Friday, October 19, 2018

On October 17, 2018, Ann Coulter published an article on her blog titled FAKE NEWS AUTOPSY. Ann Coulter is a conservative social and political commentator so her views are biased towards the right wing. Her audience is conservative voters and readers of her blog. She is arguing that CNN is purposely misinterpreting President Trump's statements. According to her article, they are changing his words to make him sound even more racist and insensitive. She proves her point by stating that Trump’s original quote said: “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of.”  Then CNN and many other news outlets quoted him as saying “it's a very scary time for young men in America". He was referring to the recent increase in rape accusations. However, when CNN’s Ann Cabrera reported it, it was changed to "White men have a lot to fear right now.” This puts a much more negative and racially divisive connotation to his statement as white men are the generally the most privileged people in America. This just fuels the fire of racial turbulence in America. Another point of evidence for her argument is that if it were a mistake, it would have been corrected almost immediately. This makes it seem as though they are purposely trying to damage his already unfavorable reputation. This is significant because a large portion of the American people use CNN for their daily news. President Trump has been talking about "fake news" coming from CNN since the beginning of his campaign. I personally agree with Ann Coulter on this situation, I believe that it’s wrong to twist someone's words to slander them. While I do not necessarily support Trump, I believe it is unethical and unwise for the media to be dishonest.. Especially about Donald Trump because he provides the media with many genuinely foolish quotes on his own.

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