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I realize that much of my outrage towards the "media" is aimed at Focks News/Opinion and its hosts, and they deserve it. But this does not mean I am letting CNN off the hook. I already addressed my opinion on how they are portraying the pandemic. Too many pretty charts and graphs and not enough stark reality. Refer to my post "Note To CNN" published on June 28th. 

Today I want to call out CNN's hypocrisy when it comes to what products and services they advertise for creating their revenue stream. Specifically:

1. Mike Lindell's MyPillow:

This guy is the antithesis of everything CNN aspires to present as its public face. He is almost single-handedly bankrolling the Focks News/Opinion Network. They feature him and his products virtually non-stop. He is a Trump puppet and supporter. For CNN to accept advertising $$$'s from him is disingenuous at best. Remember; "Lindell is something of a quintessential figure in Trump’s orbit: a relentless TV presence with a promoter’s flare. He drew scrutiny in 2016 over his ads -- My Pillow agreed to pay $1 million after 10 California district attorneys accused the company of false advertising." The Better Business Bureau has him at an "F" rating! Is this where you have to get your money from CNN?

Worse yet, let's go to advertiser;

2. Sandals Resorts:

In this time of Covid and Black Lives Matter how can CNN, in good conscious, run commercials for Sandals Resorts? Let's cram a bunch of mostly white privileged  people into a plane and send them to Barbados. Make sure to include that token black couple for visual effect. Who will they spread the Coronavirus to next? Spin the Wheel of Misfortune and find out. Don't you just love the part of the commercial that goes "or seen a butler walk on water to please you?" A nice brown skinned boy in a tuxedo on a sweltering hot day. White gloves no less, ready to serve you. Amusing brown skinned natives at your beck and call to entertain your every whim. Only thing missing is the organ grinder. 

Interestingly enough, when you play the Sandals Resorts Barbados commercial on Youtube the next video that autoplays is a first person view of what they see while walking around the resort. All white people. The only blacks to be seen are the butlers and the service people in their uniforms. Nothing like a good old relaxing exploication, eh?

Don't tell me that the hosts at CNN, who make millions of dollars at being talking heads, have no control over this. They can speak up to these injustices. They seem to have no problem raising their voices to speak out against the hundreds of other topics that go against their political grain. Silence is compliance. 

Sometimes you need a break from your sponsors.