{"id":1986678,"date":"2023-07-31T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-goes-out-of-its-way-to-slam-jason-aldean-in-tony-bennett-obit-tribute\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T10:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:45:30","slug":"cnn-goes-out-of-its-way-to-slam-jason-aldean-in-tony-bennett-obit-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-goes-out-of-its-way-to-slam-jason-aldean-in-tony-bennett-obit-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN criticizes Jason Aldean in Tony Bennett obituary tribute."},"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\">18<\/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-goes-out-of-its-way-to-slam-jason-aldean-in-tony-bennett-obit-tribute%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=1986678&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>How many times have you seen the \u200bname\u200d Tony \u200bBennett and immediately thought of Jason Aldean?<\/h2>\n<p>If\u2064 your answer \u200cwas never, you\u2019re probably not a CNN \u200dfan.<\/p>\n<p>The news \u200coutlet is apparently so obsessed\u2064 with the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-nick-cannon-gets-his-job-back-after-calling-white-people-savages-this-is-how-real-privilege-works\/\" title=\"WALSH: Nick Cannon Gets His Job Back After Calling White People \u2018Savages.\u2019 This Is How Real Privilege Works.\">country singer<\/a> that it \u200bturned even the death of the entertainment legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legendary-crooner-tony-bennett-dies-age-96\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Bennett<\/a> into an opportunity \u2064to write a hit piece \u200bon Aldean.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legendary-crooner-tony-bennett-dies-age-96\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died July 21<\/a> \u2062 in New York City.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tony Bennett\u2063 was \u2064the one of the \u200cmost important interpreters of American popular song \u2062during\u2062 the mid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elton-john-michael-buble-and-others-react-to-tony-bennetts-death-with-touching-tributes\/\" title=\"Elton John, Michael Bubl\u00e9, and more mourn Tony Bennett's death with heartfelt tributes.\">late 20th \u2063century<\/a>. He championed songwriters who might otherwise have remained unknown to many millions of \u200bmusic fans. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsopRo8jQ8\">pic.twitter.com\/IsopRo8jQ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy \u2064Joel (@billyjoel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billyjoel\/status\/1682425146445905922?\">July 21, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Very \u200bsad to\u200b hear about Tony Bennett\u2019s passing. Rest in Peace <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0OTK5OJfC\">pic.twitter.com\/Q0OTK5OJfC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OzzyOsbourne\/status\/1682411456149716992?\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Analysis: Tony Bennett \u2063sang in a key that Jason Aldean\u2019s song can\u2019t reach | \u200dCNN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwzBWL3LEA\">https:\/\/t.co\/EwzBWL3LEA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John K. Blake (@JohnBlakeCNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBlakeCNN\/status\/1685614759440166912?\">July 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Sunday, CNN published what on \u200dthe surface looked like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/30\/entertainment\/tony-bennett-jason-aldean-blake-cec\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tribute \u200dpiece<\/a> to the legendary singer, although it\u2063 was\u2063 labeled \u200b\u201canalysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article,\u200b titled \u201cTony\u2063 Bennett sang in a key \u2062that Jason Aldean\u2019s song can\u2019t reach,\u201d by John Blake, began with a\u200c touching anecdote \u2064about Bennett\u2019s life \u2014 a\u00a0 \u200bheartwarming story \u200bof friendship and overcoming depression.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Analysis: Tony Bennett \u200bsang in a \u2062key that Jason Aldean\u2019s song\u200c can\u2019t reach\u200d | CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwzBWL3LEA\">https:\/\/t.co\/EwzBWL3LEA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John \u200bK.\u2063 Blake\u2063 (@JohnBlakeCNN) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBlakeCNN\/status\/1685614759440166912?\">July \u200b30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>But then, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-goes-out-of-its-way-to-slam-jason-aldean-in-tony-bennett-obit-tribute\/\" title=\"CNN criticizes Jason Aldean in Tony Bennett obituary tribute.