CNN’s resident crackpot “analyst”, and White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, April Ryan took a break from re-tweeting complements to post an article alleging President Trump runs a sex-trafficking ring. In the still up, and undeleted tweet, April Ryan linked to an article on race-baiting site “The Root” titled “Is the Trump Administration Running a Child-Trafficking Ring or Nah? Follow Me Down the Rabbit Hole”.
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) May 27, 2018
Ryan’s tweet caused outrage enough to catch the attention of Melania Trump’s Comms Director, Stephanie Grisham who took note of April Ryan’s more than 300k followers and remarked: “If you’re a journalist w many followers & a @CNNPolitics contributor…is it ok to retweet any headline you want, regardless of if it’s true? Remember: “The core purpose of a journalist is to research, document, write, & present the news in an honest, ethical, & unbiased way.”
If you’re a journalist w many followers & a @CNNPolitics contributor…is it ok to retweet any headline you want, regardless of if it’s true? Remember: “The core purpose of a journalist is to research, document, write, & present the news in an honest, ethical, & unbiased way.” https://t.co/aVwSrnoio2
— Stephanie Grisham 45 Archived (@StephGrisham45) May 27, 2018
Fox News Media reporter Brian Flood and Fox 5 DC reporter Britt McHenry also chimed in:
Can you imagine the outrage if a cable news correspondent with White House credentials tweeted this about Hillary or Obama? https://t.co/szN2whWrnW
— Brian Flood (@briansflood) May 27, 2018
Trump Derrangement Syndrome has gone off the rails. How can a major network contributor tweet this out? https://t.co/xPFkJnsOL9
— Britt McHenry (@BrittMcHenry) May 27, 2018
Unsurprisingly, Ryan attempted to double down in response to a Fox News article covering the controversial tweet, “So apparently fox just wants to slam me for clicks. and never read the article I retweeted either. Lol! So sad! Hello it said the conspiracies were unfounded. You just need me to hate. Thank you!!”
https://twitter.com/AprilDRyan/status/1000840416533544960
Brian Flood wasn’t having it:
What don’t you understand, April? The headline alone without context is extremely irresponsible coming from someone in your position. You can’t assume all of your followers read the [terrible] article.
— Brian Flood (@briansflood) May 28, 2018
We make it unsafe for you and your family for calling you out? That’s also silly. And if true, it would mean you put Sarah Sanders in the same situation regularly. If I weren’t off today the story would have included a lot more background about other hateful things you’ve said.
— Brian Flood (@briansflood) May 28, 2018
