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The story speaks for itself and leaves little to say. It highlights something that no honest observer can deny... That CNN has an obvious double standard when it comes to how they report on the sexual affairs and marital infidelity when it comes to political figures.

I don't want to put words into anyone's mouth so I'll leave it to everyone here to form their own assessment, that way we can all see if honesty prevails, or partisan politics.



CNN mocked for glorifying JFKs ‘legendary’ infidelity after harping on sex allegations against Trump
By Brian Flood | Fox News



CNN was slammed for hypocrisy over the weekend when the network glorified President John F. Kennedy’s many infidelities after spending significant coverage painting President Trump as a monster for an alleged affair that occurred prior to his political career.


While promoting “The Kennedys,” CNN hailed the 35th president's “legendary love life,” before asking, “Did one of his affairs connect him with the mob?” The tweet featured video detailing JFK’s relationship with actress Judy Campbell, who was allegedly intimate with the head of the Chicago mafia while also having an affair with the president.


“Hypocrisy at its finest,” one user responded.


Author Joshua Kendall responded that “legendary love life” is a poor choice of words because it makes JFK’s infidelity sound “glamorous” and attached a link to a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed headlined, “JFK may have been a worse philanderer than Trump. Does it matter?”


Daily Caller media reporter Amber Athey quoted CNN’s promotional tweet and wrote, “That’s certainly an interesting way to describe having numerous affairs while president. I think we need to get Anderson Cooper on this to find out if JFK was wearing a condom.”
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So how much did Republicans pay to have that Chappaquiddick movie produced?
 
Keeping the stories consistent and applying intellectual rigor are rarely even attempted anymore by the so-called journalists.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
So how much did Republicans pay to have that Chappaquiddick movie produced?
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To ba fair the story is made for Hollywood. Young rising star uses family wealth to cover up a death. Sex drugs, death, conspiracy, cover ups.
 
Chillfolks said:
To ba fair the story is made for Hollywood. Young rising star uses family wealth to cover up a death. Sex drugs, death, conspiracy, cover ups.
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Yes, to be fair, it is.
Except for the fact that it happened almost half a century ago, and suddenly, in the wake of Donald Trump's MULTIPLE instances of obstruction of justice on multiple sex scandals, it hits the big screen with all the sound and fury of an Alex Jones Lizard People story, as if seemingly to draw a false equivalency.

It's like blaming The Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 on The Civil War.
"Oh well, maybe if Mister Lincoln hadn't freed those slaves, we wouldn't be seeing starving grandmothers selling apples on the streetcorners for a nickel."

I wonder if Dinesh D'Souza is one of the backers, or if this is one of those Steve Bannon scripts.
 
Did they report something inaccurately?
 
Grim17 said:
The story speaks for itself and leaves little to say. It highlights something that no honest observer can deny... That CNN has an obvious double standard when it comes to how they report on the sexual affairs and marital infidelity when it comes to political figures.

I don't want to put words into anyone's mouth so I'll leave it to everyone here to form their own assessment, that way we can all see if honesty prevails, or partisan politics.
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Kill him again! Oswald allegedly assassinated the man. Wingers have spent 55 years killing his legacy.
This troubling hypocritical BS came full circle when the Newt controlled house used impeachment
to attempt to remove Clinton. Just Google the role of Kellyanne Conway's husband in setting that up.
Newt did not have the moral standing because he was an adulterer
who abandoned his wife while she was undergoing cancer treatment. This man was expected to
succeed Newt as House Speaker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/livingston122098.htm

The intent of your post is to make the spectacle of attack dog Trump never ever mentioning
Stormy seem less abnormal... Fake Outrage Trolling
 
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Checkerboard Strangler said:
Yes, to be fair, it is.
Except for the fact that it happened almost half a century ago, and suddenly, in the wake of Donald Trump's MULTIPLE instances of obstruction of justice on multiple sex scandals, it hits the big screen with all the sound and fury of an Alex Jones Lizard People story, as if seemingly to draw a false equivalency.
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I would think this movie was in the planning stages long before Trump was a political factor, so you kind of lost me on them using it to draw a false equivalent angle. I would suspect even if candidate B won we would still see this film released.

