CNN Responds To Richard Spencer Comments By Apologizing For Not Getting Him To Say Those Things On The Show

📆 11/4/2019 9:45 PM
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ATLANTA—Following leaked audio of the white supremacist’s slur-filled 2017 tirade, CNN responded Monday to Richard Spencer’s comments by apologizing for not getting him to say those things while on the network. “We’re truly sorry Mr. Spencer wasn’t able to espouse his hateful, anti-Semitic rhetoric during our interview, which would have easily secured at least 48 hours of nonstop coverage about whether it’s okay to say such things,” said CNN Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper, who begged for forgiveness for missing an obvious opportunity to provide a nice boost to the network’s ratings. “If we had known beforehand that this white nationalist believed that Caucasians are the one true race or about his commitment to using violence against minorities, we would have provided him with a much bigger platform and at least doubled the length of the broadcast. We really dropped the ball here, and we promise our viewers we will better frame all questions so they elicit this type of vitriol in future segments.” At press time, CNN vowed to make up for this misstep with a weeklong town hall debate comprised entirely of Holocaust deniers.

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Jake Tapper looks like shit - great photo 😂

JackPosobiec

awstar11 Oof. But also correct.

CNN Apologizes to racist Richard Spencer

I'm starting to think that Dickie Spencer is a CIA plant. Nobody cares about this prick besides CNN.

That's gotta sting.

awstar11 You already know what he believes...so CNN says let's have a pow wow? ewarren ...help me here, Liz...

This is not a good headline specifically because it requires the reader to have had the same narrow social media experience as the writer, specifically knowing 1. who Spencer is and 2. than CNN hypocritically had him on once

Ooooof!! When you are THAT close, but not quite close enough. Amirite Jake?

I'm sure jaketapper will have some excuse for why having Spencer on their air was 'newsworthy'.

The Onion never fails to make me laugh

The Journalist Janitor brianstelter is not going to like this - remember how he reacts to TheBabylonBee

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You have stopped being satire and have entered the realm of hard news!! 🤣

redsteeze Is brianstelter & snopes going to fact check this?

When even satire knows you're a joke - CNN

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