Here\u2019s the second of your weekend articles, CNN\u2019s: \u201c\u2018It\u2019s not what he expected\u2019: Rubio has competition for the role of America\u2019s top diplomat.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nIt\u2019s a long form screed: 50+ paragraphs! In today\u2019s age of quick-hit, in-and-out reporting, an article like this \u2014 with FIVE different CNN reporters working on the byline! \u2014 clearly necessitated a ton of time, energy, and corporate resources. This wasn\u2019t one journalist with an axe to grind, but a deliberate, orchestrated attempt by a \u201cnews organization\u201d<\/span><\/strong> to promote a very specific narrative.<\/p>\nIt’s hilarious, too.<\/p>\n
CNN was absolutely, 100% determined to report that Trump\u2019s inner circle, namely Secretary of State Marco Rubio and billionaire advisor Steve Witkoff, were at each other\u2019s throats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here\u2019s the kicker, the glaring contradiction that exposes this entire screed as a sham: CNN quotes real sources\u2014actual named individuals or identifiable figures like \u201cone former senior State Department official familiar with both Rubio and Witkoff,\u201d \u201ca senior US official close to Rubio,\u201d \u201cone senior European official,\u201d \u201ctwo foreign service officers,\u201d<\/em><\/span> and even \u201cthis person\u201d<\/em> <\/span>(who, conveniently, remains unnamed). These real sources, presumably with faces and credentials, contradict their premise! They don\u2019t paint a picture of a \u201crift\u201d<\/em> <\/span>or \u201ccompetition\u201d<\/em> <\/span>between Rubio and Witkoff\u2014they describe a functional, if not harmonious, dynamic. Yet, the CNN scribes bury that under a mountain of anonymous drivel to push their false narrative of chaos in Trump\u2019s diplomatic corps.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nSo, here\u2019s the biting question, CNN: How do five so-called \u201cjournalists\u201d<\/em><\/span> come up with a news piece that\u2019s primarily one of \u201cAccording to anonymous sources\u201d<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>in creating the false narrative that there\u2019s a rift between Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, while simultaneously quoting real sources that contradict that premise? Are the CNN standards so low that they think slapping \u201canonymous\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span> on every other sentence somehow legitimizes a story that falls apart under scrutiny? Or is this just another sad attempt to undermine Trump\u2019s team by cherry-picking whispers while ignoring the actual evidence staring them in the face?<\/p>\nCNN’s reliance on anonymous sources\u201412 times in one article!\u2014smacks of desperation, especially when those sources are so conveniently vague they could be anyone from a disgruntled intern to a made-up persona they created during the planning session in the conference room. Meanwhile, the real voices they grudgingly include\u2014like that \u201csenior US official close to Rubio\u201d<\/em><\/span> or \u201ctwo foreign service officers\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u2014don\u2019t back your drama. They suggest Rubio and Witkoff are getting the job done, even if it\u2019s messy. But why let facts get in the way of a good anti-Trump takedown, right?<\/p>\nThis isn\u2019t journalism\u2014it\u2019s a clown show.<\/strong> <\/span>CNN assembled their five b\u0336e\u0336s\u0336t\u0336 \u0336r\u0336e\u0336p\u0336o\u0336r\u0336t\u0336e\u0336r\u0336s\u0336 circus tent performers,\u00a0 a conference room, and a clear agenda, yet they’ve produced a piece so flimsy it hinges on faceless whispers while real, named sources undermine their entire angle. Maybe next time, skip the echo chamber and try, oh I don\u2019t know, actual reporting. But then again, that might not fit the narrative, would it? Pathetic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bravo, CNN\u2014five of your finest \u201canti-Trump\u201d journalists locked in a conference room, furiously churning out a 2,000-word fever dream titled \u201c\u2018It\u2019s not what he expected\u2019: Rubio has competition for the role of America\u2019s top diplomat\u201d\u2014and what do we get? A masterclass in anonymous-source gymnastics, a dizzying parade of \u201cpeople familiar with,\u201d \u201csources say,\u201d and \u201creportedly\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cnn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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