CNN has gone into full blackout mode about the recent corruption of state Democrats getting busted by the FBI. LeLand Yee of California was busted this past week for ‘allegedly’ gun running. Yee is a big gun grabbing Democrat, in the mold of Dianne Feinstein in California. But CNN hasn’t made one mention of Leland Yee’s arrest. When asked why CNN is ignoring the story, CNN mocked the person via Twitter for asking the question in the first place:
@TheINDYpundit It's in line with us covering state senators & state secretary of state races just about never. You see another conspiracy?
— CNN.com Writers (@CNNWriters) March 28, 2014
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| CNN mocks IndyPundit for asking why they aren’t covering Leland Yee story |
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This is CNN.
I guess IndyPundit just doesn’t get the round the clock coverage of MH370 even though nothing has been found in the Indian Ocean, and nothing newsworthy about the flight has come out in over a week. Playing with toy airplanes or bringing on psychics is far more newsworthy than covering corruption in the Democrat party at CNN. Their ratings reflect this.
CNN dismissed complaints that the network was not covering last week’s shocking arrest of Democrat Leland Yee, the California state senator who was arrested for alleged arms trafficking and bribery, and falsely asserted that it does not give attention to state senators.
That standard did not apply to Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, whom CNN covered relentlessly. This was long before she even considered a gubernatorial run after filibustering a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks and make those conducted before then safer.
Viewers and readers on Friday complained that the network, just like Politico, was not reporting or discussing Yee’s scandal online, and the official and verified @CNNWriters account tweeted to one critic that ignoring Yee’s arrest was standard practice: