What Does It Take to Get a White Man Fired From CNN?
I got four warnings there. Reza Aslan and Octavia Nasr and Marc Lamont Hill didn’t get off with just warnings. Rick Santorum seems to be just fine. Can you spot the difference?
Hasnain says:
This is full of fire and such a good takedown. I won’t quote Santorum’s extremely bigoted remarks (they’re linked to early on in the article) but suffice to say they were pretty bad.
“Meanwhile, CNN has yet to make a comment about Santorum's latest outburst.
The lesson from all these examples is crystal clear for most commentators of color: You can be a nativist, a bigot, an Islamophobe, a homophobe, a creep and a liar, but as long as you’re good for the bottom line and you don’t piss off the right-wing outrage mob, you are good for cable news. If you happen to be a white conservative, like Rick Santorum, you’ll always have a blank slate to birth new controversies.”
Posted on 2021-05-04T07:00:33+0000