CNN Blasted For Fact-Checking Meme From Elon Musk That Mocked The Far-Left Network

CNN was slammed online Monday morning for fact-checking a meme from Twitter CEO Elon Musk that mocked the far-left news network.

Musk tweeted out the meme after enduring weeks of attacks from the leftist mainstream media for trying to maximize free speech on the platform.

Musk tweeted a meme that looked like a news headline which stated: “CNN: Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by literally allowing people to speak freely.”

The meme included a photo of CNN co-host Don Lemon.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022

The CNN Communications account responded to Musk, “This headline never appeared on CNN. Be Better.”

The account then appeared to post its own digitally altered screenshot of Musk’s tweet that included an alleged image from Twitter that stated: “This tweet violated the Twitter rules on sharing false, fabricated and misleading information.”

Musk responded, “Lmaoooo.”

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022

CNN’s response elicited widespread mockery, including many that said that their response was more hilarious than Musk’s original tweet mocking them with the fake headline.

The main news headline that Musk generated Monday centered around his tweets targeting Apple and its CEO Tim Cook.

Musk signaled that he was willing to “go to war” with Apple after the company has largely stopped advertising on Twitter and has reportedly threatened to boot the social media platform from its App Store.

“Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?” Musk asked. “What’s going on here @tim_cook?”

“Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why,” Musk added.

Musk then posted a poll, which he has used in the past to make decisions about what he will do at the company, asking, “Apple should publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers[?]”

Musk highlighted an account that claimed to have been silenced by Apple and asked, “Who else has Apple censored?”

Musk also renewed his criticisms of the fees that Apple charges app developers, “Did you know Apple puts a secret 30% tax on everything you buy through their App Store?”

Musk stated back in May that “Apple’s store is like having a 30% tax on the Internet.”

“Definitely not ok,” he said. “Literally 10 times higher than it should be.”

Musk also shared a meme suggesting he would rather “Go To War” with Apple than “Pay 30%.”

Related: Musk Releasing Files On How Twitter Suppressed Free Speech

Georgia Sets New Single Day Early Voting Record In Senate Runoff

Georgia broke another voting record Monday, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots 2022 senate runoff election between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker.

Interim Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling announced that more than 239,160 Georgians voted on Monday, smashing the previous early voting record of more than 233,252 votes in 2018, according to CBS News.

Georgia voters have been particularly animated in this election, despite Democratic warnings that a 2021 voter integrity law signed by incumbent Governor Brian Kemp would disenfranchise millions of voters. Democrats warned the legislation would usher in a new era of “Jim Crow 2.0.” President Joe Biden said it would make that previous era of American history look like “Jim Eagle.”

However, despite those predictions more than two million people voted via early voting and absentee ballots, smashing previous records in the process for the general election.

When asked about that fact and Biden’s previous comments prior to the general election, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre implied that the state’s voting law hampered the ability to vote.

“As you know, I have to be careful. I cannot get into politics from here,” Jean-Pierre said, “The president has been very clear that based on the ‘Big Lie’ there have been a host of anti-voter policies forced on states that challenge America’s fundamental right to vote, the access to voting. So this is against our most basic values, including respect for the law and the constitution.”

Jean-Pierre also claimed that record turnout doesn’t disprove voter suppression.

“Speaking generally of course, but more broadly, high turnout and voter suppression can take place at the same time,” she added. “One doesn’t have to happen on its own. They can be happening at the same time, but I will leave it there without being able to really dig into the politics of this.”

Warnock, the  53-year-old reverend from Atlanta, Georgia, was first elected to the Senate on January 5, 2021, after defeating GOP candidate Kelly Loeffler in a run-off election. Loeffler had been appointed to serve until an election, having replaced the late Johnny Isakson.

As a newcomer into politics, Walker spent much of his campaign tying Warnock to unpopular President Joe Biden and painted the Democrat as a divisive, out-of-touch progressive.

“Senator Warnock believes America is a bad country full of racist people,” Walker said in one ad. “I believe we’re a great country full of generous people. Warnock wants to divide us. I want to bring us together.”

After neither candidate secured more than 50% of the vote on November 8, the race officially moved to a runoff election.

Democrats currently have a 50-49 seat advantage. Polls show that Warnock and Walker are in a virtual dead heat.

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