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CNN's Journalism Blasted Into Confetti as Network's Rescued Prisoner Was an Assad Torture Agent

Brad Slager
Brad Slager  |  Dec 16, 2024
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Stealth Story Evolution – CNN

  • From “Story of the Year” to “Why is anyone even talking about this story?!” in a matter of days.

At CNN, the hits just keep on coming. We do not mean “hits” as in popular and dominating the charts, but more along the lines of body blows.

Over the weekend, there was a lot of excitement when it was shown that after the fall of the leader of Syria, CNN Middle East correspondent Clarissa Ward freed a beleaguered prisoner discovered to be rotting in solitary confinement in a Syrian jail.

While there was talk of him being denied water for dramatic stretches, and other claims, some people began questioning the story, and then by Sunday, the story was completely blasted to pieces. It turns out the man rescued was a known torture agent and known for other war crimes while working under the Assad regime.

Low-Octane Gaslighting – ABC NEWS

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  • Sign the check, and let’s never mention this again.

The defamation lawsuit brought by Donald Trump against George Stephanopoulos and ABC News has been settled, with the network paying out $15 million that will be used toward the Trump presidential library. There was also to be an official apology from the network, a scathing admission that they had little leg to stand on.

Reporting on the Mirror – CNN

  • Say, Jim? Hard for ABC News to “stand firm” when they did not have a leg to stand on in the lawsuit.

Over at the beleaguered CNN, Jim Acosta was rather intemperate upon seeing this news of ABC settling the lawsuit with Trump. He brought on media guru Brian Stelter to discuss the issue, and they were of the agreement that the press needs to remain rigidly opposed to Trump (in a non-partisan, unbiased fashion, we presume).

What these two wizards fail to grasp is that the only reason ABC settled is because it knew it was called out for fraudulent reporting on the air, and therefore, what this Acosta-Stelter duo is calling for is more misinformation to be delivered by the press.

Genius move, guys.

Low-Octane Gaslighting – PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE

  • We need to discuss what your network’s parameters are to declare someone an “expert.”

PBS is still at it with the Pete Hegseth pile-on, doing all it can to disqualify the man for his appointment as Secretary of Defense, even before Trump is sworn into office. It brought on the program Brad Onishi to decry, once again, the fact that Hegseth has the Jerusalem cross tattoo:

Anders Breivik referenced the Knights Templar in his act of terrorism. The Christchurch shooter emblazoned Crusader symbology on his weapons. So the use of these symbols from any Christian is alarming.

That is to say, any Christian using Christian symbols that have been in existence for centuries becomes guilty of any crime they pluck from the modern era if someone appropriated those. So, if Hegseth had that tattoo BEFORE some sociopath used the symbols in hateful fashion, that means Hegseth is in support and guilty by association…somehow.

Pre-Written Field Reports – NEW YORK POST

  • Ummm…so just any video game would serve as your alarming cautionary tale?!

In the wake of the UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination, the New York Post got in on the hype, but resorted to a tired trope seen frequently after shootings. They literally went the route of blaming it on a video game. But more than that, the paper decided to label it “an assassin video game.”

Oooooooh, you might be wondering, was it "Assassin’s Creed"? "Grand Theft Auto"? "Call of Duty: Black Ops"?

Uh, no... The Post declared that “Among Us” is the assassination game in the crosshairs. 

(Apologies if the use of “crosshairs” is triggering.)

(Also, apologies if the use of the gun term “triggering” was…uh, well…offensive.)