‘A fairy tale gone wrong’: Acosta on right’s railing against ‘cancel culture’

CNN's Jim Acosta argues that the right-wing voices railing against "cancel culture" are the same ones that love to cancel and silence anyone who won't buy into Donald Trump's big lie about the 2020 election.
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    1. @FACTS ONLY Thought you were once a Democrat, you logical failing show a definite disconnection from reality

    2. Funny Facts about CNN :
      -CNN considers itself a legitimate news organization that is politically unbiased with an extreme eye toward accurate news reporting without opinion or favor. They also said that it depends on how you define “unbiased”.

      -CNN claims their Reporters are fastidious in not editorializing their news reporting to a point of obsession despite the temptation of increasing ratings . CNN said that proof of this claim is it’s extremely low ratings .

      -CNN claims they clearly delineate between their journalists and the opinion guests on each and every show with a clear balance of guests from all political persuasions so there is never any confusion as to who are the journalists vs opinion makers even though they strongly recommend that their viewers use a GPS device to locate a journalist ( in the truest sense of the word) on any of their shows .

      -CNN ratings are down by 99% because of Airport lockdowns this past year.

    3. @FACTS ONLY What part of PANDEMIC do you not understand?? Everything is still shut down! Ask a 5th Grader to explain Reality to you! Bless Your Heart🙄❗

    4. @FACTS ONLY And they burned all that money didn’t they?? It didn’t go to support the local economy! Damn; ask a 5th grader to explain economics to you. Bless Your Heart🙄❗

    1. @flugsven Hi again flugsven, I agree that a modest livable wage should be for everyone willing to work.

    2. Their educations were wasted on them. These talking hats didn’t learn a thing at school that demanded rational insight, thinking outside the bubble, critical thinking and problem solving skills. The only thing on their radar is ‘me..me, me..me’.

    3. @Pat Mahinie haha very true, you can go even further and just look at anyone who calls themselves a republican… a large lot of idiots if you ask me. they vote in pedo’s and cry about conspiracy theories and cancel culture. what a bunch of hypocritical troglodytes… am i right? lol. of course i am… just look at them. lol.

  1. Don’t think it was a “hot mic” I think he planned it that way! McCarthy is slime!

    1. What do all these Privileged, Woke , White Liberal Supremacists have in common:
      -Jimmy Kimmel , Jimmy Kimmel Live
      -Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show
      -Alyssa Milano , Actress
      -Ralph Northam, Governor , Virginia
      -Mark R. Herring, Attorney General of Virginia
      -Howard Stern, Famed Radio Shock Jock
      -Joy Behar, Host of The View
      -Sarah Silverman , Comedian

      All are liberal Democrats, all support BLM and all wore black face…… and yes they haven’t been canceled and/or loss their jobs.

    2. Proof that CNN doesn’t believe in Cancel Culture because they will not cancel this show: The Hill— May 8, 2021- CNN’s Brian Stelter returns from vacation to host lowest-rated ‘Reliable Sources’ of year.
      CNN’s struggling media program “Reliable Sources” with Brian Stelter hit another low on Sunday with its smallest audience of 2021 as the liberal program has now failed to crack the one-million viewer plateau for five consecutive weeks.  

      To make matters worse for Stelter, his own show performed better last week when replacement host John Avlon filled in. The Avlon-hosted edition of “Reliable Sources” on April 25 averaged 907,000 for nearly a 100,000-viewer increase over Stelter’s return.

      Stelter’s program averaged only 810,000 total viewers and a dismal 163,000 among the key demographic of adults age 25-54 on May 2, for its worst performance of the year in both categories.

      Avlon also topped Stelter’s most recent episode in the key demo, averaging 182,000 viewers among the group coveted by advertisers.

      Stelter, who tweeted from his vacation spot to promote the previous edition of “Reliable Sources,” has struggled to attract an audience since former President Trump left office. The far-left pundit spent years criticizing Trump’s every step, typically refraining from criticizing liberals and devoting ample time to bashing conservative media. The strategy doesn’t appear to be working as “Reliable Sources” has now been under one million viewers for seven of the past eight weeks.

    3. MIT Mathematica Oh well done genius. YES – MSNBC/CNN _doesn’t_ believe in cancel culture. That’s what they _keep saying!_

    4. Funny Facts about CNN :
      -CNN considers itself a legitimate news organization that is politically unbiased with an extreme eye toward accurate news reporting without opinion or favor. They also said that it depends on how you define “unbiased”.

