I’ve seen overtly racist and racial propaganda on and from CNN before, obviously. It’s practically on their programming schedule in the guide every day. But this may be the most clear and stupid example yet. From any outlet. Anywhere. Ever.
In North Carolina, a police department walked out on a new city manager. And this is what CNN says. Here’s the headline, the first two paragraphs, and their conversational tweet with the article.
The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a small town of just over 1,500 residents.
Last week, the entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina, resigned, citing a “hostile” work environment less than two months after Justine Jones, a Black woman, began her role as the town’s newly selected city manager.
The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North Carolina has opened a conversation about public safety and race relations in a place with just over 1,500 residents https://t.co/QykLL7VPfq
— CNN (@CNN) July 29, 2022
Got it?
So, it’s clear what they are saying here. On that headline image, don’t miss the video headline at the bottom of the image, which is even more blatant.
BUT GEE GUESS WHAT…
Despicable. Anyone who reads this would assume that the cops resigned because of race. Only late in the article do you learn the previous town manager was a Black man, the cops had specific complaints related to how they were being treated, & no evidence of race being an issue. pic.twitter.com/WPIqC1M3qP
— AG (@AGHamilton29) July 29, 2022
The town’s previous city manager was black, a fact CNN doesn’t bother mentioning until paragraph 17. Totally irresponsible journalism designed to create discord. pic.twitter.com/3mRLjV4t2x
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) July 29, 2022
A huge news organization smearing random private citizens as racists without any evidence should lead to outrage and lawsuits, but people have almost come to expect this kind of behavior from the press. No editors even thought to step in apparently.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) July 29, 2022
Yep. The police didn’t walk about because the city manager was black. If they had, they’d have done it when the previous city manager was black.
Here’s the 17th paragraph.
Others in the community say they believe there is not a racial component to the situation due to the fact the previous town manager was a Black man. Some residents also cautioned against jumping to conclusions, saying they’ve always had a good relationship with the police department.
It is INSANE. And there’s a lot more in the article but I still don’t recommend reading it if you have blood pressure issues.
This is a blatant and overt attempt to stir up anger and hate, to be anti-law enforcement, to trash southerners, and to smear not just a police department but a whole town as racist.
The byline is Diane Gallagher, who you can ask questions of on Twitter here.