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CNN Failed to Mention that Warren Questioner at LGBT Town Hall Was a Max Donor

posted onOctober 15, 2019
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Article snippet: Warren made waves last week after Morgan Cox III, the chair of the HRC board of directors, asked Warren how she would respond to a supporter if he or she approached her and said, “Senator, I’m old-fashioned and my faith teaches me that marriage is between one man and one woman.'” “Well, I’m going to assume it’s a guy who said that,” Warren said. “And I’m going to say, ‘Then just marry one woman.’ I’m cool with that.” “Assuming you can find one,” she added, prompting laughs. Warren’s answer went viral, with her campaign touting over 12 million views in 15 hours (across multiple media platforms): CNN described Cox as the chair to the HRC board of directors and noted his involvement with “a real estate investment firm in Dallas, Texas.” However, CNN failed to mention Cox’s status as a Warren donor. Donor data matching Cox’s profile indicates that he donated $2,700 to Warren in July 2017 and $2,700 in April 2018. The Washington Free Beacon reports: Nonetheless, CNN failed to detail Cox’s status as a Warren donor. This, as Free Beacon notes, would not be the first time CNN has come under fire for failing to sufficiently disclose the affiliations of its town hall attendees: The network admitted that it “should have more fully identified any political affiliations” following the town hall controversy in February. “Though we said at the beginning of the Town Hall that the audience was made up of Democrats and Independents, we should have more fully identified any politic... Link to the full article to read more

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