CNN Worldwide chairman and CEO Chris Licht addressed the bombshell profile in The Atlantic in comments to network staffers on Monday, telling them, “I should not be in the news unless it’s taking arrows for you.”
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CNN investigative report into Moms for Liberty, a right-wing activist group known for attending school board meetings to opposed supposed LGBTQ+ “indoctrination” by teachers, the news network’s crew was passed a note from a mother at one of the group’s meetings in Colorado Springs that read, “We have the other side of this story. This is a hate group.”The woman who wrote the note was a member of Neighbors for Education, a group created in 2021 to counter Moms for Liberty after it was successful in electing school board members that supported its views.
CNN reports that members of Neighbors for Education and other liberal opponents of Moms for Liberty have covertly attended the group’s meetings in various cities to gain information. “My child thinks it’s ludicrous, that it’s such a big deal, because to them, it’s just normal,” said Naomi Lopez, a member of Neighbors for Education who is the mother of a trans child.
“To their friends, they don’t care how my child identifies; they love them for who they are.”CNN also interviewed Darcy Schoening, head of the El Paso County chapter of Moms for Liberty, who says they are aware that their opponents are infiltrating their meetings and said that they are doing the same on left-leaning Facebook pages. “What they don’t realize is that they’re doing half the work for us,” Schoening said.
“Because the more and more they post… You get those parents that are sitting out there saying, ‘Oh, this doesn’t sound so crazy. I want to go be a part of this.’”Schoening made several false and/or unsubstantiated claims during her interview, saying that there is a coordinated effort by President Biden and teachers unions to make more children trans and gay “so that conservative values are broken
.CNN Worldwide chairman and CEO Chris Licht addressed the bombshell profile in The Atlantic in comments to network staffers on Monday, telling them, “I should not be in the news unless it’s taking arrows for you.”
brutal portrait of his reign as CNN CEO in The Atlantic, but his apology to staffers in its aftermath fell largely on deaf ears, the network’s media reporter Oliver Darcy said.“In the wake of The Atlantic’s explosive story, I’ve spoken with dozens of staffers across the company,” Oliver Darcy said in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter late Monday. “There are a wide range of emotions coursing through the halls of CNN.
Cultural Currents Institute, Google searches for questions such as “Am I gay?” “Am I lesbian?” “Am I trans?” and “how to come out,” as well as searches for “nonbinary” have jumped by 1,300 percent since 2004.The analysis suggests that more politically conservative states are the “most closeted,” with Utah, Iowa, Indiana, West Virginia, and New Hampshire leading the list of top states where Google users have searched “Am I gay?” For “Am I lesbian?” the top states were: Utah, Connecticut, Kentucky, Washington, and Colorado.For “Am I trans?” the top states were: Utah, Kentucky, Colorado, Michigan, and Washington.For the term “how to come out,” the states with the most searches were: Oklahoma, West Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky.“The regional differences highlighted below are significant, offering a geographical landscape of self-questioning and discovery across America,” Cultural Currents’ analysis reads.“Utah, a state with traditionally conservative social values, surprisingly tops three out of five search term categories.
This Morning editor Martin Frizell was involved in an incredibly bizarre moment during quizzing over the ITV daytime TV show today, Monday, June 5, as a reporter fired a question outside his home. As Martin emerged from his property in London, a Sky News journalist was waiting to ask him whether This Morning had a "toxic work environment".
Real Madrid will be given preference ahead of Manchester United to sign Harry Kane if he leaves Tottenham Hotspur this summer, according to reports.
Dani Dyer has shared a lovely picture from the moment her grandad met her twin baby daughters.The Love Island star, 26, who is already mother to son Santiago, gave birth to the identical twins on May 22.The babies are her first with Premier League footballer Jarrod Bowen. Dani has since revealed that she has named her twin daughters Summer and Star and has shared sweet pics of her famous dad, EastEnders star Danny Dyer meeting them. Now, Dani’s grandad, who she calls Bruv, has met her newborn twins, as she shared a sweet picture of him cradling them on her Instagram story.
Paramore‘s Hayley Williams shared her stance against Ron DeSantis while taking the stage in New Jersey this past weekend (May 27).While headlining Adjacent Music Festival in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the frontwoman declared that anyone who votes for the Republican presidential candidate is “dead” to her.“I’ll be happy to tell you I’m very fucking comfortable talking politics,” Williams told the crowd. “If you vote for Ron DeSantis, you’re fucking dead to me.
Thursday report, writing: “Some presidential candidates struggle to nail their message. Ron DeSantis is struggling to nail his NAME.
READ MORE: ‘Will Make a Great Trial Witness’: Experts Thrilled Jack Smith Is Investigating Trump’s Firing of Election Security ExpertWhile DeSantis is insistent that teachers are forcing very young students to pick pronouns, NCRM found no news reports supporting that claim.We did find several news reports of teachers suing for not wanting to use a child’s preferred pronoun, which are issues for the courts.We did find one report of a teacher who allegedly insisted on calling a 9-year old girl who identifies as a girl a boy, and the parents are suing.News12 on Long Island, New York in March reported, “the lawyer representing the girl’s family…says the student was bullied and had suicidal feelings.”“She says the teacher told the student to ‘try being gay.’ The teacher is also accused of calling the girl a male name. ‘The teacher had some kind of agenda to have these students have alternate sexual preferences or gender identities they may or may not have had,'” the attorney said.READ MORE: ‘It Has to Be Done’: These Are the House Republicans Open to Firing Kevin McCarthy as SpeakerIn April, Colorado’s KRDO reported, “During the last Colorado Springs School District 11’s board meeting, officials tabled a controversial pronoun policy that would prevent educators from asking students their preferred pronouns.
Wanda Sykes goes way back with fellow comic Dave Chappelle, but she’s making it clear that she does not support his anti-trans rhetoric.
Dani Dyer literally broke the internet two days ago when she introduced her newborn twins to the world.The TV star, who actually gave birth to the two baby girls on the 22nd May, shared three stunning snaps of her recently expanded family on Instagram.The first showed the little ones snuggled up and fast asleep, wearing matching baby grows and hats with bows on while the second saw Dani’s partner, premier league footballer Jarrod Bowen carrying his two daughters out of the hospital. In the third pic, the twins were seen sleeping together again in the sweetest pink babygrows, which of course, led to an abundance of fans - including Dani’s father EastEnders’ star Danny Dyer - taking to the comments section to offer their congratulations.
Selena Gomez seemingly got in an argument with a security guard while attending Beyonce‘s Renaissance Tour in Paris, France on Friday (May 26).
Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes were spotted sharing what appeared to be a romantic moment during another musical event.
Bert Kreischer put on a show while walking the red carpet at the premiere of his movie The Machine on Thursday night (May 25) in Los Angeles.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are looking very loved up while attending her son’s football game on Saturday (May 20) in Los Angeles.
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Phillip Schofield‘s time on This Morning has come to an end.
Karlie Kloss is showing off her baby bump at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
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reported Saturday that a buyer group that includes Sun Group, GSV and others is backing the bid. Russell, CEO of the automotive tech company Luminar, told the Wall Street Journal Friday he would be purchasing a majority share—82%—of Forbes, valuing the publication at close to $800 million. However, Axios media reporter and CNN analyst Sara Fischer says there’s more to the story. “This deal is made to look like it’s Austin Russell buying 82% of this asset but it’s not,” Fischer reported on Twitter.