It's now been 3 weeks of CNN saying or doing nothing about its senior political commentator Rick Santorum saying there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers came -- and that Native Americans haven’t done much for American culture anyway. huffpost.com/entry/rick-san…
It's also been a week since we asked all 37 companies who ran ads during Santorum's appearance on Chris Cuomo's show if they have a problem with Santorum’s remarks or sharing airtime with him.
Silence. huffpost.com/entry/cnn-adve…
Silence. huffpost.com/entry/cnn-adve…
Everyone just trying to quietly move on without addressing this.
I guess nobody has a problem giving a massive platform to a guy who says stuff like this?
I guess nobody has a problem giving a massive platform to a guy who says stuff like this?
Surely @1800PetMeds or @23andMe or @AdvilRelief or @TDAmeritrade or @Carvana or @etrade or @freshpet or @discover or @LibertyMutual or @match or @mesobook or @nordictrack or @nutrisystem or @oscarmayer or @priceline or @Proactiv or @realtordotcom or @Redfin see a problem here.
This hasn't gone unnoticed. National racial justice + civil rights groups have teamed up and are calling on CNN to drop Santorum and do better.
"By failing to denounce these comments, CNN intrinsically ties itself to a blatantly racist commentator." huffpost.com/entry/cnn-rick…
"By failing to denounce these comments, CNN intrinsically ties itself to a blatantly racist commentator." huffpost.com/entry/cnn-rick…
People are pissed nothing is happening. Petitions are circulating. Higher profile names are getting involved. Some tribal leaders have even reached out, furious.
Instead of the usually mild statement from NCAI, its president had this to say:
huffpost.com/entry/rick-san…
Instead of the usually mild statement from NCAI, its president had this to say:
huffpost.com/entry/rick-san…
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