{"id":2264433,"date":"2024-06-10T19:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-guest-slams-network-after-seeing-maddening-caption-that-was-written-below-him-during-interview\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T19:41:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:41:16","slug":"cnn-guest-slams-network-after-seeing-maddening-caption-that-was-written-below-him-during-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-guest-slams-network-after-seeing-maddening-caption-that-was-written-below-him-during-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Guest Criticizes Network Over &#8216;Maddening&#8217; Caption Displayed During Interview"},"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\">20<\/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-guest-slams-network-after-seeing-maddening-caption-that-was-written-below-him-during-interview%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=2264433&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--><p>The Western Journal published a commentary criticizing\u200b CNN for inappropriate and misleading coverage during \u2064an interview with Ian Bremaer about a recent IDF operation in Gaza. The\u2064 article points out\u200d that CNN mistakenly used the term \u2063&#8221;release&#8221; when \u200dreferring to the rescue of four hostages, which misrepresents the nature \u200bof the event as Hamas had not voluntarily released them. Ian Bremmer expressed his disappointment on social media, highlighting \u2063the inaccuracy and quick correction by CNN \u2062anchor Victor Blackwell. \u2062The\u2063 piece \u200ddelves into broader issues with CNN&#8217;s reporting, accusing the network of biased and propagandistic\u200c coverage, particularly in liberal\u2063 contexts.\u2062 It suggests that CNN \u2064needs to maintain higher journalistic standards to preserve its credibility and respectability\u2063 in the face of changing media consumption habits and criticism. The \u2064article ends by discussing the potential long-term consequences of misleading media portrayals on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-teams-peter-navarro-drops-third-report-providing-proof-trump-won\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Trump Team\u2019s Peter Navarro Drops Third Report Providing \u201cProof Trump Won\u201d\">public perception<\/a> and support for controversial or violent \u2063groups.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/%20\"><span>Samuel Short<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 10, 2024 at 11:45am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>CNN is taking heat for an outright false chyron that appeared on Saturday when speaking with political scientist and foreign policy expert Ian Bremmer.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kevin-costner-refused-shorten-eulogy-funeral-cnn-air-ads-can-get\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> anchor Victor Blackwell on Saturday, Bremmer discussed an IDF operation that had happened the same day to rescue four hostages being held in Gaza after Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, CNN\u2019s chyron during Bremmer\u2019s interview stated Benny Gatz \u2014 a member of the Israeli war cabinet \u2014 delayed an announcement of his resignation due to the \u201crelease\u201d of those hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas did not \u201crelease\u201d anyone as this was unquestionably a rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p>Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, and Noa Argamani were the four people who were rescued after they had been held by Hamas in captivity for over 8 months.<\/p>\n<p>Differing accounts arose concerning the toll the IDF\u2019s rescue operation took, as Israeli officials claim there were less than 100 casualties while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cover-underway-journalist-found-holding-israeli-hostages-gaza-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gazan<\/a> officials place the number closer to 300.<\/p>\n<p>Bremmer called out the absurdity of CNN\u2019s coverage on X while acknowledging that Blackwell did try to make the correction on-air.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">disappointed to see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?\">@cnn<\/a> chyron of hostage \u201crelease\u201d during my interview today when hamas did no such thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-repeats-gaza-hospital-fiasco-by-parroting-hamas-propaganda-on-idf-hostage-rescue\/\" title=\"Media Echoes Gaza Hospital Incident by Repeating Hamas Claims on IDF Hostage Rescue\">anchor quickly corrected<\/a> on air, but this sort of mistake (repeated by un officials and others today) is maddening. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dig01j3v8f\">pic.twitter.com\/Dig01j3v8f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianbremmer\/status\/1799585905281310914?\">June 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The video of that segment can be seen here via Fox News:<\/p>\n<p>While Brenner framed the wording as a \u201cmistake\u201d which he found \u201cmaddening,\u201d that is a rather generous interpretation for a network known to support and platform all manner of far-left drivel from across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>(And make no mistake, the kiddie glove treatment of Hamas is a decidedly leftist characteristic.)<\/p>\n<p>While CNN\u2019s news coverage devolves into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-fall-for-the-legacy-medias-lies-of-omission\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Fall For The Legacy Media\u2019s Lies Of Omission\">overt propaganda<\/a> often \u2014 think of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-mocked-labeling-kenosha-mostly-peaceful-footage-showed-opposite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiery but mostly peaceful<\/a>\u201d chyron CNN used to describe the George Floyd riots that took place in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the contentious summer of 2020 \u2014 there are two greater issues at play.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you trust the establishment media?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>First, there is an existential matter. CNN needs to reverse course if the network hopes to extend its shelf life. Left-wing media ran a sprint with former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/world-react-trumps-shock-conviction-bibles-got-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s campaign and subsequent election. The \u201cTrump bump\u201d turned many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-big-tech-and-media-actions-to-steal-the-election-heres-whats-going-on-in-pennsylvania-and-michigan\/\" title=\"Democrat, Big Tech and Media Actions to Steal the Election \u2013 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on in Pennsylvania and Michigan\">media outlets<\/a> into unapologetic leftist propaganda outlets that let truth fall by the wayside.<\/p>\n<p>With outlets like <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/digital\/news\/vice-cease-publishing-layoff-hundreds-ceo-1235919843\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice News closing its site<\/a>, and once respected names like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/award-winning-journalist-worked-npr-25-years-breaks-silence-publicly-funded-networks-major-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Public Radio<\/a> drawing criticism for its decent and disregard for the truth, CNN must tread lightly. Although a titan of media and a staple of the establishment media for many years, more Americans now see the network for what it \u201cused to be\u201d before the Trump Administration and \u201cwhat it became\u201d because of it.<\/p>\n<p>Misleading chyrons may lead to eyerolls, but those eyerolls can quickly lead to grabbing the remote to change the channel.<\/p>\n<p>The second issue would be how even single words like \u201crelease\u201d in place of the reality of a rescue effort could perpetuate a growing and sadly misguided support for barbarity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbis-wanted-found-border-arrested-terrorism-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorism<\/a> that\u2019s festering across the country.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s use of \u201crelease\u201d feels like just another way for the left to paint Israel in the worst light possible, while simultaneously making Hamas look as reasonable as possible.<\/p>\n<p>While some will surely act in bad faith and ignore the truth of Saturday, others will only take CNN at their word and move forward actually believing Hamas would do such a thing.<\/p>\n<p>How can we be hopeful to lead a younger generation away from supporting terrorism when they aren\u2019t even equipped with the truth?<\/p>\n<p>For its own sake, at the very least, CNN should aim higher.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Please help us continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, and we will never surrender.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading The Western Journal and for believing in America. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>It is a pleasure to serve you.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45824\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45824\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45824\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45824\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>  Sam Short is an Instructor of History with Motlow State Community College in Smyrna, Tennessee. He holds a BA in History from Middle Tennessee State University and an MA in History from University College London. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN faces backlash for displaying a false chyron during a segment with political scientist Ian Bremmer, who discussed an IDF operation on the same day with anchor Victor Blackwell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2984,"featured_media":2264434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bremmer-on-cnn.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2264433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bremmer-on-cnn.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264433","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\/2984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}