Former President Barack Obama claimed that the Republicans have a “propaganda network with little regard for the truth” in his video endorsing Joe Biden.
Obama: Republicans Are “Interested in Power”
“Choosing Joe to be my Vice President was one of the best decisions I ever made, and he became a close friend,” Obama said in the video endorsement. “I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a President right now.”
Obama proceeded to slam the Republican Party, claiming they are not “not interested in progress,” but instead are “interested in power.”
“Repeatedly they have disregarded American principles of the rule of law and voting rights, transparency, and basic norms that previous administrations observed regardless of party,” the former President claimed, despite having absolutely zero evidence to support his statement. Obama claimed that the Republicans have a “massive war chest” and “a propaganda network with little regard for the truth.”
Just one day after CNN ran hysterical chyrons during Trump’s Press Briefing that called them out for Fake News, Former President Obama is saying that Republicans have “a Propaganda Network with little regard for the truth.”
Yeah, right.pic.twitter.com/KFL5vut4ka
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 14, 2020
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CNN Is Absolutely Partisan!
Ironically, Obama’s announcement about “propaganda” came just a day after CNN ran multiple chyrons during a press of President Trump in which he briefed the media on the latest fight against the coronavirus. The chyrons included such emotional, vitriolic phrases as: “Angry Trump turns briefing into propaganda session;” “Trump uses task force briefing to try and rewrite history on coronavirus response;” “Trump melts down in angry response to reports he ignored virus warnings.”
This is the chyron that CNN put on screen as President Trump discussed additional Project Airbridge flights to deliver additional #PPE to states and their health care workers pic.twitter.com/sQcK8l1TYL
— Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) April 13, 2020
This is the chyron that CNN put on screen when President Trump said:
"I am so proud of the American people. Everywhere you look you see the patriotism of the American people shining through, doctors and nurses on the front lines, in the dedication of our food supply workers…" pic.twitter.com/LuK8cx5J2Q
— Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) April 13, 2020
How can anyone look at these headlines and think this is a sane, rational, and most importantly, impartial news network? In the UK, we have the BBC – a government funded network that is legally required to stay impartial. Of course, it has its own problems with partiality, but if the BBC were to have any of these phrases shown on their coverage, they would face huge repercussions for pushing an obvious partisan line.
If Fox News, as Obama clearly insinuated, is a big Republican propaganda network, then what are CNN, MSNBC, NBC, and all the other mainstream media outlets?