\">barely relevant segue<\/a> about \u2062\u201ctiming,\u201d the article shifted\u200b gears, diving into the tired\u2062 controversy surrounding \u200cAldean\u2019s\u200c hit song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-crowd-erupts-jason-aldean-accepts-fans-gift-try-small-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try That in a Small Town<\/a>\u201d \u200band its music\u200b video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s also\u200d something about\u2063 the timing of Bennett\u2019s passing that makes our loss cut \u2064a bit deeper. Bennett died the same week that\u2062 country\u2064 singer\u200b Jason\u2063 Aldean found controversy with his hit song, \u2018Try That \u200cin a Small\u2063 Town,&#8217;\u201d Blake\u200d wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The author, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/john-blake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">focuses on<\/a> \u2062 \u201crace, religion, politics and other assorted topics,\u201d went\u200d on:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe song, which celebrates what Aldean calls\u2064 \u2018good \u2062ol\u2019 boys\u2019 ready to grab their guns and go \u200cafter\u200c those who carjack old \u200bladies and rob liquor stores, is the most popular country song in\u2063 the US. \u2063The song\u2019s video,\u2064 which was filmed outside a Tennessee courthouse where a White mob once lynched a \u2062Black\u200b man,\u2064 has received more than\u200d 21 million YouTube views.\u200d One writer has called it \u2018the song of the summer\u2019 for right-wing\u2064 America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake\u200b continued to trash Aldean for two more paragraphs in a piece that stretched more than silly putty to find connections between\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jason-aldeans-try-small-town-rockets-1-billboards-hot-country-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aldean<\/a> and Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the\u200c best\u2062 example for what\u2019s tone \u2062deaf about Aldean\u2019s song and video hasn\u2019t come from pundits or \u2063politicians. It\u200c came from\u200b Bennett \u2014\u2064 in the stories of how he sang and\u2062 lived,\u201d\u2064 the article said.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re scratching your head trying to figure out what in the world a single by a 46-year-old country singer has to do\u2064 with the legacy of\u200b a 96-year-old legendary\u200d crooner, you\u2019re not the\u2062 only one.<\/p>\n<p>A genuine obituary tribute for\u2063 Bennett would have focused\u2063 on his\u2064 remarkable contributions to the world of music and the \u2063impact he had on \u2063countless \u2063lives without attempting to \u200cpush an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-passport-propaganda-and-trump-beware-the-government-media-complex\/\" title=\"CBS\u2019 Passport Propaganda And Trump: Beware The Government-Media Complex\">anti-conservative narrative<\/a> at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis\u200c piece\u200b would require the writer to present the facts \u2062and draw conclusions in \u2062an unbiased manner.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c piece CNN \u200dpublished was neither.<\/p>\n<p>What it was, was a twisted pretzel \u2062of an attack \u200ddisguised as a tribute\/analysis of Bennett\u2019s music in an \u2062attempt to get\u200b one more\u200c article in about \u2062a\u200b story that was never \u200ba \u2064story to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>Tony \u200dBennett\u2064 was a great artist and\u200d an admirable human being.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Aldean\u2063 is not a\u200b racist.<\/p>\n<p>The two are not connected in any way, \u200ddespite Blake\u2019s attempt to claim:\u2062 \u201cThe many tributes to Bennett\u200d can also be read\u2062 as a rebuke to the artistic sensibility that \u2062gave \u2063us \u2018Try \u2063That in a Small Town.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actually,\u200b they can only be \u200dread \u200bthat \u2063way \u2063by a writer who\u2019s desperate to \u2064make a point \u2014 and doing \u200cit \u2063badly.<\/p>\n<p>There was never any there, \u200cthere.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently, at CNN, no depth is too low to sink, and \u200ceven in the solemnity of a\u200c memorial, the\u2064 adages of \u201cnever let a crisis \u200bgo to waste\u201d and\u200d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dont-listen-left-americans-overwhelmingly-disapprove-bidens-supreme-court-race-baiting-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">race-baiting<\/a> \u2063raises ratings\u201d seem to be the policy.<\/p>\n<p>CNN should be ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Bennett deserved better.<\/p>\n<p>The American people deserve better.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-goes-way-slam-jason-aldean-tony-bennett-obit-tribute\/\">CNN Goes\u200b Out of Its Way to Slam Jason Aldean in Tony\u2064 Bennett \u200bObit Tribute<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2063 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever associated Tony Bennett with Jason Aldean? 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