{"id":2294380,"date":"2024-07-13T23:51:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T03:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-disgusting-front-page-story-after-trump-was-shot-says-it-all\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T23:55:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T03:55:21","slug":"cnns-disgusting-front-page-story-after-trump-was-shot-says-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-disgusting-front-page-story-after-trump-was-shot-says-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN&#8217;s Disgusting Front Page Story After Trump Was Shot Says It All"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcnns-disgusting-front-page-story-after-trump-was-shot-says-it-all%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=2294380&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>Summary: The\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> how, despite a supposed attack on a Hamas leader in Gaza that resulted in the\u2062 deaths of dozens of Palestinians, CNN prioritized\u200c this news over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-duty-california-deputy-shot-dead-by-police-on-golf-course\/\" title=\"California deputy killed by police while off-duty on golf course.\">shooting incident involving<\/a> former President Donald Trump. The piece highlights CNN&#8217;s coverage \u200dof\u200b the events and questions their journalistic priorities. It \u2064also mentions past assassination attempts on presidents and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-4-in-10-californians-have-considered-fleeing-the-state\/\" title=\"Poll: 40% of Californians Contemplated Leaving\">major presidential candidates<\/a>, particularly referencing the shooting of President Ronald Reagan in 1981. The article criticizes CNN for its initial headline reporting of the\u2063 Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a> as a fall, despite video evidence suggesting otherwise. The piece concludes with \u200ban appeal for support \u200bagainst efforts to suppress free speech by Big Tech and elites.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 13, 2024 at 7:05pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>On any other day, at any other moment, perhaps an Israeli attack on a Hamas leader in Gaza that supposedly killed dozens of Palestinians might be the top story on CNN\u2019s homepage.<\/p>\n<p>That day and moment was <em>not<\/em> the evening of Saturday, July 13, 2024, shortly after the former president of the United States of America and presumptive GOP nominee was shot at, and apparently wounded in the head, by a would-be assassin.<\/p>\n<p>The priorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-campaigns-attempt-hit-back-george-clooney-causes-confusion-laughter-cnn-mean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of CNN<\/a>, however, remain a bit different.<\/p>\n<p>If you were a visitor to CNN\u2019s international edition homepage, this is what you were greeted with one hour after it became clear Donald Trump had been shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania by a man who has not yet been officially identified:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDozens killed as Israel targets Hamas military chief,\u201d blared the chief <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/13\/middleeast\/mawasi-deif-israel-hamas-gaza-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headline<\/a>, which took up nearly half the page. \u201cIsrael is verifying whether one of the alleged masterminds of the October 7 attacks died in a strike Palestinian officials say killed at least 90 people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This number, it must be said, was reported by the Gaza Health Ministry, the same outfit that once claimed an Israeli missile killed several hundred people outside a hospital; while that report was credulously picked up by the media in the wake of the incident, it later turned out that 1) the number of dead was far less than reported and 2) the\u00a0 the alleged Israeli missile was likely a misfiring rocket from a Hamas ally.<\/p>\n<p>But never mind that, because look at the small little story right next to it: \u201cTrump injured in incident at Pennsylvania rally.\u201d Because CNN will do anything to minimize the violence aimed at former President Trump \u2014 which could, in a way, be seen as encouraging it.<\/p>\n<p>That was sandwiched between the Gaza story and a column saying \u201cCatch up on today\u2019s global news.\u201d As if there were many other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/raw-video-trump-shooting-comes-president-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stories<\/a> to be covered at that point.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cincident\u201d was a shooting which, from all appearances, involved a bullet aimed at Trump\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Moment Trump appears to be shot at rally\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fYfvSspaJtk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The shooter has been \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-trump-shooter-dead-bloody-disaster-pennsylvania-rally-da-confirms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">neutralized<\/a>\u201d \u2014 intelligence-speak for killed \u2014 and a spokesman for Trump said he was \u201cfine\u201d after the \u201cheinous act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, no assassination attempt on either a major presidential candidate or a president, sitting or former, has occurred in over 43 years, after a man named John Hinckley shot then-President Ronald Reagan as Reagan left an event in Washington, D.C., in March 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Reagan was seriously injured by Hinckley\u2019s bullets but managed to survive. His press secretary, James Brady, sustained far more serious injuries and remained paralyzed on the right side of his body for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Nor was this CNN\u2019s only grave journalistic error in reporting the Trump assassination attempt. This was their original headline reporting the news in the U.S. edition:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecret Service rushes Trump off stage after he falls at rally.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Even in a horrifying moment such as this they just can\u2019t help themselves. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/REDIQvWaX8\">pic.twitter.com\/REDIQvWaX8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1812259108973912261?\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, a \u201cfall.\u201d Before which, on the video feed, something similar to the sound of a firearm going off could be heard.<\/p>\n<p>How dense does one need to be to realize that something more serious than a fall has occurred \u2014 and that not calling it a potential threat to the Republican nominee-to-be for president, at the very least, represents journalistic malpractice?<\/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. Will you help us fight? Will you <\/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>help us expose the America-hating elites<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  who will do everything they can to steal this election? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We\u2019re a small group of people fighting to save the country for our readers and for our own family and friends. <\/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>Can we count on your help?<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span>At this point, Big Tech has cut off our access to 90% of advertisers. Imagine if someone took 90% of your paycheck and there was nothing you could do. 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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<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 13, 2024, CNN&#8217;s priorities were called into question when they chose to highlight an Israeli attack on a Hamas leader in Gaza over the news that former President Trump had been shot at during a rally. Despite the seriousness of the assassination attempt, CNN downplayed the incident by initially reporting it as Trump falling at the rally. This journalistic error was criticized by many, including Senator Marco Rubio. The Western Journal, where this commentary was published, also highlighted the importance of fighting against Big Tech and the elites who seek to silence conservative voices. They asked for support from readers to continue their fight for America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2294381,"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\/07\/trump-cnn-for-july-13-2024.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9373,28897,4178,3634],"class_list":["post-2294380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cnn","tag-front-page","tag-story","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-cnn-for-july-13-2024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294380","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=2294380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}