This week’s Mainstream Media Scream features CNN turning to a banana to preach “Facts First.”
It hit Twitter last week and some fans of the president saw it as criticism of President Trump who regularly claims the cable network is producing “fake news.”
Words matter. So do the facts. #FactsFirst pic.twitter.com/xni1y7phcg— CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2018
It features a banana peel and the narrator saying:
“Some people might try to tell you that this is an apple. It might even start as a joke. But when they say it over and over and over again, and people start to believe it, it’s only a matter of time until someone gets hurt.”
Then on screen “Facts First” flashes.
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our weekly pick: “CNN doth protest too much? Maybe if CNN put a little more effort into fair, balanced and factual coverage they wouldn’t have the need to create these silly ads which only prove President Trump has them rattled.”
Rating: Four out of five screams.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com
