I don’t want to be
accused of overreacting, but FTV Live obtained a video in which CNN's Suzanne
Malveaux, her crew, and producers were prepping for a news broadcast covering
President-elect Donald Trump's Carrier press conference.
Moments before Trump's
plane touched down in Indianapolis on Thursday, a member of Malveaux's crew
joked about it crashing.
The producer can be
heard telling Malveaux she'll signal her if the plane lands during the live
segment: “That means the plane has crashed…just kidding.”
This so-called “joke”
may not rise to the level of a Class E felony under US Code Title 18, Section
871 making it illegal to knowingly and willfully mail or otherwise make any
threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the
President of the United States, but the Secret Service needs to investigate
this abhorrent incident.
Many will view this
as free speech under the First Amendment so I will henceforth exercise my First
Amendment rights by calling for everyone reading this blog post to turn off
CNN. Heck, why not boycott the cable
outfit’s advertisers? There is no
current or concise list of advertisers that I can find but this website
has quite few of them listed with contact information from a posting that dates
back to 2008.
JK Harris and Company
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
E-Trade
Monex Precious Metals
Sprint / Nextel
Select Quote
Wells Fargo
AARP
Philips / Norelco
Subaru
Geico
Boston Market
Liberty Medical
University of Phoenix
Hyundai
Cisco
Johnson and Johnson
CNN was forced to
quickly issue an apology to both Trump and his transition team in the wake of
the video’s release. “An unfortunate and
inappropriate remark was made by one of our producers off camera yesterday. We
have apologized to the Trump transition team, and the producer has been
disciplined,” said the network in a statement.
CNN did not however release the name of the producer who made the
comment.
Malveaux, who was the
only person on camera when the producer made the joke, will not be facing any
disciplinary action for her role in the exchange.
This is just the latest
in a long string of egregious actions taken by the network. It’s time to affect their bottom line; their
effing pocketbook.
CNN Crew Jokes about Donald Trump's Plane Crashing https://t.co/eVY4X4gEt1— FTVLive (@FTVLive) December 2, 2016
CNN apologizes after employee jokes about Trump plane crash- What's the name of the producer? What's the discipline? https://t.co/BuY2jkdb4A— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) December 2, 2016
Remember this every time the press complains about how they're treated.... https://t.co/7b45hVOBi6— EducatédHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) December 2, 2016
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