It's like blaming The Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 on The Civil War.
"Oh well, maybe if Mister Lincoln hadn't freed those slaves, we wouldn't be seeing starving grandmothers selling apples on the streetcorners for a nickel."
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Is there anyone claiming that the mess we are in now is because Ted got drunk killed a girl and tried to cover up as much of it as he could? If not where do you get the blaime angle from?
I wonder if Dinesh D'Souza is one of the backers, or if this is one of those Steve Bannon scripts.
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Or could be someone who lost their loved one to a drunk driver and wanted to make a movie about how the rich and powerful get away with their crimes
 
Jack's tryst partners never sued him afterwards.

It's not Jack's fault Donnie has a tiny wee-wee.
 
Grim17 said:
The story speaks for itself and leaves little to say. It highlights something that no honest observer can deny... That CNN has an obvious double standard when it comes to how they report on the sexual affairs and marital infidelity when it comes to political figures.

I don't want to put words into anyone's mouth so I'll leave it to everyone here to form their own assessment, that way we can all see if honesty prevails, or partisan politics.
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I guess you have your answer.

Carr: Producer says powerful people tried to nix Chappaquiddick flick | Boston Herald

‘Chappaquiddick’: Studio CEO Says He was Pressured to Drop Film – Variety
 
Chillfolks said:
I would think this movie was in the planning stages long before Trump was a political factor, so you kind of lost me on them using it to draw a false equivalent angle. I would suspect even if candidate B won we would still see this film released.

Is there anyone claiming that the mess we are in now is because Ted got drunk killed a girl and tried to cover up as much of it as he could? If not where do you get the blaime angle from?


Or could be someone who lost their loved one to a drunk driver and wanted to make a movie about how the rich and powerful get away with their crimes
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And you'd be thinking wrong because based on what I saw in the trailer, this movie was probably produced, shot and edited in less than six months, maybe even less than four.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Keeping the stories consistent and applying intellectual rigor are rarely even attempted anymore by the so-called journalists.
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Yeah, the MSM has bent over backwards informing America
the impeachment of Clinton was only possible due to a Trump worshipper
and Trump tower resident George Conway, that Mark Corallo was spokesperson
for would be Newt successor, adulterer Bob Livingston and that now convicted student
molestor Denny Hastert then became House Speaker and led impeachment of
Clinton.

Hillary was relentlessly mocked by wingers after she described a vast right wing conspiracy.
 
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Checkerboard Strangler said:
And you'd be thinking wrong because based on what I saw in the trailer, this movie was probably produced, shot and edited in less than six months, maybe even less than four.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_(film)
Actually I would be right. The director was named in 2015. So it has been in the works pre Trump. It began filming in 2016 pre election.

Now it may of been a rush job in filming and editing but it was thought up, pitched, sold, and planned all pre Trump.
 
Chillfolks said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_(film)
Actually I would be right. The director was named in 2015. So it has been in the works pre Trump. It began filming in 2016 pre election.

Now it may of been a rush job in filming and editing but it was thought up, pitched, sold, and planned all pre Trump.
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Hey YOU ARE right! :D
I just was doing a double take about the timing, that's all...of COURSE the film itself and the script and maybe everything may have been around for a VERY VERY long time, it is certainly possible.
If I was a writer, even a "baby writer" and someone wanted to commission a script for a movie about Chappaquiddick and they wanted me, I'd do it in a hot second.

I bet a lot of people would, there is no question that the incident would make for a very interesting script.

PS: For the record, there are currently ELEVEN story treatments for a SEQUEL to "American History X" registered with the Writers Guild. All except ONE of them has Edward Norton's character going back and re-pledging allegiance to the skinheads.
Not surprising, is it?
TEN story treatments, all going in the direction of Derek Vinyard re-emerging as the leader of the Disciples of Christ skinhead group.

Only ONE story treatment has him going in the other direction, holding FAST to the dreams of his deceased little brother. That story treatment is MINE.

Chance of ANY of those getting picked to do a sequel to the film?
Probably Z-E-R-O.
 
