The tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and eleven others that left six dead including a federal judge had the left out in full force blaming Sarah Palin for the attack.  CNN political correspondent Jessica Yellin immediately jumped on the story before all the details about the shooter were known.

Only at the end of the segment does Wolf Blitzer ask Yellin if there any evidence that the suspected shooter was a Sarah Palin fan, read any of her websites, followed her tweets etc… to which Yellin responded “Absolutely not… none at all and there is no evidence that this was even inspired by rage over health care broadly so there is no overt connection at all between Sarah Palin, health care and (video cuts off)”

So we have to get through nearly two and a half minutes of this discussion talking about how Twitter and the we are all abuzz about how this was Palin’s fault including an old interview with Giffords saying that she felt targeted last year on;y to find out that there is no connection.

If there was no connection at all then why did Yellin bring it up.  And what would she say now that it has been revealed that the shooter is not a right-wing nut but a left wing wacko?

CNN said they were going for the middle of the political spectrum but in this case they went right for the jugular of an innocent Sarah Palin.

This is not not just liberal bias but also poor taste.

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3 Comments for CNN Tries to Tie Giffords Shooting to Palin

Wildbird

Not surprising when it comes to the rooten to the core CNN a left-wing news agency owned by the notorious RED TED TURNER and managed by BIG BAD WOLF BLITZER and like all true liberal knuckleheads they,ll blame the guns becuase liberals are jerks

Dave

Unless it was ALL staged, I guess we should give Wolfi Blitzer a modicum of credit. Once again, you have this kurva Jessica Yellin doing what modern “journalists” do: instead of just reporting the news they try to make (or shape) the news. Sickening, just sickening.

The Major

Ms Yellin,,,I guess the name fits,,,is not alone in accusing any & all on the Right of center for being involved or responsible for this heinous crime. Before the shooter’s name was even known,,that White Knight of Fairness,,that Champion of Fair Play ,Paul Krugman , was ‘blogging’ for the HERO of True Journalists everywhere,,,The New York Times,,that this shooter is involved with or a follower of Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck,Rush L. & even Bill O’Reilly.
Gee, boys & girls ,,do you think he acted “Stupidly”???
Right after the last 3-4 incidents,,the PRO-Left jumped ,with both feet, down the throat of the Mod’s & the Right,,only to find out later that they were wrong. Did they apologize,no,say ‘I’m sorry’,no, or at least do an “Emily Latella” (from the old SNL) and say “Never Mind”,,,NO.,,,BUT,,if the shoe were on the other foot,,& lets say a Conservative were KILLED by some SEIU card carrying ,OBAMA T-shirt wearing member of some Protected by the PRO-Left Minority”,,,,THEN WHAT???? I hope & pray it never happens,,but if it did,,I believe it would be page 10 on the 1st day,,& not in the paper from there on out.
MY opinion only