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When CNN's attempts to destroy Donald Trump fail (as they always do), they go after his family instead. Everything from "Ivanka met with Russian spies" to this.
Are these CNN drones as sick and twisted as they seem? Is there any wonder why their viewership is falling head over heels?
CNN's Latest Weird Obsession: 25 Stories on 'Where's Melania?'
By Bill D'Agostino | June 6, 2018 2:59 PM EDT
Over the past week, CNN has aired more than two dozen stories inviting speculation and gossip about the supposedly mysterious "disappearance" of First Lady Melania Trump, who has been recuperating from kidney surgery.
From May 30 to June 5, MRC analysts tallied 25 segments in which CNN's on-air personnel talked about Mrs. Trump's lack of public appearances, as if her well-being were somehow in doubt – despite the fact that, on May 30, CNBC Washington correspondent Eamon Javers tweeted that he had personally seen her walking in the West Wing the previous day.
On May 31, CNN International host John Vause speculated with political commentator John Thomas that a recent tweet from Mrs. Trump’s account had actually been written by the President. “There's talk that maybe this isn't exactly a Tweet from the First Lady, maybe it's Donald Trump pretending to be the First Lady,” Vause remarked. Thomas agreed: “I would suspect that’s it.”
During a June 2 morning edition of CNN Newsroom, Huffington Post reporter Laura Bassett issued a panicked plea to the First Lady. “It seems like all she really needs to do is just step outside of the White House, just show her face, to prove that she's fine, to prove that everything is as she says it is,” she urged.
CNN has to sell clicks to stay financially afloat so they run a lot of National Enquirer type stuff these days.
They even have these really slimey click-bait ads like "These young people in <name of your town> have hit on the next big innovation" or "This insanely popular hoodie has a 3 month back-order" etc.
The internet era has not been kind to the quality of US journalism.
Trump made some reference that his wife has had a rough patch.
Communication is key. If The White House wants to control the message -- control the message.
It is true, most of the media -- if not all -- outlets don't respect The White House Communications department. The White House struggles to provide consistent, clear, focused messages. They contradict each other, don't communicate and get defensive rather than just inform.
So yeah -- this particular CNN bit trolled Trump and conservatives and the communications department of the White House . I thought conservatives thought it was a useful technique -- or they say that when Trump trolls.
(for the record -- it was childish but did get a reaction from The White House).
They want to catch up to Melania again for shoes advice
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