      -CNN claims their Reporters are fastidious in not editorializing their news reporting to a point of obsession despite the temptation of increasing ratings . CNN said that proof of this claim is it’s extremely low ratings .

      -CNN claims they clearly delineate between their journalists and the opinion guests on each and every show with a clear balance of guests from all political persuasions so there is never any confusion as to who are the journalists vs opinion makers even though they strongly recommend that their viewers use a GPS device to locate a journalist ( in the truest sense of the word) on any of their shows .

      -CNN ratings are down by 99% because of Airport lockdowns this past year.

    5. I agree. McCarthy trying to act like that was on oops is just pathetic. Just like the rest of the Republicans hypocrisy.

    1. What do all these Privileged, Woke , White Liberal Supremacists have in common:
      -Jimmy Kimmel , Jimmy Kimmel Live
      -Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show
      -Alyssa Milano , Actress
      -Ralph Northam, Governor , Virginia
      -Mark R. Herring, Attorney General of Virginia
      -Howard Stern, Famed Radio Shock Jock
      -Joy Behar, Host of The View
      -Sarah Silverman , Comedian

      All are liberal Democrats, all support BLM and all wore black face…… and yes they haven’t been canceled and/or loss their jobs.

    2. Proof that CNN doesn’t believe in Cancel Culture because they will not cancel this show: The Hill— May 8, 2021- CNN’s Brian Stelter returns from vacation to host lowest-rated ‘Reliable Sources’ of year.
      CNN’s struggling media program “Reliable Sources” with Brian Stelter hit another low on Sunday with its smallest audience of 2021 as the liberal program has now failed to crack the one-million viewer plateau for five consecutive weeks.  

      To make matters worse for Stelter, his own show performed better last week when replacement host John Avlon filled in. The Avlon-hosted edition of “Reliable Sources” on April 25 averaged 907,000 for nearly a 100,000-viewer increase over Stelter’s return.

      Stelter’s program averaged only 810,000 total viewers and a dismal 163,000 among the key demographic of adults age 25-54 on May 2, for its worst performance of the year in both categories.

      Avlon also topped Stelter’s most recent episode in the key demo, averaging 182,000 viewers among the group coveted by advertisers.

      Stelter, who tweeted from his vacation spot to promote the previous edition of “Reliable Sources,” has struggled to attract an audience since former President Trump left office. The far-left pundit spent years criticizing Trump’s every step, typically refraining from criticizing liberals and devoting ample time to bashing conservative media. The strategy doesn’t appear to be working as “Reliable Sources” has now been under one million viewers for seven of the past eight weeks.

    3. Funny Facts about CNN :
      -CNN considers itself a legitimate news organization that is politically unbiased with an extreme eye toward accurate news reporting without opinion or favor. They also said that it depends on how you define “unbiased”.

      -CNN claims their Reporters are fastidious in not editorializing their news reporting to a point of obsession despite the temptation of increasing ratings . CNN said that proof of this claim is it’s extremely low ratings .

      -CNN claims they clearly delineate between their journalists and the opinion guests on each and every show with a clear balance of guests from all political persuasions so there is never any confusion as to who are the journalists vs opinion makers even though they strongly recommend that their viewers use a GPS device to locate a journalist ( in the truest sense of the word) on any of their shows .

      -CNN ratings are down by 99% because of Airport lockdowns this past year.

    4. @MIT Mathematica Internet trolls invaded news media sites and massively posted pro-Trump comments in broken English.
      SOUND FAMILIAR, TROLL?? Trolls take shifts writing mainly in blogs on LiveJournal and Vkontakte, about subjects along the propaganda lines assigned. Included among the employees are artists who draw political cartoons. They work for 12 hours every other two days. A blogger’s quota is ten posts per shift, each post at least 750 characters. A commenter’s norm is 126 comments and two posts per account. Each blogger is in charge of three accounts.

      An employee interviewed by The Washington Post described the work:

      “I immediately felt like a character in the book 1984 by George Orwell — a place where you have to write that white is black and black is white. Your first feeling, when you ended up there, was that you were in some kind of factory that turned lying, telling untruths, into an industrial assembly line.”

  2. The right literally had to retreat into a fantasy world, in order to cope with the trauma of them losing and becoming increasingly irrelevant.

