CNN reportedly cancels interview with Kyle Kashuv over tweet critical of sportswriter Clay Travis
CNN, the cable outlet once dubbed the “least-trusted” name in network news, reportedly canceled an interview with Stoneman-Douglas High School student Kyle Kashuv over a tweet critical of sportswriter Clay Travis, Twitchy reported Wednesday.
“My friend just got a call from @CNN. They’re canceling my interview because I quote RTed a Tweet where @ClayTravis called @BrookeBCNN a “fake news hypocrite” (and was quoted in the title),” Kashuv tweeted. “But don’t worry, CNN really wants to have the other side on, as long as they’re complicit,” he added.
My friend just got a call from @CNN. They're canceling my interview because I quote RTed a Tweet where @ClayTravis called @BrookeBCNN a "fake news hypocrite" (and was quoted in the title).
But don't worry, CNN really wants to have the other side on, as long as they're complicit https://t.co/t95zexPiF8
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 21, 2018
Twitchy said this was probably the tweet in question:
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
Can't wait to be on Brooke's show tomorrow! https://t.co/LY9L2tuS96
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 20, 2018
Which included this:
'Fake News Hypocrite' Brooke Baldwin Asks Porn Star For Explicit Details About What Trump Allegedly Wanted From Her https://t.co/xb2EfluuH7
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) March 20, 2018
NRA Spokeswoman Dana Loesch asked:
They cancelled because you reTweeted an article?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 21, 2018
“Yep,” Kashuv said in response. “I have the QUOTE RT there so you can see exactly what they didn’t like.”
Yep. I have the QUOTE RT there so you can see exactly what they didn't like
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 21, 2018
One person observed:
https://twitter.com/pamela12931446/status/976454416646713344
Others added:
@CNN ONLY WANTS #fakenews ! NOT THE TRUTH!
— Joel❤????????? (@joel_treadwell) March 21, 2018
Or at the very least, they only want to hear one side and it’s obvious they’re really not interested in hearing the other.
https://twitter.com/bmiles2000/status/976451067020853249
One Twitter user suggested the real reason had more to do with the incident in which an armed resource officer successfully stopped a would-be mass shooter.
My guess is they cancelled your interview because of the resource officer that stopped the school shooting yesterday, which gave your argument strength. How could they brow beat him into believing it won't work when it just DID work?
— Kelly Rae ?????? (@kellyrae2723) March 21, 2018
From what we’ve seen, however, we suspect it had more to do with Kashuv’s retweet. CNN has a history of dismissing those critical of the network’s coverage as we reported here and here. Clearly, CNN can dish it out but they can’t take any criticism.
It’s not the Tweet! Welcome to Clown No News unless it benefits their narrative. They lie & misquote until the cows come home & have no accountability. You just learned Kyle you don’t fit their agenda as they know you are well versed, speak truth & would run rings around them.
— Samantha Em (@SamanthaEm10) March 21, 2018
Kashuv, by the way, has engaged in a bipartisan effort to end gun violence in schools, meeting with lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle, unlike his classmate David Hogg, who has spent his time spreading misinformation and smearing everyone with whom he disagrees — often on CNN.
In another tweet, Loesch said:
I really hope this isn’t why this happened, CNN. Him quote Tweeting an article wherein another was justifiably critical of some of your content seems a silly reason to cancel him. https://t.co/zVf2nIcwc9
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 21, 2018
It is silly, but we’re not going to hold our breath waiting for the network to grow up.
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