{"id":2035460,"date":"2023-09-17T19:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T23:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-gets-roasted-for-absurd-chyron-warning-constitution-is-outdated-puts-democracy-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T19:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T23:32:21","slug":"cnn-gets-roasted-for-absurd-chyron-warning-constitution-is-outdated-puts-democracy-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-gets-roasted-for-absurd-chyron-warning-constitution-is-outdated-puts-democracy-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN roasted for claiming Constitution is outdated, endangers democracy."},"content":{"rendered":"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\">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-gets-roasted-for-absurd-chyron-warning-constitution-is-outdated-puts-democracy-at-risk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"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=2035460&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>The Western Journal: CNN Receives Backlash \u2062for Outrageous Chyron Claiming Constitution is &#8216;Outdated, Puts Democracy at Risk&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The few remaining viewers of CNN got a remarkable\u200b dose of\u200c news on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Just in \u2062time for Constitution Day, CNN\u2019s dwindling audience learned\u200c that the \u2064Consitution of the United States \u200d\u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-gets-roasted-for-absurd-chyron-warning-constitution-is-outdated-puts-democracy-at-risk\/\" title=\"CNN roasted for claiming Constitution is outdated, endangers democracy.\">oldest written government charter<\/a> \u200din the world\u200d and the document \u200bthat gave birth \u2062to the nation that has spread democracy around the globe \u2014 \u200chas become so \u2063\u201coutdated\u201d that it\u2019s actually a \u201cthreat to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that\u2019s democracy \u2063as CNN\u2019s scholars understand it. \u200bAnd you can\u2019t spell ignorance without \u201cC-N-N.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The word\u200b came on \u2064\u201cNewsroom,\u201d anchored by former CNN White \u2064House correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-announces-big-change-jim-acosta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Acosta<\/a>. Acosta interviewed two \u200bHarvard professors of\u200c government who are of the opinion that the grand system of compromise, \u2062checks and balances devised by the Founders in Philadelphia in 1787 is as obsolete as\u200b the quill pens they \u2064used to write it down.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying the interview was a chyron at the bottom of the screen declaring (in all caps): \u201cScholars\u200d Warn Outdated Constitution Has Put \u2062Democracy At\u2062 Risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it was\u2062 scorched on social\u2064 media:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CNN \u201cScholars\u201d are biased, \u200dirrelevant \u2062hacks willing to be\u2062 paid to push the narrative that the Commie News Network \u200cwants. \u2063The word \u201cDemocracy\u201d doesn\u2019t \u2063appear \u200din the \u200bConstitution or Declaration \u2062of Independence for a reason. \u2064A true scholar would know\u200b this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stewie Griffin (@StewGriffin52) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StewGriffin52\/status\/1703404374813511726?\">September \u200d17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Whenever you\u2062 see\/hear \u201cdemocracy\u201d \u2064referred to as if it is our form of government, \u2064it is\u200b a BIG RED FLAG that \u2062you \u2062are seeing a \u2064communist agenda. 99% of the time that type of reference silently refers\u2063 to \u201cMarxist democracy\u201d, or \u200ban \u200bofficial government \u200dthat\u200d has \u200bpure\u200d Democracy as its\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Deth (@NotJackDeth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NotJackDeth\/status\/1703224824099688562?\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When \u200bthey \u200dsay \u201cdemocracy\u201d they really mean, \u200b\u201cdeep \u2062state\u201d. Replace those\u200b words out and \u2063it makes PERFECT\u200d sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kurt Schemers (@KurtSchemers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtSchemers\/status\/1703213617892761900?\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN chyron\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/adam-schiff-gets-called-lie-cnn-big-change-takes-place-screen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are known<\/a> for their quirks. The \u2064network\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-mocked-labeling-kenosha-mostly-peaceful-footage-showed-opposite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now-legendary description<\/a> of the \u20622020 \u2063Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots\u2063 as\u201dFiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests\u201d is a classic contribution to American journalism that deserves to be remembered for decades to come.<\/p>\n<p>But in fairness to CNN\u2019s chyron \u200cwriters\u200c (a \u200cjob where respect for truth is clearly not a priority), there was a at least a\u200b tiny bit\u200d of justification\u200d for it this time.<\/p>\n<p>Acosta\u2019s\u200d guests,\u200d Harvard\u2019s Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt do indeed argue that \u2062the Constitution is a \u201cthreat to democracy.\u201d What they don\u2019t \u200cacknowledge, though, is that that \u201cthreat\u201d was deliberately designed into the document \u2014 a \u201cfeature,\u201d not \u200da \u201cbug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levitsky and Ziblatt both\u2063 surely know\u2062 that. They\u2019re probably just as\u2064 sure that a large \u200bsegment of a largely\u2063 ignorant American population\u200d do not.