    1. The “right” retreated into that fantasy world with Donald in 2016! They are so far gone, they are destroying each other and themselves.

    2. I know right!
      Speaking of fantasy World!
      Adam Schiff was supposed to stop Trump completely! With his more than “Circumstantial Evidence”of Treason by Colluding with the Russians! Also just like Brennan, Clapper, Rice and far to many other’s to list! TOLD US ALL! But when Adam had them behind closed doors! UNDER OATH! They all stated they had nothing! Not even hear say! I think they where threatened to say that! Maybe by Antifa or BLM! Cause those 3 are also True Patriots Like Mr. Schiff! So I’m gonna still wait! Never lose Faith! Just like with this Ridiculous Arizona Audit! The Truth always shines through! AND WILL BE PROVEN! That Biden won in the Cleanest Election Ever! And is The Most Popular President Ever! I can’t wait for Orange man to eat his words!
      ALL HAIL OUR SAVIOR!
      Biden

    3. The irony of the statement. Last I checked the right wasn’t living in a fantasy world of pronouns.

  3. Anything to distract their audience and their constituents from the fact that they do absolutely nothing to make their individual lives better.

    1. @Dicky Jones Look at yourself giving all our tax dollars to corporate bailouts with no strings attached. Ignoring and denying a pandemic, refusing to wear masks causing more deaths and continuing business shutdowns. You support GOP that stand for nothing except trump and his lies. The most delusional people in America who are also the most screwed because all they stand for is hate

    2. @V V democrats have opened the borders during a Covid 19 pandemic. What kind of morons would do something like that?

    1. Proof that CNN doesn’t believe in Cancel Culture because they will not cancel this show: The Hill— May 8, 2021- CNN’s Brian Stelter returns from vacation to host lowest-rated ‘Reliable Sources’ of year.
      CNN’s struggling media program “Reliable Sources” with Brian Stelter hit another low on Sunday with its smallest audience of 2021 as the liberal program has now failed to crack the one-million viewer plateau for five consecutive weeks.  

      To make matters worse for Stelter, his own show performed better last week when replacement host John Avlon filled in. The Avlon-hosted edition of “Reliable Sources” on April 25 averaged 907,000 for nearly a 100,000-viewer increase over Stelter’s return.

      Stelter’s program averaged only 810,000 total viewers and a dismal 163,000 among the key demographic of adults age 25-54 on May 2, for its worst performance of the year in both categories.

      Avlon also topped Stelter’s most recent episode in the key demo, averaging 182,000 viewers among the group coveted by advertisers.

      Stelter, who tweeted from his vacation spot to promote the previous edition of “Reliable Sources,” has struggled to attract an audience since former President Trump left office. The far-left pundit spent years criticizing Trump’s every step, typically refraining from criticizing liberals and devoting ample time to bashing conservative media. The strategy doesn’t appear to be working as “Reliable Sources” has now been under one million viewers for seven of the past eight weeks.

    2. Funny Facts about CNN :
      -CNN considers itself a legitimate news organization that is politically unbiased with an extreme eye toward accurate news reporting without opinion or favor. They also said that it depends on how you define “unbiased”.

      -CNN claims their Reporters are fastidious in not editorializing their news reporting to a point of obsession despite the temptation of increasing ratings . CNN said that proof of this claim is it’s extremely low ratings .

      -CNN claims they clearly delineate between their journalists and the opinion guests on each and every show with a clear balance of guests from all political persuasions so there is never any confusion as to who are the journalists vs opinion makers even though they strongly recommend that their viewers use a GPS device to locate a journalist ( in the truest sense of the word) on any of their shows .

      -CNN ratings are down by 99% because of Airport lockdowns this past year.

    3. Adam Schiff was supposed to stop Trump completely! With his more than “Circumstantial Evidence”of Treason by Colluding with the Russians! Also just like Brennan, Clapper, Rice and far to many other’s to list! TOLD US ALL! But when Adam had them behind closed doors! UNDER OATH! They all stated they had nothing! Not even hear say! I think they where threatened to say that! Maybe by Antifa or BLM! Cause those 3 are also True Patriots Like Mr. Schiff! So I’m gonna still wait! Never lose Faith! Just like with this Ridiculous Arizona Audit! The Truth always shines through! AND WILL BE PROVEN! That Biden won in the Cleanest Election Ever! And is The Most Popular President Ever! I can’t wait for Orange man to eat his words!
      ALL HAIL OUR SAVIOR!
      Biden

  4. Benghazi vs January 6:
    The republicans held 7 commissions and spent over $100 million to investigate an incident that happened 6,000 miles away. Now they are not willing to find out what occurred on January 6th at ground zero.

