Chris Cuomo Is A F-cking Shitbag by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
(2020-03-07 at 09:41:12 )

Chris Cuomo Is A F-cking Shitbag by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!

CNNs Hilary Rosen has been rightly taking a hammering for lecturing Mr. Sanders surrogate Nina Turner, who is black, on how she is and is not permitted to use Martin Luther King Jrs words (and for subsequently babbling about "angry black women" on Twitter).

What has not received nearly enough attention, in my opinion, is the equally reprehensible behavior of the host of the show the women appeared on, CNNs Chris Cuomo.

On a segment of Cuomo Prime TIme, Ms Turner was first badgered by the shows host with the typical antagonistic "how are you going to pay for it" talking points which get consistently leveled at Mr. Sanders and his supporters but never at proponents of costly military expansionism, and which are premised on the completely nonsensical assumption that the United States of Americas obscenely expensive healthcare system is not costing anyone a penny.

Such dishonest oligarch-friendly narrative manipulations are typical of the Democratic Party princeling Cuomo, whose father was a New York Governor and whose brother is the current New York Governor.

In her competent responses to Mr. Cuomos spinmeistering, Ms Turner, without saying anything about Joe Biden, made mention of the famous Martin Luther King Jr quote "I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negros great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice."

Ms Rosen, a virulent Clintonite who announced her endorsement of Mr. Biden on Mr. Cuomos show, began lecturing Ms Turner that she had quoted King incorrectly.

Ms Turner, who is a former African American history professor, had of course quoted Dr. King correctly, and she said so.

Ms Rosen then went on to repeatedly interrupt Ms Turner and tell her "Do not use Martin Luther King against Joe Biden. You do not have that standing."

Ms Turner had not at all used the quote to attack Mr. Biden, though it would certainly have been reasonable for her to do so.

She began putting Ms Rosen in her place for having the temerity to not only whitesplain Martin Luther King to a black woman but to also tell her how she is and is not authorized to use his words.

Mr. Cuomo, who had gone out of his way to silence Ms Turner and make space for Ms Rosen to speak while voicing no objection to Ms Rosens incessant high-volume interruptions, then stepped in.

"Hold on, alright listen," Mr. Cuomo interjected. "Nina, Hilary, I am out of time on this."

"Chris, I did not jump in on her though and she wants to jump in on me," Ms Turner said.

"Nobody is jumping in on anybody," Mr. Cuomo said, falsely.

"You guys are in the same party. This is what you guys have to figure out. You are in the same party. And let me tell you, you better keep that same energy when you are up against Donald Trump that you have against each other because he is bigger and badder than I think you guys are ready for.

But let us agree on this about Dr King: only light can drive out darkness, only love can drive out hate. That is the challenge for the Democrats. To show that that is what you represent against this president."

So to recap, Mr. Cuomo allowed his white Biden-supporting guest to repeatedly and aggressively shout down a black woman with unbelievably condescending lectures about Martin Luther King while actively creating plenty of space for this appalling behavior.

Then, after watching and allowing Ms Rosen to do this, his response was to step in and, in front of his million-plus viewers, declare that they were both behaving inappropriately. And to then self-righteously quote Dr. King himself.

I mean, what a shitbag.

What a disgusting, manipulative f-cking shitbag.

This would be the same man who once claimed that using the term "fake news" is "like an ethnic disparagement" that is "the equivalent of the n-word for journalists."

The same man who once claimed that using the word "Fredo" is "like the n-word" for Italians.

The same man who, at the height of the Democratic Party email leaks scandal, lied to his audience and told them that it is against the law to read them.

I do not think we collectively pay enough attention to how disgusting Chris Cuomo is.

If you listen carefully to what he says during any contentious interview with any oppositional figure you will notice that he is consistently sneaking in narrative manipulations and adjustments to make sure his audience is hearing the establishment-authorized narrative instead of something which might help undermine the privileged standing that he and his Democratic Party royal family enjoy.

See his unbelievably sleazy spin job on his interview with Jill Stein in which he painted the former Green Party presidential candidate as a Kremlin stooge for a perfect example of this.

Ms Rosen, for the record, has made numerous attempts to apologize for her oafish behavior. Those attempts have been disingenuous, manipulative, ham-fisted, laden with racist overtones, and clearly geared solely toward salvaging her public image, but they have contained the words "sorry" and "apologize".

Mr. Cuomo, as of this writing, has offered up nothing even remotely resembling an apology. And in my opinion his behavior was just as vile and deserving of condemnation as Ms Rosens.

For all the chatter about election rigging by Russians, Republicans and the DNC, by far the most egregious election interference this year is being done right out in the open by the plutocrats who own the political-media class which manipulate the way that people perceive, think, and vote.

If it were not for power-worshipping shitbags like Chris Cuomo constantly sticking their rapey fingers in peoples minds every day and adjusting their perceptions on what is going on in the world, Bernie Sanders would be considered too far right for the political left to support and nobody would even know Joe Bidens name.

Whoever controls the narrative controls the world, which is why skillful manipulators like Chris Cuomo are made millionaires by the billionaires whose kingdoms they uphold.

Do not let these assholes off the hook.

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