{"id":1947894,"date":"2023-06-15T10:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-shares-the-great-lengths-network-went-to-break-news-about-trump-that-everyone-already-knew\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:23:16","slug":"cnn-shares-the-great-lengths-network-went-to-break-news-about-trump-that-everyone-already-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-shares-the-great-lengths-network-went-to-break-news-about-trump-that-everyone-already-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN shares how the network went to great lengths to report on Trump news that was already known."},"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\">36<\/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-shares-the-great-lengths-network-went-to-break-news-about-trump-that-everyone-already-knew%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=1947894&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>Breaking News: CNN&#8217;s Elaborate Operation to Break News About Trump&#8217;s Arraignment<\/h2>\n<p>Boy, CNN sure showed everybody.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, there was a ban on electronic devices inside the Miami courtroom where former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jake-tapper-melts-demands-control-room-end-live-video-trump-arraignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was arraigned<\/a> on Tuesday in Florida. But the folks at CNN would stop at nothing to get you the news as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>So they hired a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debunking-the-aclus-ridiculous-myths-and-facts-about-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Debunking The ACLU\u2019s Ridiculous \u2018Myths And Facts\u2019 About Transgender Athletes\">high schoolers<\/a> who then found apparently the last operating pay phones in America to relay the astonishing news:<\/p>\n<p>Trump was pleading not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/13\/media\/cnn-trump-arraignment-reliable-sources\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN\u2019s<\/a> Oliver Darcy gave his network a massive pat on the back for a strange, elaborate operation to get around a courtroom ban on electronic devices at the former president\u2019s arraignment on 37 counts related to claims he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-shares-the-great-lengths-network-went-to-break-news-about-trump-that-everyone-already-knew\/\" title=\"CNN shares how the network went to great lengths to report on Trump news that was already known.\">mishandled classified government documents<\/a> in a Miami federal court.<\/p>\n<p>This, Darcy said, allowed the network to relay to America breaking news that America, to the extent it was paying attention, already guessed would happen weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>But you couldn\u2019t tell that from the senior media reporter\u2019s prose, which made the whole thing sound like something Steve McQueen might have starred in were it dramatized a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-bestows-medal-of-honor-on-korean-war-vet-skorean-president-on-hand\/\" title=\"Biden Bestows Medal of Honor on Korean War Vet; SKorean President on Hand\">half-century ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How was CNN able to break the news on Trump pleading not guilty, despite devices ban?<\/p>\n<p>By hiring a group of Miami high school students who ran info out of the courtroom and dictated it via pay phone.<\/p>\n<p>Great behind-the-scenes look by \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverdarcy?\">@oliverdarcy<\/a>\u2069: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iSqbK8uqOf\">https:\/\/t.co\/iSqbK8uqOf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WakeUp2Politics\/status\/1669026332456493058?\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, like all Steve McQueen movies, there had to be a hitch. In this case, it was that the pay phones outside the courthouse could only make local calls, because this is apparently 1992 or something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo overcome the final obstacle, CNN\u2019s staff devised a plan to have the production assistant dial his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/firefighters-who-shared-photos-of-kobe-bryant-crash-site-could-soon-be-fired\/\" title=\"Firefighters Who Shared Photos Of Kobe Bryant Crash Site Could Soon Be Fired\">personal cell phone<\/a>, which was located in a nearby RV that the network was using as a mobile headquarters,\u201d Darcy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrad Parks, a CNN regional newsgathering director stationed inside the RV, then picked up the phone, typed up the reporting and relayed the information to the outlet\u2019s Washington, D.C. bureau,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce the reporting was cleared for air by senior leaders in Washington, it was then transmitted to the control room and the network at large. And, from there, it was finally communicated to CNN\u2019s anchors, who delivered the news to viewers across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A world that, for the most part, could not have been <strong>less<\/strong> transfixed on the news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/post-indictment-poll-offers-incredible-news-trump-beats-biden-desantis-doesnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> was doing exactly what everyone knew he was going to do:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I knew he was going to plead \u201cnot guilty\u201d 17 weeks ago. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AlternativeFacts  (@rsammysams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rsammysams\/status\/1669034848366006274?