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Boooo CNN boooo on you

'heated'.

Absolutely ridiculous to frame it as a heated exchange when it was civil debate but not surprised CNN wants to use that click bait line for the haters to grasp on to. AES did nothing more than give an Islamophobic choad a civics lesson. He did make "Tommy" look the part of the fool though.

How do you fuck those rats without killing them

You goddamn idiots.

He handed a paid republican operative his ass in a very elegant way. Your coverage is garbage if this is your headline.

I just watched what definitely wasn't in any way a heated exchange, but was, instead, a very thoughtful back and forth about why this headline in itself is implicitly suggesting anyone who isn't Christian has dual loyalty. Did CNN run headlines like this about JFK too?

In act of blatant bigotry, propaganda outlet goes to absurd lengths to dissemble and deceive about candidate's cheerful and effective communication

This is incredibly deceptive framing. Fuck you

Seems like a paid agitator who just got curb stomped by the Constitution.

CNN it was not heated at all. What an awful read on a perfectly answered attack. Tommy sit down you’re a Christian Nationalist. Perhaps you could try and actually report news like how taxpayers paid for a Tesla kick flip and some racist trillionaire got credit.

Exactly what I was coming here to say

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Sorry I spelled Teepell’s name wrong. Ethnic names are difficult.

It wasn’t heated, despite your framing. And Tommy was a GOP plant. Do better.

That is not what happened, do better headlines.

the crowd cheered a bit loud, that would at least garner a stern shushing 😂

Where's the part that tells us that "Tommy" was a right-wing plant who is a Christian nationalist?

Fuck you

Can’t wait for the ellisons to shit can you and replace you with ai. Both are unwatchable bs. Can’t believe you guys actually used to do good reporting

If anything is heated, I think what gets me heated is that "Tommy" is a white supremacist, affiliated with Christian Nationalist white supremacists, but this isn't reported as part of the story by you folks @cnn.com

No. He schooled an ignorant guy with a serious case of Islamophobia.

Is that really what you think happened?

Y'all really are turning into Fox at lightning speed.

To be fair the mainstream media probably doesn’t know the difference anymore, all they can see is the same shit we’ve been putting up with with T so they can’t recognize a calm, kind and measured response.

💯💯 Nobody punched the heckler at the El Sayed speech. Shows you the relative quality of the crowds. The chants of “USA” directed at Trump should be interpreted as “you SA” as in “you sexually assault”.

Did you notice he had a friend that went with him? I swear I can hear him mutter “damn that didn’t work”

I suspect that Tommy slunk out to the men’s room to make sure his manhood survived that beatdown.

No one even asked him to leave. Honestly, it would be cool if he had kept speaking.

The RW got exactly what it wanted here. Well done on their part.

words have meanings

What in the exchange made you consider it “heated”?

"Heated exchange?" Did you watch it? It was very civil and not even remotely heated.

What is wrong with you?

the mainstream media is compromised

This headline and the way the article glosses over what was a masterclass in handling a troll is meant to level the playing field and keep the horse race going. “Tommy” was quickly found out to be an operative. Wonder if they would update that article and fix that headline. Won’t hold my breath.

Marisa Kabas found Tommy's connections to Bobby Jindal, Josh Hawley and Sean Feucht.

Zionist rag doing Zionist rag shit? Color me shocked

oh fuck you cnn

This is an appalling misrepresentation of the exchange cnn.it Do better.

Congrats on this achievement in absurd framing and misrepresentation.

Ellison putting his thumb on the scale.

Come on CNN.

Your headline is a complete mischaracterization of what happened in this exchange. He very calmly schooled a White Christian Nationalist on the 1st Amendment’s Free Exercise clause. El-Sayed never lost his cool. Maybe Tommy was seething when he left because he’d been made a fool.

Your headline missed the point.

He literaly blessed his heart

Abortion clinic bombers… J6 terrorists… The list goes on.

@cnn.com should be totally ashamed of this characterization. Watch the video for yourself. It is not a "heated exchange". If there was any heat in the room, it was from Tommy's near-fatal blushing after being schooled so calmly and expertly.

What did he say, exactly? Or is that not headline worthy for some reason?

Did he encourage violence against the person asking questions? Did he insult his appearance? Was he thrown out forcibly? No. Try again.

Welp looks like Ellisons fucked CBS news so I guess it’s CNN’s turn

Racism as news

That he was even ASKED to disavow them should be the story, because it was a bigoted question.

"heated" c'mon y'all 😂

This is why @cnn.com is unwatchable

This is beyond disingenuous. Watch the video.

