NewsBusters Podcast: CNN Invents Racism of 'Digital Blackface'

March 27th, 2023 10:35 PM

CNN.com posted a bizarre article by John Blake that accused whites who post GIFs or memes of blacks like Tyra Banks or Michael Jordan are engaging in racist behavior. "You may be wearing digital blackface." Or CNN may be inventing new methods of finding "inadvertent" racism.

CNN Takes January 6 Obsession to New Level of Stupid

February 14th, 2022 11:07 AM

How stupid can CNN's obsession with January 6 get? On Sunday, CNN.com commentator John Blake took it to a new level: "Joe Rogan's use of the n-word is another January 6 moment." CNN later changed it.

CNN Spills 2000 Words Warning Over Obsessing Over Royal Baby's Race

Culture
May 7th, 2019 10:09 AM

“It's already happened,” writes CNN’s John Blake. “People are obsessed over the appearance and racial identity of the new royal baby. That's going to go into overdrive now.” They are? It is? Well Blake certainly is, spinning out a long article speculating about the race and looks of an infant in another country he likely will never meet.

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CNN Analyst Agrees 'Racism Without Racists' Is New Threat to America

November 28th, 2014 5:32 PM
Even though It's only been a few days since the grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., decided not to charge police officer Darren Wilson with any crimes connected to his shooting of black 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, racism has become a hot topic for columnists and commentators. One extensive discussion on the subject was “The New Threat: Racism Without Racists,” which was written by John Blake…

Rewriting the Bible: The Gospel According to Liberals

March 13th, 2013 1:45 PM
When liberals and their media allies have an agenda to push, they’ll use any tool at hand. The left often rails against the presence of religion in civic life, mocking conservative Christians as “Taliban” agitating for theocracy. But other times, they find faith to be a handy weapon to bludgeon conservatives. And they’ll go so far as to reinterpret and rewrite the Bible to justify any liberal…

CNN Religion Writer Praises 'Religious Pioneer' Obama

January 23rd, 2013 9:52 AM
The producer of CNN's Belief Blog lauded President Obama as "exceptional" and a "religious pioneer" for supporting same-sex marriage and hosting his inaugural prayer service at National Cathedral. "Well, I think it's part of what makes Obama exceptional. We think of him as a racial pioneer, the first African-American president, but I think he's also a religious pioneer," John Blake said of…