<\/p>\n<p>They are authors of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tyranny-Minority-American-Democracy-Breaking\/dp\/0593443071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyranny of the Minority<\/a>,\u201d a new book aimed at attacking the Constitution, judging\u2062 by\u2063 their conversation \u200cwith Acosta, by hitting the usual liberal targets \u2014\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-clinton-casts-electoral-vote-joe-biden-calls-abolish-electoral-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electoral College<\/a> and the United States Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u2063Electoral College was the Founders\u2019 method of ensuring that states with small \u2063populations would have an \u2064equal say in choosing the leader\u200d of the country.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also how\u2062 a president can get elected without winning the nationally\u2064 popular vote \u2014 a concept that \u2062appears to \u2063outrage Messrs. \u200dLevitsky and Ziblatt but is a small price to pay\u2063 for saving the \u200ccountry from being dominated by huge states like\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-lt-governor-new-york-arrested-federal-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> and \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gov-gavin-newsom-officially-calls-convention-change-us-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> with little or nothing in common\u2063 with, say, conservative Idaho or liberal Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take a\u2063 scholar to understand that<\/p>\n<p>The Senate, meanwhile, is where bills \u2064go to die \u2014 and it was meant to be that way, to protect\u200b the country from the rush of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-admits-hes-comfortable-with-protesters-intimidating-supreme-court-justices-at-their-homes\/\" title=\"Schumer Admits He\u2019s Comfortable With Protesters Intimidating Supreme Court Justices at Their Homes\">popular passion<\/a>. In\u200b any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monticello.org\/research-education\/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia\/senatorial-saucer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apocryphal \u200dstory<\/a> that\u2019s almost \u200ctoo good to be true,\u2064 George Washington is said to have told Thomas \u2063Jefferson \u200dthat the Senate was a means of cooling off bills \u2062before they could become the \u200dlaw of the land, like tea needed to cool before it can be enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-likens-pro-filibuster-sens-confederates-segregationists-psaki-no-offense-meant-though\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filibuster<\/a> have stood in\u2064 the way of \u200csome very\u2062 good\u200b ideas \u2014 the Civil Rights Act of \u20631964, for instance. They stood in the way of some very bad \u2062ones \u2014 like expanding the United States Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>While the filibuster\u200b isn\u2019t in the Constitution, the Senate\u2019s role as an upper chamber\u200d of \u200dCongress is, with its members\u2019 terms are three times\u200c longer than in\u200c the\u2062 House, and\u200d where only a third of\u2063 the body \u2063turns over at mid-term \u2063elections.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to what liberals \u2014 and even sane Americans \u2014 often \u2062think, \u2064the United States\u2064 is not a\u2062 democracy, it\u2019s a republic \u2014 a \u2064collection of largely \u200bsovereign \u2064states <em>united<\/em> into the greater body of \u200bthe United\u200c States.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the autonomy of the individual states that\u2062 helps make \u2063the\u2062 country the freest in the world. Not only do American voters have to power\u2064 to change their own government, they have to power to move\u2064 to another government if theirs is not to their liking, but they don\u2019t have to\u200c leave \u200dthe country. (Think of all those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/personalfinance\/real-estate\/2023\/03\/03\/new-yorkers-moving-florida-droves\/11357516002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Yorkers fleeing to \u200dFlorida<\/a> in recent years.)<\/p>\n<p>So naturally, that\u2019s what liberals hate. \u200cAnd since the Electoral College and the Senate\u2019s position are what guarantees the freedom of smaller states (leave it to\u200d the genius of the Founders to protect liberty by limiting democracy), liberals hate them passionately.<\/p>\n<p>And \u200bas happens\u200d periodically in history, the left is attacking the Constitution\u200c itself. (Before the turn of the last century, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/may\/30\/woodrow-wilsons-case-against-the-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodrew Wilson<\/a>, before he became president, might have been \u200dthe document\u2019s best-known opponent.)<\/p>\n<p>But patriotic Americans know better, and on social media, it showed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No better showing of why people are concerned about the education system. They\u2019re producing such \u201cscholars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Publius (@Publius215) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Publius215\/status\/1703187192443556120?\">September 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Constitution is \u2062everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunshine State of Mind \ufe0f (@foundinsunshine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foundinsunshine\/status\/1703269427767075076?\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What\u2019s interesting is that Levitsky and Ziblatt \u200dseem to\u200d think that every change to the Constitution has \u2064been good \u2014 ignoring the disaster of Prohibition, for instance (instituted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18th Amendment<\/a>, repealed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21st<\/a>) or the <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17th Amendment<\/a> that gave the country popular election of\u200c the Senate instead of senators being elected \u200cby state \u200clegislatures and \u2064has gotten worse\u200c ever since. (A truly \u2063conservative Republican Party would make <a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/blog\/what-would-senate-look-like-without-the-17th-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repealing \u2063the 17th Amendment<\/a> \u2062 part of its platform.)