CNN's John King just began a question on how "some are trying to make a big deal over" Biden's "you're not black" comment. CNN then played the clip ending with “I extended the Voting Rights Act 25 years. I have a record that is second to none." However, the quote was edited...
...to exclude the next line: "The NAACP has endorsed me every time I’ve run. Come on, take a look at my record.” That is a false statement that the NAACP has publicly rebutted. jonathanturley.org/2020/05/23/tec… It never endorsed Biden or anyone else...
...thus, on such false statements, CNN is not making a "big deal about it." It is simply editing it out. Not a big deal. That is not one of the "facts first" stories. This is the type of media indulgence that I wrote about yesterday...thehill.com/opinion/campai…
After his work on the atomic bomb, scientist Robert Oppenheimer observed that "the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose." If commentators have known sin, it is in the abandonment of facts for a true faith. Facts first. thehill.com/opinion/campai…
CNN just replayed the same edited clip in another interview, preceded by a derisive comment about those "trying to make hay about this." In a story where Biden is proclaiming his support among black voters, CNN omitted the line where he falsely claims multiple NAACP endorsements.
