Should we expect anything different from the voices on CNN?

Self-isolated COVID-19 (coronavirus) victim Chris Cuomo has nothing else to do but selectively edit Pres. Trump to make it look as though the Commander-in-chief did nothing during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Twitter user added the full video the end of Cuomo’s attempt to include Trump’s full remarks, which make it clear the president was taking plenty of action while trying not to cause a premature and unnecessary panic:

CNN's Chris Cuomo deceptively edited this clip to make it look like Trump said that he didn't take action on the coronavirus because he didn't want to upset people

After the CNN clip, Trump's full remarks play which show Trump talking about the action he took

Cuomo cut that out pic.twitter.com/9cwgPvhj1u

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 8, 2020

Cuomo: So, let’s expose something that you’ve been lied to for about for too long. This, “but the swine flu” BS. It took a year for that virus in 2009 to claim the amount of lives we’ve lost in less than two months. Do you understand that, now? Do you understand that how quickly something can kill you is a direct relationship to how threatening that thing is?

Stop ignoring the facts. For political advantage. Get real. The past is over. There can be no more letting politics reinforce our worst instincts. We need to build on our best instincts. And that said, while I’m asking you all to do that, the man at the top refuses to change.

Ben Tracy (CBS): You said, in a couple of days, the cases will be down to zero.

Trump: Well, the cases really didn’t build up for a while, but you have to understand, I’m a cheerleader for this country. I don’t want to create havoc and shock and everything else. [Transition] I’m not going to go out and start screaming, this could happen, this could happen.

Cuomo: That’s exactly what leadership is. Anybody can tell people what they want to hear. And make it easier. And then you know what you get? Exactly where we are right now.

That was the most asinine statement of leadership I have ever heard. And I can’t even dismiss it on the President having a 102-degree fever, like I do, because that is clear thinking from him. “I’m a cheerleader. So, I’m going to lie to you about the realities that your parents, your loved ones, and your kids face. I’m not going to prepare the way I should because it reinforces the bullshit I’m telling you. And I’m going to hope you’re okay with it.”

Even Johnathan Turley caught CNN cooking the hate books that he had to call them out, and he’s not a Trump supporter.

CNN is running a headline that Trump "now" claims Easter was aspirational. I have criticized Trump statements but he never said Easter was a firm deadline as opposed to his hope. The unrelentingly negative spin on stories makes it difficult for viewers to trust the media.

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) March 30, 2020

 

This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on April 8, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.

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