A day after conservatives voiced outrage that an Algerian boxer, who previously failed a gender test, was allowed to fight in the women’s tournament at the Olympics, CNN Newsroom guest host Paula Reid and sports analyst Christine Brennan rushed to defend the boxer against “an avalanche of misinformation.” However, all the duo could do on Friday was point out some irrelevant facts, like that Imane Khelif is not transgender and the International Boxing Association being run by a Vladimir Putin stooge.
As part of a tease of the segment, Reid hyped, “the IOC, coming to the defense of a boxer at the center of an avalanche of misinformation.”
Half an hour later, she reported, “An Italian boxer quit just 46 seconds into a match against her Algerian opponent after taking an especially hard punch to the head. Now, some critics say the Algerian boxer should not have been allowed to compete after she was disqualified from last year’s world championships.”
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