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CNN’s Brian Stelter continued his unholy crusade against President Trump during his Sunday sermon to journalism. He kicked off un-Reliable Sources by suggesting that the President’s comments about those who kneel during the national anthem were one part elaborate distraction, and another part coded rantings of a secret racist to other secret racists. “Is President Trump trying to distract from his own failures by attacking the NFL? And if so, are journalists just playing into his hands,” Stelter rhetorically asked his audience.
When it came to asserting that Trump was possibly a secret racist, Stelter didn’t mince words, claiming that “there is an unmistakable racial element to this story.” “And that’s why I come down on the side of covering this and covering this big,” he explained, basically admitting he was blowing it up. “Even if it is a distraction, so to speak. Because who trump chooses to criticize tells us a lot.”
Stelter stated that the debate was between patriotism and the freedom to protest. But according to him “the subtext, the awkward subtext, is a question we asked a few weeks ago on this program: “Is President Trump a racist?” “Is he making racist appeals to his supporters,” he added.
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