Media top headlines February 8
In media news today, a CNN panel bashes Stacey Abrams over a maskless photo at school, Spotify CEO’s apology letter to employees over Joe Rogan gets slammed as contradictory, and James Carville says he wants to punch unvaccinated people in the face.
Some liberal media outlets chose to focus on Republican criticism of Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ maskless photo with a group of school children over the weekend as opposed to the controversial photo itself.
Abrams visited Glenwood Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia, on Friday to read from her new children’s book. Decatur area schools require staff and students wear masks due to COVID-19. So when a photo of Abrams sitting and smiling among masked school children appeared on Twitter, she received swift backlash.
But some media outlets were quick to come to her defense, pivoting to the motives of her Republican rivals.
“GOP rivals seize on Stacey Abrams’s maskless classroom photo as her campaign calls criticism ‘silly,’” a Monday morning Washington Post headline stated.
“Nevertheless, her Republican opponents and conservative commentators seized on the image, pointing out what they characterized as the hypocrisy of a candidate being photographed without a mask despite supporting them in schools,” the article read.
A Monday CNN article similarly said that Abrams’ political opponents “seized the opportunity to pounce” on the gubernatorial candidate.
Stacey Abrams, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, leaves after meeting U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, during a stop at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 19, 2021.
(REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
CNN COMMENTATOR DEFENDS STACEY ABRAMS’ MASKLESS CLASSROOM VISIT: IT’S A ‘NON-ISSUE’
CNN’s Bakari Sellers defended Abrams on Monday, saying that he would “definitely not” be outraged if his kid was in the classroom.
“Stacey Abrams is not trying to…
Source : foxnews