    This is how authoritarian leaders behave!

    1. Funny Facts about CNN :
      -CNN considers itself a legitimate news organization that is politically unbiased with an extreme eye toward accurate news reporting without opinion or favor. They also said that it depends on how you define “unbiased”.

      -CNN claims their Reporters are fastidious in not editorializing their news reporting to a point of obsession despite the temptation of increasing ratings . CNN said that proof of this claim is it’s extremely low ratings .

      -CNN claims they clearly delineate between their journalists and the opinion guests on each and every show with a clear balance of guests from all political persuasions so there is never any confusion as to who are the journalists vs opinion makers even though they strongly recommend that their viewers use a GPS device to locate a journalist ( in the truest sense of the word) on any of their shows .

      -CNN ratings are down by 99% because of Airport lockdowns this past year.

    2. @C R I don’t think the magats know because fox propaganda didn’t tell them.
      It takes a special kind of gullibility to buy a syllable spewing from the filthy GQP’s backside.

    3. @David Gibbs Save your welfare check, bish. drump’s going to continue to fleece his cult, even from behind bars.

    1. @Mr. White
      I wasn’t trying to change what you said, I was just adding to it. There’s no such thing as an “Orange Man Good” train because Trump is a lying loser. I don’t need to repeat myself about Trump supporters because what I said the first time still stands.

    2. @Dr. TJ I’d feel the same way about Trump as you do if all I did was follow what the MSM says about him.

    3. @Jamtommy Most politicians are warmongers… Trump, tricked morons everywhere that he isn’t by simply saying it… Trump increased the Military/defence budget by MILLIONS, engaged in war w/ Syria along with w/ other Military actions no different than Obama. Trump claimed he was bringing Troops, but just shuffled them elsewhere while his idiot followers cheered and thanked him. NOW, Trump’s minions think Trump is the ender of Wars LOL

    4. @Mr. White
      Throughout Trump’s presidency, the MSM just repeated what Trump said and then described where he lied in what he said. It was Trump who made himself look horrible, not the MSM. If Republican Senators had any conscience at all, they would have convicted him the first time he was impeached and if not then, the second time. Trump should have been impeached a third time for the GA phone call when he asked the governor of GA to overturn the election. It’s disgusting the things Trump tried to do and to this day he’s still claiming the election was stolen while presenting no evidence. But we know that in 4 years Trump lost the House, the Senate, and the presidency, so there’s that. I would think Republicans would want to move on from such a disaster,

  5. I never thought gop will sink this low all the value they used to believe is gone to dog’s dinner

    1. @Baby Maus So a painting of Trump is for sale by one (1) German person so you concluded – Trump is god in Germany? Just like a couple people got upset about Snowwhite getting kissed means “The left” is cancelling snow white.

      Try harder!

    2. They never really had any values, no principles, and when you have no principles, you fall for anything…… enter Donald J Trump

  6. About time the GQP was canceled at the ballot box. Let’s hit’em again during the 2022 midterms with a knock out punch.

    1. Dan, I don’t watch Fox, but I see it on this channel time and time and time again. There are numerous examples of how they’ve carved it up and force-fed it to the hungry soft heads of their eager patients.

    2. @TheDiamond2009 FOX does the same, search “FOX edits video”, there’s plenty… And here FOX is taking a story about a FEW people upset during the Snowwhite ride that made a fuss – and turned it into “The Left” is out of control. ALL Cable “news” channels can’t be 100% trusted and anyone who thinks it’s just one side has been baked.

  7. They more worried about restrictions on children’s books than the restrictions in voter rights

    1. @MIT Mathematica really? Lol, then you would have been canceled from the start!!! Trolling is a hobby, I guess, you should find a better/less obvious one.

    2. @Shawn Murray said “how did you only join YT a week ago?” I know you are gay and like checking out guys Youtube pages, but you are coming across as a stalker. Go get a hobby or go spend time with your “birthing person” on “birthing persons day”.