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post said:
Kill him again! Oswald allegedly assassinated the man. Wingers have spent 55 years killing his legacy.
This troubling hypocritical BS came full circle when the Newt controlled house used impeachment
to attempt to remove Clinton. Just Google the role of Kellyanne Conway's husband in setting that up.
Newt did not have the moral standing because he was an adulterer
who abandoned his wife while she was undergoing cancer treatment. This man was expected to
succeed Newt as House Speaker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/livingston122098.htm

The intent of your post is to make the spectacle of attack dog Trump never ever mentioning
Stormy seem less abnormal... Fake Outrage Trolling
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And purpose of your post is to conflate infidelity with perjury and obstruction of justice which B Clinton was impeached for.
 
post said:
Kill him again! Oswald allegedly assassinated the man. Wingers have spent 55 years killing his legacy.
This troubling hypocritical BS came full circle when the Newt controlled house used impeachment
to attempt to remove Clinton. Just Google the role of Kellyanne Conway's husband in setting that up.
Newt did not have the moral standing because he was an adulterer
who abandoned his wife while she was undergoing cancer treatment. This man was expected to
succeed Newt as House Speaker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/livingston122098.htm

The intent of your post is to make the spectacle of attack dog Trump never ever mentioning
Stormy seem less abnormal... Fake Outrage Trolling
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What does your diatribe have to do with the topic?

As for the intent of my post, I thought it was quite evident based on the title of the article linked to; "CNN mocked for glorifying JFKs ‘legendary’ infidelity after harping on sex allegations against Trump".


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Checkerboard Strangler said:
Hey YOU ARE right! :D
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just confirmed you're not secretly my wife😁
I just was doing a double take about the timing, that's all...of COURSE the film itself and the script and maybe everything may have been around for a VERY VERY long time, it is certainly possible.
If I was a writer, even a "baby writer" and someone wanted to commission a script for a movie about Chappaquiddick and they wanted me, I'd do it in a hot second.
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It's a good story even if some players are assholes.

PS: For the record, there are currently ELEVEN story treatments for a SEQUEL to "American History X" registered with the Writers Guild. All except ONE of them has Edward Norton's character going back and re-pledging allegiance to the skinheads.
Not surprising, is it?
TEN story treatments, all going in the direction of Derek Vinyard re-emerging as the leader of the Disciples of Christ skinhead group.

Only ONE story treatment has him going in the other direction, holding FAST to the dreams of his deceased little brother. That story treatment is MINE.

Chance of ANY of those getting picked to do a sequel to the film?
Probably Z-E-R-O.
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His brother gets shot in the end. Could have something to do with it. Could also be he rejoins to be an informant. But it would be hard to keep original story going without him rejoining in some from. He needs a lost soul to save. But we digress
 
Chillfolks said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_(film)
Actually I would be right. The director was named in 2015. So it has been in the works pre Trump. It began filming in 2016 pre election.

Now it may of been a rush job in filming and editing but it was thought up, pitched, sold, and planned all pre Trump.
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And by the way, I don't blame Byron Allen, or any of the people involved, for jumping on this as they did, either.
Clearly a movie LIKE this one, at THIS particular TIME, well...if there WAS a time when a movie like this was going to grow legs, other than immediately AFTER the incident, it would have to be RIGHT NOW.

As for Byron Allen's claim that "powerful people pressured him not to release the film"...ehhhh, you know what?
If I was Byron Allen and "powerful people" hadn't so much as made a peep, I would STILL say that they did.
In fact, I would make damn sure that THAT aspect of it got as much hype as the movie itself.

To NOT pursue that angle would be incredibly stupid because the projected audience already wants to believe that there is some deep state conspiracy about anything of this nature, be it that movie, new investigations, etc.
 
Some people will complain about anything....







Grim17 said:
I don't want to put words into anyone's mouth so I'll leave it to everyone here to form their own assessment, that way we can all see if honesty prevails, or partisan politics.
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If someone doesn't agree with your post, that means partisan politics. How clever of you to "win" the thread in the opening post.








Not.
 
I bet Steve Bannon is mightily pissed off that HE didn't get a piece of the action on the Chappaquiddick film.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Jack's tryst partners never sued him afterwards.

It's not Jack's fault Donnie has a tiny wee-wee.
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So you are in the CNN camp and have the same double standard... I also see you're in the leftist camp based on the fact that instead of engaging in a discussion, you chose to prevent one by leveling that petty, childish and unprovoked personal insult on Donald Trump.

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Mr Person said:
Some people will complain about anything....









If someone doesn't agree with your post, that means partisan politics. How clever of you to "win" the thread in the opening post.








Not.
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Does that response mean you agree or disagree that there is a double standard at play here?

Or was taking a shot at me intended to stifle the discussion so you wouldn't have to express an opinion of the topic?

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