When two bombs exploded at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester tonight, killing at least 19, it made international news almost instantly. Almost.
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While other networks were running with breaking footage from the incident, CNN continued to broadcast the latest developments in the Trump-Russia investigation: a report that Donald Trump attempted to get the Director of National Intelligence and the NSA to undermine the FBI’s investigation after former FBI Director James Comey confirmed the investigation in testimony to the House Intelligence Committee.
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And angry viewers are hitting CNN for what some see as ignoring an unfolding tragedy for political reporting.
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One person tweeted that even gossip and celebrity news network TMZ broke the news of the bombing before CNN did. Note that only one of these networks claims to be “the most trusted name in news.”
Oh my god even TMZ had an interruption for the Manchester news before CNN did. TMZ IS LESS FAKE NEWS THAN CNN.
— Corinne Clark Barron (@corinnec) May 23, 2017