Abdul El-Sayed Subject to Insanely Racist Questions We Think Are Normal

CNN sucks. Get a better headline

It wasn’t heated at all. You’re just full of shit.

Fascist bigoted trash

bsky.app/profile/sloa... Here's the so called heated exchange.

Yes! Thank you! It's not a "mistake". It is willfull misrepresentation.

Oh, fuck off with this headline Some weak minded fool tried to get some sort of "gotcha" moment out of AES and instead he gave an answer that is more patriotic than said fool will ever be

ZNN

Fuck you @cnn - it wasn’t heated. Shut the fuck up

The view from nowhere.

This framing is grotesque. You people shouldn’t be allowed to call yourselves journalists anymore.

Fuck you @cnn.com you fucking liars

CNN lying? *shocked face*

Shameful, CNN. I know your staffers and leadership won't read this, but you should be ASHAMED Your entire profession exists because of the ideals of this country, which you are burying with this Islamophobic framing. Who does this serve? It's not America

Redo the headline, you fools.

It was the opposite of a heated exchange you absolute bellends.

Holy cow - did you bother watching the video? Were you present? OR did you just follow Jan Crawford's ignorant tweet? We know what you are @cnn.com and it is not a news outlet.

Hey CNN, yellow journalism is so late 1800s. Knock it off!

Christo- fascist Fueht living former Hawley staffer….

@cnn.com it seems that most actually watched the town hall so this headline didn’t do what you thought it would, eh??

"El-Sayed pushes back against racist line of questioning" It isn't that hard to have a journalistic backbone

Editors are more likely to have produced the headline, not sure how to identify them

does it ever get old, lying for your corporate overlords? is the paycheck big enough that you can ignore your complete lack of ethics?

Did you actually watch the video? Your framing of the exchange is completely offpoint. Really disappointing to see a once great media organisation jostle with Fox 'News' to occupy the bottom.

I can't really add anything to what's been said about how racist-aligned and stupid this coverage is, but I think we may be moving to one of the highest ratios I've seen for CNN. Well done as you fully embrace your role as fascist-enablers.

Could you do us all a solid and do real reporting, not the inflammatory bullshit? bsky.app/profile/mari...

If you watch cnn you are a part of the problem.

JMFC! This is your GD take away? FY!

Sounds like the real question should be - does Mike Rogers disavow Confederate Nationalists like Tommy Teepell? I know Ellison signs the checks, but DO BETTER, CNN! @abdulelsayed.bsky.social @mlive.com bsky.app/profile/mari...

The first clue was that is was post by cnn

CNN should follow Tommy out of the room. Tail. Legs.

That was the most polite, respectful, and articulate and probing interaction between a candidate and constituent - a clear white nationalist and bigot - I've seen. Nothing heated. In fact, all CNN panels could take a lesson. If you want to compare to "heated", look to Rep Andy Harris or the P/VP.

You incredible assholes

Genuinely, like serious question, are you guys not embarrassed having to write that headline? Like not even just a little bit?

Doesn't suit the narrative

"heated exchange"? Is that what you saw, CNN? What's wrong with you?

straight up "Tommy News Network" with this framing

Here's an alternate headline: El-Sayed wards off Islamophobic remarks Because that's exactly what it fucking is.

If this is "heated," what words do you all use for Trump's hate rallies?

Why is no one asking alleged Christian candidates if they disavow white Christian nationalists? Hmmmm?

You guys must have pretty lame lives if you think that was a heated exchange.

It wasn't heated at all. "Tommy" was basically trolling Abdul plus refusing to answer Abdul's perfectly reasonable question. Tommy is a bigot. Abdul was having a calm discussion with him which he refused to engage in.

Heated? Of all the ways this exchange could have been reported heated is not one of them. This is why I no longer watch CNN

Clown channel

This is a completely bullshit articulation of what went down. You all should be ashamed of yourselves. Of course, there's a reason I've not watched CNN since the 2008 Primaries: y'all ain't shit.

This is an absolutely insane headline for this exchange.

Fuck off

Fuck you, CNN.

The bigotry that would even provoke such a stupid accusation is actually the news here. You need to fix this incredibly biased headline. When will someone ask Mehmet Oz to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood?

Wild this while heading is about the first two seconds of a five-minute discussion

“I’m David Ellison and I approve this message!” “Was that good, dad?”

Did you even watch the video before authoring that trash headline?

Fuck you for this bullshit framing

They must have hired a headline writer from the New York Times...