Jesus warned:
“For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light” (Luke 8:17 NASB).
If only CNN had listened! Project Veritas recently released a series of secret recordings revealing the private agenda CNN was pursuing while simultaneously claiming to be “the most trusted name in news.” CNN has rejected the traditional media objective of presenting truthful news and has adopted the role of a political change-agent, spinning, twisting, and making up “new stories” to achieve a specific outcome—in this case, the removal of the elected president of the United States.
The new undercover video reveals previously hidden conversations between CNN employees:
“Another staffer identified on the recordings as field production supervisor Gerald Sisnette said CNN won’t change until Trump ‘dies,’ adding ‘hopefully soon.’ Alleged staffers are also heard saying on the secret recording that CNN manufactures drama to increase revenue.”
Whenever propaganda parades as journalism, the people suffer; but its harmful effects are not limited just to people in the United States, for CNN has an additional 384 million international households who believe they are watching American news and not political talking points.
But CNN is not alone in deceiving the public with its personal vendetta against the President.
When President Trump was speaking on Turkey and Syria, saying, “They have a problem at a border — it's not our border,” NBC changed his phrase “it’s not our border” to “it’s not our problem,” thus making him say something he definitely did not. And ABC deliberately broadcast footage from a gun range in Kentucky while portraying it as Turkish bombings in Syria.
While some stories are corrected when exposed, how much damage is done to our country through the intentional dissemination of false information simply to further politically-charged narratives? If self-proclaimed journalists insist on professing personal political opinions under the guise of reporting news stories, they should openly announce themselves as political commentators, or go to work for political campaigns or PACs. (But maybe that’s what they are doing by working for today’s so-called “news media.”)
Claiming to tell the truth and actually telling the truth can be polar opposites. But as George Washington affirmed, genuine truth will eventually win out: “Truth will ultimately prevail where pains is taken to bring it to light.”
The Bible warns strongly against those who speak lies disguised as truth (1 Timothy 4:2). Hypocrisy of any kind is to be abhorred, and Jesus called out the Pharisees (or was it today’s news media?) for such deception: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness” (Matthew 23:27-28 NASB).
As people of faith, we need to be “shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16), wary of “the father of lies” (John 8:44), who deploys wolves “in sheep’s clothing” (Matthew 7:15). But at the same time, we should also ask ourselves, “What would the world find out about me if every conversation of mine was secretly taped and later exposed?”
“He who walks in integrity walks securely,
But he who perverts his ways will be found out” (Proverbs 10:9 NASB).
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1 Flood, B. & Givas, N. (2019, October 17). CNN staffers bash network’s liberal bias, Jeff Zucker goes after Trump in new, secret recordings. Retrieved from https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-jeff-zucker-secret-recordings-liberal-bias
2 CNN worldwide fact sheet. Retrieved from http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/cnn-fact-sheet/
3 PART 1: CNN insider blows whistle on network president Jeff Zucker’s personal vendetta against POTUS. (2019, October 14). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/embed/m7XZmugtLv4?start=310
4 NBC news on Twitter. (2019, October 16). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1184533981305417734?s=12
5 Givas, N. (2019, October 14). ABC apologizes for mistaking Kentucky gun range video for Turkish bombing of Syria. Retrieved from https://www.foxnews.com/media/abc-news-error-gun-video-syria-turkey
6 Washington, G. (1794, August 10). Letter to Charles M. Thruston. Retrieved from https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/quotes/article/truth-will-ultimately-prevail-where-pains-is-taken-to-bring-it-to-light/
