfires-when-viewers-point-out-a-very-big-problem-you-are-bragging-about-your-lying%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=1944508&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--><h2> CNN&#8217;s Failed Attempt to Regain Trust <\/h2>\n<p> Scorn across the board is a marketing metric that no one wants to achieve. Unfortunately for CNN, their recent promotional post on Twitter managed to provoke virtually unanimous mockery. The network chose to highlight its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-promo-video-backfires-when-viewers-point-out-a-very-big-problem-you-are-bragging-about-your-lying\/\" title=\"CNN promo backfires as viewers call out: \"You're proud of lying?\"\">supposedly superior news-reporting abilities<\/a> by focusing on a story where it disgraced itself on a nearly daily basis. <\/p>\n<p> The video featured a scene from CNN&#8217;s archives on May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis, ground zero of what became a months-long carnival of horror across the United States over the death in police custody of George Floyd. The tweet declares pompously, &#8220;When history is being made, we hit record. Unflinching, unrelenting, uncut. This is CNN.&#8221; <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When history is being made, we hit record. Unflinching, unrelenting, uncut. This is CNN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6BoU1nW9EV\">pic.twitter.com\/6BoU1nW9EV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1665101078931668992?\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> The video is apparently part of CNN&#8217;s campaign to regain Americans&#8217; trust and come back from its leftward lurch during the Trump administration. Unfortunately for the brains behind this piece of marketing genius, the video really just underscores the perception that the network is willing to skew its coverage regardless of the history being made. <\/p>\n<p> For Twitter users, that jarring juxtaposition of a CNN correspondent&#8217;s words about &#8220;peaceful protesting&#8221; with the scenes on the ground pretty much described the network&#8217;s approach to &#8220;covering&#8221; news &#8211; forcing events to fit CNN&#8217;s preferred narrative. <\/p>\n<h3> CNN&#8217;s Attempt to Regain Trust: Do You Believe It? <\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think CNN is serious about trying to regain Americans&#8217; trust?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 100% (10 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<h2 class=\"firefly-poll-question\">CNN&#8217;s Latest Post Backfires<\/h2>\n<p>As of late Monday morning Eastern Time, the post had been viewed more than 313,000 times but \u201cliked\u201d only 313 times. Of the nearly 700 comments, virtually none was positive.<\/p>\n<p>As a backfire for a supposedly promotional post, it doesn\u2019t get much worse.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it reminded all the people who know anything about CNN why they can\u2019t stand CNN in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few samples:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So you are bragging about your lying?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden\u2019s sniffer (@bshaver70) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bshaver70\/status\/1665509638198927363?\">June 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo you are bragging about your lying?\u201d the user asked. With CNN, that\u2019s an excellent question.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The question is not being there, but reporting accurately on what you are witnessing without bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Bedgood (@CharlieBedgood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieBedgood\/status\/1665115934258864128?\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe question is not being there, but reporting accurately on what you are witnessing without bias,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n<p>True, but this is the CNN that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/2003\/04\/15\/cnn-executive-defends-silence-on-known-iraqi-atrocities\/55475021-cd35-4dc9-9fda-2d236567362e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreed to keep quiet<\/a> about Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein\u2019s torture and murder of his own citizens in return for access to the country during the Gulf War three decades ago, then earned the disparaging sobriquet of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrypopik.com\/index.php\/new_york_city\/entry\/clinton_news_network_cnn_nickname1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinton News Network<\/a>\u201d for its liberal bias during the Bill Clinton White House. Being there is one thing, but reporting \u00a0\u201caccurately\u201d and \u201cwithout bias\u201d just isn\u2019t in its DNA.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was the mockery:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ah yes, it is well known that one has to find cover during a peaceful protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy That Old Fart (@JerOHMee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerOHMee\/status\/1665417593115619329?\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ah!! The Summer of Love and Mostly Peaceful Protests! I miss those days of staying up late and watching buildings being burnt and looted. The anarchists formations and the black umbrella squads. The ones that don\u2019t exist, they told us. Good times<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Salem Poor (@salempoormusic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/salempoormusic\/status\/1665463809018871808?\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He flinched. Right after he declared it a peaceful protest and decided he needed to run from all the peacefulness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaiser Angep\u00f6p\u00f6 (@kaiserangepopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaiserangepopo\/status\/1665509638198927363?\">June 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n\t#firefly-poll-container {\n\t\tborder: 2px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\tpadding: 15px;\n\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\tmargin-right: 15px;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 15px;\n\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\tbackground: #ddd;\n\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t#firefly-poll-container input[type=email] {\n\t\tmargin-top: 5px;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 5px;\n\t\tpadding-top: 10px;\n\t\tpadding-bottom: 10px;\n\t\tpadding-left: 10px;\n\t\tbackground-color: #F5F5F5;\n\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t\tborder-color: #d6d6d6;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t#firefly-poll-container input[type=submit] {\n\t\tpadding: 10px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\tcursor: pointer;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t#firefly-poll-results-yes {\n\t\tbackground-color: lightgrey;\n\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 5px;\n\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t#firefly-poll-results-no {\n\t\tbackground-color: lightgrey;\n\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t.firefly-poll-question {\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t\tfont-size: var(--big-font-size);\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t.firefly-poll-Disclaimer {\n\t\tfont-size: var(--smallest-font-size);\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t@media ( max-width: 768px ) {\n\t\t#firefly-poll-container {\n\t\t\twidth: 90%;\n\t\t\tmargin-left: 20px;\n\t\t}\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<h2>CNN Promo Video Backfires When Viewers Point Out a Very Big Problem: &#8216;You Are Bragging About Your Lying?&#8217;<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I thought this was a CNN parody<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 9mmSMG (@9mm_smg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9mm_smg\/status\/1665159256511856643?\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When a Twitter user made this comment about CNN, it was hard to disagree. The network has become a parody of a news organization, especially during the years when former President Donald Trump was in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Who can forget then-White House correspondent Jim Acosta\u2019s virtually daily performances as a caricature of the over-inflated ego of a television talking head? Or then-prime-time host Don Lemon\u2019s nightly attacks on Trump and his supporters and the ratings boosts they meant for CNN?<\/p>\n<p>But this wasn&#8217;t the last time CNN was linked to the \u201cpeaceful\u201d line to describe obviously violent images for its gullible viewers. CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez was a key part of one of the most infamous CNN images of the George Floyd era, when he stood on camera in front of buildings literally engulfed in flames during rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020 while a chyron below him displayed the words: \u201cFiery but mostly peaceful protests after police shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fiery but mostly peaceful protests!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4OHvKnh63u\">pic.twitter.com\/4OHvKnh63u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1300219945389830147?\">August 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recently, CNN&#8217;s marketing department published a tweet that backfired badly. The tweet contained a promo video that reminded Americans of how badly the network disgraced itself and betrayed its journalistic mission. Viewers pointed out that CNN was bragging about its lying, and it was hard to disagree.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-related\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<div class=\"in-article-more-label\">Related:<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-writes-glowing-article-women-marrying-symbolic-expression-self-love\/\" data-type='Internal link' data-type-location='in-content-related'>CNN Writes Glowing Article on Women Marrying Themselves as &#8216;Symbolic Expression of Self-Love&#8217;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If CNN truly wants to become an honest source of news heading into the 2024 election years, it needs to do better than this. As a product promotion, this one backfired about as badly as it could.<\/p>\n<p>The post appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>basis.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s attempt to showcase its news-reporting skills backfired when a promotional post on Twitter received widespread ridicule. 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