{"id":375980,"date":"2018-09-03T22:07:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T21:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-cnn-boosts-left-wing-campaign-to-censor-breitbart-approves-blacklisting\/"},"modified":"2018-09-03T22:07:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T21:07:51","slug":"prison-planet-com-cnn-boosts-left-wing-campaign-to-censor-breitbart-approves-blacklisting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-cnn-boosts-left-wing-campaign-to-censor-breitbart-approves-blacklisting\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb CNN Boosts Left-Wing Campaign to Censor Breitbart; Approves \u2018Blacklisting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-journalism\/2018\/09\/03\/cnn-boosts-left-wing-campaign-to-censor-breitbart-approves-blacklisting\/\"><strong>Breitbart<\/strong><\/a><br \/>September 3, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN swept aside journalistic ethics on Sunday by endorsing a blacklisting campaign with a glowing interview of Matt Rivitz, the founder of Sleeping Giants, a failed effort to censor Breitbart News by harassing and intimidating companies whose advertisements may (or may not) have appeared on the website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The interview took place on\u00a0<em>Reliable\u00a0<\/em><i>Sources<\/i>, a Sunday morning show that once focused on analyzing the media, but which in recent years has been turned into the editorial mouthpiece of CNN president Jeff Zucker, voiced through host Brian Stelter.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s program was helmed by substitute anchor John Avlon, in for Stelter \u2014 who had earlier used his vacation to <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/gregp-3534\/2018\/08\/28\/stop-attacking-brian-stelter-everyone-he-is-on-a-vacation-that-includes-interviewing-dan-rather-and-blocking-folks-who-point-that-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dodge<\/a> questions about CNN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-journalism\/2018\/08\/30\/cnns-media-team-addresses-michael-cohen-story-omits-key-details\/\">failure to retract<\/a> a false story about President Donald Trump\u2019s former lawyer, Michael Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Avlon and\u00a0<em>Reliable Sources<\/em> addressed the Cohen story without acknowledging that CNN had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-journalism\/2018\/08\/30\/cnns-media-team-addresses-michael-cohen-story-omits-key-details\/\">lied<\/a> about the fact that Lanny Davis had been one of its sources. Avlon\u2019s panel slammed Davis for \u201cbacktracking\u201d on his version of events, then quickly shifted to talking about threats made against the\u00a0<em>Boston Globe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-journalism\/2018\/09\/03\/cnn-boosts-left-wing-campaign-to-censor-breitbart-approves-blacklisting\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Monday, September 3, 2018  at  9:21 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/cnn-boosts-left-wing-campaign-to-censor-breitbart-approves-blacklisting.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/cnn-boosts-left-wing-campaign-to-censor-breitbart-approves-blacklisting.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BreitbartSeptember 3, 2018 CNN swept aside journalistic ethics on Sunday by endorsing a blacklisting campaign with a glowing interview of Matt Rivitz, the founder of Sleeping Giants, a failed effort to censor Breitbart News by harassing and intimidating companies whose advertisements may (or may not) have appeared on the website. 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