CNN is taking heat for trying to link the terror attack in Barcelona to Charlottesville. Why would they even do such a thing? Because their mission is not to report the news, but to try to damage President Trump whenever possible.
The Hill reports:
CNN under fire for linking Barcelona terrorist attack to Charlottesville
CNN suggested Thursday that the terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain may have been inspired by the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., because both involved a vehicle running down pedestrians.
The claim has drawn criticism because vehicle-ramming has been used before by Islamic extremists to carry out terrorist attacks. Investigators have not drawn any links between the incidents in Barcelona and Charlottesville.
“In light of the uproar of the last several days, five days apart you have a white supremacist use a vehicle to kill and here you have attackers at least following the modus operandi of terrorists, apparently using vehicles to kill as well, and those shared tactics should be alarming,” CNN chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto said on air.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer responded: “There will be questions about copycats, questions about if not what happened in Barcelona was at all, at all, a copycat version of what happened in Charlottesville…
Here’s the video:
Check out these responses via Twitchy:
Look how pathetic & near criminal in journalistic malfeasance this is? @CNN @wolfblitzer #Barcelona #Charlottesville https://t.co/Zrl5qzLUPS
— Alan J. Sanders (@AlanJSanders) August 17, 2017
INSANE
— William D. Dammer (@WDammer) August 17, 2017
And the lunacy of CNN rocks on #fakenewsCNN
— Debby & Jarl O'Barr (@DebbyandJarl) August 17, 2017
Of course because @CNN can't remember past 2days the car attacks in London Paris etc
— Jan L Eide (@jleeeide) August 17, 2017
Nothing is too low for CNN.
This proves it.
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