CNN’s on-air gaffe during this week’s impeachment-inquiry hearing was mocked for cutting away to the “wrong black guy” in Congress.
A video clip tweeted by “The Daily Show” poked fun at the network after its camera error during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.
“CNN cut to the wrong black guy,” the tweet read, sharing a video clip of the moment after Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., called on Rep. Cedric Richmond.
But instead of the CNN clip panning to the Louisiana Democrat, the camera operator landed the focus on Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in expectation of his line of questioning.
The camera quickly moved after a few seconds over to Richmond who was sitting next to his New York colleague.
CNN cut to the wrong black guy pic.twitter.com/gAReyjpdTt
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 4, 2019
CNN tried to explain the error by claiming it was using pool video, “which means we are not in control of the shots.”
CNN is taking pool video, which means we are not in control of the shots.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) December 4, 2019
While CNN’s own fact-checking is sometimes questionable, “The Daily Show” did their own investigating and reported back with side-by-side comparisons of C-SPAN, MSNBC, and Fox News coverage along with that of CNN. The results? CNN was the only network to cut over to Jeffries.
ok but pic.twitter.com/5hJCbVNqOe
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 4, 2019
CNN did not respond to the rebuttal, but many on Twitter did as reactions ranged from laughter and outrage to defending the camera operator for a simple “mistake.”
It may be that the name plate appeared to be in front Jefferson. So it may just be a cameraman going to nameplate .
— Ronald England (@englandx) December 4, 2019
Not that black guy…THAT black guy. Lol
— Black Woman Voter in Alabama ?? (@AngelaD80s) December 4, 2019
Whoopsie pic.twitter.com/B7KrXHQC4z
— Jemma (@jemma_jema) December 4, 2019
@TheDailyShow and @Trevornoah building bridges here. People make mistakes. Did you check who it was you can blame or is it just a easy score?
— . (@VerkijkN) December 4, 2019
I noticed that, too. NBC mad the same footage. Probably all of the broadcast networks did.
— Jon Bordeaux (@jonbordeaux) December 4, 2019
All democrats do look the same…..like lying, cheating scumbags
— Dennis M (@DennisMcc21) December 6, 2019
CNN was called out Thursday over its move to pull a YouTube compilation made by Grabien Media’s Tom Elliott.
CNN had this supercut removed from YouTube … sensitive much? https://t.co/3NPy2X3M0m
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 6, 2019
The supercut of CNN clips raving about the “historic” impeachment proceedings against President Trump apparently rubbed the network the wrong way.
Filed a counterclaim making that precise point. Youtube replied: “Unfortunately, it’s unclear to us whether you have a valid reason for filing a counter notification, so we won’t be able to honor your request.” Not sure if I care enough to keep fighting.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 6, 2019
I look forward to the super cut of their historic (or hysterical) astonishment when the senate kills this nonsense.
— Robert Best (@RobertBestJD) December 6, 2019
This whole impeachment is historically partisan, historically inappropriate, historically misguided, historically egregious, historically treasonous
— strungsndiscs (@strungsndiscs) December 6, 2019
When everything is historic nothing is
— shonuff (@jeremydehner) December 6, 2019
The mainstream media has left no doubt about its bias against Trump in the impeachment sham, and a recent piece in The Washington Post raised eyebrows and voices when “journalists” were encouraged to make the case for impeaching the president.
Brit Hume spanks WaPo for piece urging journos to ‘reach the undecided’ on impeachment https://t.co/Lr0zEsOrit
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) December 6, 2019
“If you still need proof that the mainstream press is biased against the President, look no further,” Rep. Jim Jordan tweeted, adding his outrage to many like Fox News’ Brit Hume who also slammed the piece. “It’s not journalists’ job to change minds. It’s their job to report the facts.”
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