\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In what universe is Trump pleading not guilty to this \u2013 or any \u2013 indictment breaking news?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dex in Boston (@DexInBoston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DexInBoston\/status\/1669114360550006787?\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And their half a dozen viewers were ecstatic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doug  (@Doug__J) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Doug__J\/status\/1669076600485191682?\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I kept hearing CNN boasting about their \u201cexclusive\u201d reports and I was puzzled. Good to see what they meant I guess. But of course, Trump would plead not guilty\u2026not convinced this is the gleeful scoop they pretend it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sally Smith (@bizwhizyay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bizwhizyay\/status\/1669050215779946496?\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump pleading not guilty isn\u2019t breaking news.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 senschuh (@senschuh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senschuh\/status\/1669037192675483655?\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s ironic, then, that presented with the only real news of the day \u2014 namely, Trump\u2019s post-arraignment remarks at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey \u2014 the network declined to air it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not carrying his remarks live because, frankly, he says a lot of things that are not true and sometimes potentially dangerous,\u201d CNN host Jake Tapper said as the president took the stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jake Tapper on CNN not covering Donald Trump\u2019s speech: \u201cWe\u2019re not carrying his remarks live because frankly he says a lot of things that are not true and sometimes potentially dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WsycPg5WDH\">pic.twitter.com\/WsycPg5WDH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1668791384764035072?\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, to be fair, there\u2019s kind of a point to be made here \u2014 although it\u2019s not the point CNN was making.<\/p>\n<p>Darcy noted that the CNN team had to jump through hoops \u201cbecause of the archaic system in which U.S. federal courts operate. The public continues to have remarkably little access to proceedings in federal courts \u2014 no matter how consequential or extraordinary the case may be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the Trump case will change that \u2014 when proceedings that <strong>actually make news<\/strong> start happening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-reveals-trumps-body-language-sat-courtroom-arraignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inside said courtroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, that\u2019s not really what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-oliver-darcy-tries-giving-odonnell-fail-anti-trump-spin-twitter-eats-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darcy<\/a> or the network was trying to get across with this bit of meta-coverage.<\/p>\n<p>CNN apparently will congratulate itself fulsomely on pulling off a labyrinthine end-run around a ban on electronic devices inside the courtroom where Trump was being arraigned that involved high schoolers, pay phones, notepad paper and a producer relaying information from an RV \u2014 all to tell us what we knew before Trump walked into the courtroom on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>But afterward, given an effort-free opportunity to report on the only non-predictable news of the day \u2014 just aim camera at Bad Orange Man, let him talk, then throw it to the usual lineup of pundits who\u2019ll denounce him like they were going to anyway \u2014 the network declined because allowing CNN viewers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-addressed-supporters-msnbc-maddow-took-humiliatingly-hypocritical-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hear Trump unfiltered<\/a> would be \u201cdangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[D]espite the obstacles the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-vet-plans-to-appeal-ninth-circuit-ruling-against-gun-carry\/\" title=\"Army Vet Plans to Appeal Ninth Circuit Ruling Against Gun Carry\">federal court system<\/a> has in place, newsrooms will find a way to climb over them and deliver the news \u2014 as was evidenced Tuesday,\u201d Darcy wrote in conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>He should have added some newsrooms will go to similar lengths to keep the news from their viewers, should they find it inconvenient.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-shares-great-lengths-network-went-break-news-trump-everyone-already-knew\/\">CNN Shares the Great Lengths Network Went to Break News About Trump That Everyone Already Knew<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boy, CNN proved their determination. Despite the ban on electronic devices in the Miami courtroom, they went to great lengths to deliver news promptly. Hiring a group of high schoolers, they ensured nothing would hinder their mission to keep you informed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":1947895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[9373,24350,17423,5051,4133,3819,4790,3634],"class_list":["post-1947894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-cnn","tag-known","tag-lengths","tag-network","tag-news","tag-report","tag-shares","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947894","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\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}