CNN Bans Conservative Panelist After He Tells Journalist Mehdi Hasan ‘I Hope Your Beeper Doesn’t Go Off’
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CNN Bans Conservative Commentator for 'Beeper' Comment
CNN Bans Conservative Commentator for 'Beeper' Comment
Above: CNN studios ahead of the first presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Image copyright: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Spin
Vile comments like Girudsky's have no place on a tolerant platform such as CNN. Debate and disagreement should always be encouraged, but the broadcaster should've known better than to allow a far-right Project 2025 fanatic on live TV. This merely reaffirms that the MAGA movement is underserving of the attention the media continues to provide.
Having consistently likened Trump and his supporters to Hitler and the Nazis, CNN's double standards were once again on full display. It is clear that, despite being perfectly comfortable using inflammatory language when it suits them, the liberal media cannot handle comments that don't conform to its way of thinking.
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Having consistently likened Trump and his supporters to Hitler and the Nazis, CNN's double standards were once again on full display. It is clear that, despite being perfectly comfortable using inflammatory language when it suits them, the liberal media cannot handle comments that don't conform to its way of thinking.
Metaculus Prediction
There is a 54% chance that Donald Trump will be elected US president in 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.