CNN host Brian Stelter on Sunday confronted the leader of a group of citizen journalists who shouted down a broadcast by one of his CNN colleagues last month in Ferguson, Mo.
Stelter rolled tape of the group’s livestream from October, in which they drowned out a report from CNN correspondent Sarah Sidner with shouts of “Shut it down!” and “CNN’s been lying.” Anchor Don Lemon eventually abandoned the segment.
“Even if I didn’t work with Sarah, I’d say that’s pretty disturbing to watch, it’s scary stuff,” Stelter said.
He then asked self-described citizen journalist Bassem Masri about the incident.
“We’re not going to be just laying back and letting anybody paint whatever narrative they want when it comes to our community,” Masri told Stelter. He further complained that the mainstream media painted mostly peaceful protests as violent.
But Stelter argued Masri had been recorded elsewhere “trying to provoke” police officers instead of correcting the media. He played a local news clip of Masri calling cops “pigs” and saying he prayed for their deaths.
“Aren’t you trying to poke the police there, trying to get more views, maybe?” Stelter said.
“I don’t mean any of that stuff that I said, and we’re not trying to provoke violence, nothing like that happened,” Masri responded.
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CNN = Fox Lite … only 96 calories and slightly less brain damage.
It is called this man’s First Amendment rights to be able to call cops pigs and not be arrested, or beat up, or have rubber bullets fired at him. That is not provoking and he did nothing physically to provoke, AND in case you forget those cops shouted and said some pretty racist things to the protestors, one caught by one of these citizen journalists even pointing a gun at protestors doing nothing but walking by, and shouting “I will effing kill you.” What you did was prove Mr.Masri’s point about CNN’s reporting, when you say they were “trying to provoke police”. FYI, if cops can’t take being called pigs, without getting violent themselves, then is that not the whole problem in Ferguson? Evidently Mr. Stelter, it is YOU who just does not GET IT!
More like weed to Fox’s rotgut. Makes you stupid if you become a chronic user but if you quit, you’ll only miss it a day or two and the stupid clears right up within a week or two.
“I don’t mean any of that stuff that I said”
Oh, he’s a Republican then. Both of these clowns are useless.
“Aren’t we trying to poke the _____ here, trying to get more views, maybe?” Stelter, a serious White man asked the Angry Colored man.
Controlling the narrative? This interview proves the guest’s point if you ask me.