Obsessed CBS Again Hypes These Musicians Angry at Trump

Scott Whitlock | July 19, 2016
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[See NewsBusters for more.] The journalists at CBS are obsessing over musicians who are angry at Donald Trump’s use of their music. Evening News anchor Scott Pelley combined this with the alleged plagiarism of Melania Trump, chiding, “Borrowed words are controversial and borrowed music, too.” Reporter Jim Axelrod intoned, “The Rolling Stones, Adele and Michael Stipe have all voiced their displeasure at Trump using their songs.” The reporter quoted a tweet from tennis star Martina Navratilova (not a singer): “The moment Trump made Freddie Mercury roll over in his grave,’ was one tweet, referencing the contradiction that a nominee of party whose platform anti-same-sex marriage would choose a song written and sung by a gay man who died from AIDS.”

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