{"id":478970,"date":"2021-05-06T16:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T20:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=478970"},"modified":"2021-05-06T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T20:50:45","slug":"three-cheers-for-cnn-left-wing-network-stands-by-controversial-guest-refuses-to-correct-false-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-cheers-for-cnn-left-wing-network-stands-by-controversial-guest-refuses-to-correct-false-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Cheers for CNN: Left-Wing Network Stands by Controversial Guest, Refuses to Correct False Report"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fthree-cheers-for-cnn-left-wing-network-stands-by-controversial-guest-refuses-to-correct-false-report%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=478970&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cnn-trump-e1620329954978.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s not every day that CNN,\u00a0the left-wing news network that employs admitted crier <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/parody\/journo-tears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Stelter<\/a>, demonstrates strength and masculinity in the face of adversity. But when it does, we should at least acknowledge, if not applaud, the effort.<\/p>\n<p>Now is a time for applause. CNN refused to bow to the pedantic scolds demanding a correction after network analyst Asha Rangappa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshaRangappa_\/status\/1388263978346811392?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeated<\/a> a false claim about Rudy Giuliani. CNN could have easily followed suit when NBC News, the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, and the <em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/media\/giuliani-correction-washington-post-new-york-times\/2021\/05\/03\/3d422f42-ac34-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corrections<\/a> after falsely reporting the FBI had briefed Giuliani about Russian efforts to influence the 2020 election. Instead, the network soldiered on as if nothing had happened.<\/p>\n<p>CNN spokeswoman Lauren Pratapas told the <em>Washington Post<\/em> the network did not intend to issue a correction regarding Rangappa&#8217;s false claim. In a display of epic bravado, Pratapas pointed to a CNN.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/30\/politics\/rudy-giuliani-russia-influence-campaign\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> about how the <em>Post<\/em> and other outlets had gotten their facts wrong. The report brazenly notes that CNN &#8220;had not confirmed&#8221; the Giuliani story, which had been based entirely on anonymous sources. CNN media critic Oliver Darcy authored a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/01\/media\/washington-post-new-york-times-retraction-giuliani\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> on the corrections, which he described as &#8220;black eyes to the newsrooms&#8221; at fault. He did not mention Rangappa or CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Former president Donald Trump, whose frequent guest appearances during the 2016 campaign helped CNN rake in record profits, would certainly approve of the network&#8217;s &#8220;admit nothing, deny everything&#8221; approach to factual accuracy. Trump would also admire CNN&#8217;s loyalty to Rangappa, who has been a frequent source of controversy.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2020, for example, Rangappa <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/cnn-analyst-falsely-accuses-nikki-haley-of-changing-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falsely accused<\/a> former governor Nikki Haley (R., S.C.) of changing her name to appear more white. (Haley is Indian American, as is Rangappa.) When Alex Nester, a 22-year-old then<i>\u2013<\/i>intern for the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reached out for comment from Rangappa&#8217;s employer, Yale University, the CNN analyst posted a screenshot of the request on Twitter and urged her 600,000-plus followers to &#8220;respond to Alex.&#8221; Nester&#8217;s personal phone number was clearly visible in the tweeted photo. Dozens of harassing messages followed.<\/p>\n<p>Rangappa was forced to remove the tweet for violating Twitter&#8217;s terms of service. Posting someone&#8217;s personal information on the site, aka &#8220;doxxing,&#8221; is typically frowned upon and could lead to violence. Rangappa was unapologetic after Twitter &#8220;made me delete&#8221; the harassing tweet and referred to Nester as &#8220;Karen,&#8221; a derogatory and racially charged slur typically aimed at white women.<\/p>\n<p>Three cheers for CNN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not every day that CNN,\u00a0the left-wing news network that employs admitted crier Brian Stelter, demonstrates strength and masculinity in the face of adversity. 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