<\/p>\n<p>The professors note that the country came close to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/0ZEZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abolishing the Electoral \u2062College<\/a> in 1970 and appear to be convinced \u2014 or trying to convince<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-cant-even-crack-top-30-ratings-even-fox-news-show-missing-host-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the \u2062shrinking band of Americans<\/a> still\u200d tuning in \u200bto CNN \u2014 that the fact that it hasn\u2019t makes the Constitution a weapon for tyranny \u2062instead of a shield for \u200dfreedom.<\/p>\n<p>As the country marked \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/news\/topics\/constitution-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution \u200dDay<\/a> on Sunday, remembering the gift from God that was the signing of the Constitution at Philadelphia\u2019s Constitutional Convention, the lesson from CNN a day earlier couldn\u2019t have been more timely.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not that the Constitution needs to \u2062be amended immediately to satisfy leftists, though. It\u2019s something much of much more\u200c immediate importance:<\/p>\n<p>That \u200cyou can\u2019t spell \u200cignorance with C-N-N.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u2063 does the Constitution&#8217;s system of checks and balances prevent \u200dthe majority \u200dfrom having unchecked power?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ion \u2063and promoting the idea\u200d of\u2063 majoritarian \u200drule. Their argument\u200c boils down to\u2064 this:\u2062 the \u200cConstitution\u2019s system\u200d of \u2063checks and balances \u200ballows a minority of \u2063the population to wield disproportionate power, making it difficult for the majority to enact their preferred policies and undermining\u200b what they consider to be true democracy.<\/p>\n<p>But this argument fundamentally misunderstands the purpose and genius of the Constitution. The\u2063 Founding Fathers\u200c were well aware of the dangers of \u200cpure \u2064democracy, \u200dwhich they saw as mob\u2064 rule that trampled on individual rights. They \u200ddesigned a system that balanced majority\u200d rule with the protection of minority \u2063rights, ensuring \u2062that no faction could seize\u200b complete \u200ccontrol and abuse\u200d their power.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution\u2019s \u2062framers understood that a stable and \u200dfunctioning democracy required more than just the will of the majority. They recognized the importance of a system of checks and \u200bbalances to \u2064prevent \u200cthe concentration of power, and they saw\u200c the value\u2063 in\u200b deliberation and compromise. This is why\u2062 we have a bicameral legislature, an \u200dindependent\u2062 judiciary, \u2064and an executive branch with limited powers.<\/p>\n<p>Levitsky and Ziblatt, however, seem to\u2064 prefer a system where the majority\u200b can \u200dsteamroll over the minority, \u2063with no regard for individual rights or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-teams-call-revenue-model-broken\/\" title=\"NASCAR Teams Call Revenue Model \"Broken\"\">long-term stability<\/a>\u2063 of \u2063the country. They argue that the Constitution is undemocratic precisely because\u200c it prevents the majority from imposing their will unchecked. But this is \u2064a feature, not\u200c a \u200dbug.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution\u2019s protections for individual rights and its system of checks and balances have served\u200c us well for over two \u2063centuries. They have prevented the \u2063tyranny \u200bof the majority and safeguarded\u2063 our democracy from the dangers of unchecked\u2062 power.\u200b The Constitution is not outdated; it is a timeless document that continues to\u200b guide and govern our\u200b nation.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s decision to \u200bair this outrageous chyron claiming\u200d that the Constitution is a\u200d threat to democracy\u200c is not\u2063 only \u2063misleading but also\u200b deeply irresponsible.\u200d It perpetuates a misunderstanding of our founding principles and\u2064 undermines the \u2063very foundations of our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>As Americans, we must reject such attempts\u200d to delegitimize our Constitution and promote a vision \u2064of democracy that is fundamentally at odds with the principles of liberty\u200d and individual rights. We should celebrate the Constitution \u2064on Constitution Day and reaffirm our commitment to the ideals \u2064it represents.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s dwindling viewership is \u2062a testament to\u200c the fact that the\u200b American \u2063people are not buying into their\u200d biased\u2063 and misleading\u2062 reporting.\u200b The network would do well to\u2062 reevaluate\u2064 its\u2064 priorities and return to responsible journalism that upholds the truth and \u200crespects the principles that have\u2064 made our\u200d country great.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the claim that the\u2064 Constitution is outdated \u200dand a threat to democracy is a baseless and \u2063misguided argument. The \u2064Constitution remains\u200b a cornerstone of our \u2064democratic system, providing \u200cthe framework\u200c for our \u2062government and protecting the rights \u2064and freedoms of all Americans. We must defend and uphold the Constitution\u200d against\u2063 such unfounded attacks, ensuring that \u2063our \u200cdemocracy continues to thrive for generations to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dwindling CNN audience received a remarkable news dose on Saturday, coinciding with Constitution Day. 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