    3. @Mr. White I’m gay? Thanks for telling me!!! It’s very easy to see how long everyone has been on YT. If you’re observant enough you can even see other comments by users, it’s a great way to consider the source. Your opinion is irrelevant tho, but thanks for sharing!!!
      Is your fam still not showering you with the attention you need? So sorry 😭

  8. just tell fox that a new version is being written in which snow white is woken by a princess kiss then we’ll soon see how fast they flip the narrative on canceling the story

    1. @Joe Gibbons But you literally are here watching CNN as we speak. You are not that smart. Or you believe CNN is actually lying because y’all republicans are addicted to lies. You believe trump won the election right? You also believe trump didn’t fuel the terrorist attack on the capital. The only time y’all didn’t believe trump is when Fox news reported Joe Biden was the president elect. I hear about fox news when other news organization report another LOW coming from the trashy network. Donald Trump and Tribalism has destroyed what ever soul y’all had.

    2. @MIT Mathematica That simply mean liberals, democrats, and independents actually have lives. We do not sit in front of media sources each day waiting on our daily high of hate, fear mongering, lies, racism, and scandals. You should live life a little and you will determine why your post about ratings is so irrelevant. People that watch Fox everyday for the same dose of BS is miserable. Happy people tend not to worry about stepping down on other people. Look at the people that attended Trump’s rallies. Must I say more?

  9. I love how Hawley can tweet on his iPhone that his book is available on Amazon.

    And then complain he’s being censored.

    Big tech bad.

  10. The right get upset over some kids books. Yet they cancel people all the time. They are more of a cancel culture than anyone else.

    1. @Paul Wilson Liz Cheney would disagree. Apparently the truth and democracy are cancelled under the new GQP

  11. What’s hilarious about McCarthy reading Green Eggs and Ham is that book wasn’t one of the ones that are being pulled from publication. Lol. What a plonker.

    1. Of course it’s not one of the pulled books. It’s a straw man argument, deliberately substituting what’s actually being criticized with something perfectly and easily defensible, pretending *that* is being criticized instead. These folks hand-wringing over “cancel culture” use straw men *all the time*; it’s their rhetorical stock-in-trade. It’s pure deflection. They won’t address the actual debate about how to re-evaluate culture because their arguments about that are weak and they know it.

    2. @Paul Wilson No more real than Trump’s supposed 2024 victory. Same source – what do you know.

    3. @Paul WilsonGOP spent the last couple months defending Dr Seuss, Snow White, Mr potato head, disgraced former leader IQ45 et al

      Missing : American people/Democracy

  12. We are in big big trouble when the people that was put in position to govern us is losing thier damn mind.

    1. @TheDiamond2009 😂 well at least it will keep people entertained watching the slow descent into madness.

    2. Proof that CNN doesn’t believe in Cancel Culture because they will not cancel this show: The Hill— May 8, 2021- CNN’s Brian Stelter returns from vacation to host lowest-rated ‘Reliable Sources’ of year.
      CNN’s struggling media program “Reliable Sources” with Brian Stelter hit another low on Sunday with its smallest audience of 2021 as the liberal program has now failed to crack the one-million viewer plateau for five consecutive weeks.  

      To make matters worse for Stelter, his own show performed better last week when replacement host John Avlon filled in. The Avlon-hosted edition of “Reliable Sources” on April 25 averaged 907,000 for nearly a 100,000-viewer increase over Stelter’s return.

      Stelter’s program averaged only 810,000 total viewers and a dismal 163,000 among the key demographic of adults age 25-54 on May 2, for its worst performance of the year in both categories.

      Avlon also topped Stelter’s most recent episode in the key demo, averaging 182,000 viewers among the group coveted by advertisers.

      Stelter, who tweeted from his vacation spot to promote the previous edition of “Reliable Sources,” has struggled to attract an audience since former President Trump left office. The far-left pundit spent years criticizing Trump’s every step, typically refraining from criticizing liberals and devoting ample time to bashing conservative media. The strategy doesn’t appear to be working as “Reliable Sources” has now been under one million viewers for seven of the past eight weeks.

  13. You cannot wake up people who refuse to be awakened. All you can do is wait for them to wake up on their own – or die off.

    1. You can lead a 🐎 to the water, but you can’t make it drink. And they’re gonna ride this tired horse til it falls over dead in the ditch!

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