Why, it has to be asked, does CNN have to interpret what was said - and why can't they just post the entire interview for people to make their own minds up?
CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Russia Today host battle
CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Russia Today host battle
The
gloves came off between CNN’s Chris Cuomo and Russia Today’s
Peter Lavelle on Wednesday in a lengthy segment over the handling of
the investigation and crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
In
a nearly 10-minute back and forth, the two hosts fought — and
traded insults — over whether the U.S. has provided intelligence to
support suspicions of Russia’s involvement. Afterward, Cuomo
apologized to viewers and said the segment “became a little bit too
heated.”
Cuomo
opened the exchange by asking Lavelle why Russian President Vladimir
Putin hasn’t condemned the handling of the Flight 17 crash site.
“Vladimir
Putin doesn’t control a crime scene in a foreign country. I think
it’s quite ludicrous for you to ask that question,” Lavelle
responded, adding that Putin has called for a complete investigation.
The
Russia Today host instead pointed a finger at the State Department,
which he said was relying on Twitter and YouTube for evidence.
“Maybe
you haven’t been following it, but the U.S. has actually [come] out
with its own intelligence” connecting Russia to possibly assisting
the separatists, Cuomo said.
“What
forensic evidence are you referring to? Twitter?” Lavelle replied.
“I
do not think, Peter, that this is something to be flip about—298
people lost their lives, let’s not play politics here,” Cuomo
shot back.
The
hosts continued talking over each other about the investigation and
Russia’s involvement.
“Peter,
why are you afraid to hear what I’m saying? I’m not here to fight
with you. I just left the crime scene; the last thing I want to see
is more violence of any kind, verbal or otherwise,” Cuomo said.
Lavelle
said the U.S. should be releasing and comparing satellite data and
when Cuomo said it has done so, Lavelle told the anchor, “You’re
living in a parallel universe!”
“Peter,
calm down, take a breath. We’ve already had something bad happen,
there’s no reason to compound it,” Cuomo said.
Lavelle
snapped back, “Ask me an intelligent question.”
“I
think I’ve asked you several. Your answers, I don’t know about
the intelligence of, but the questions are pretty spot on. Let me ask
you again because I’m not a representative of the U.S.; you seem to
be acting like a representative of Russia,” Cuomo said.
Lavelle
interjected, “Great, character assassination. So you went to
character assassination in what? Five minutes?”
“You
sound like Jen Psaki at the U.S. State Department,” Lavelle
continued.
“No,
what I sound like is a reporter who feels deeply for the 298 lives
who were lost, who were not part of this conflict and don’t need to
be part of your discussion about whether Russia is being unfairly
blamed,” Cuomo replied.
The
pair continued in a lengthy back and forth and speaking over one
another, before Cuomo expressed exasperation.
“This
is a joke. We gotta get out of this,” Cuomo said.
After
ending the segment, Cuomo told viewers, “The last thing I want to
do is to stoke some type of useless conversation, the emotion
sometimes gets the better of you, especially when you’ve been on
the scene … I apologize for getting involved for what became more
about emotion than reason there for a moment.”
Here, by the way, is the whole interview from You Tube
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Chris
Cuomo
I work in company specialized with Civil and Military Air Crash
investigatons in addition I am an FAA Airline Pilot type rated on
757/767 and on behalf of our community I am safe to say what I gonna
say.
Peter Lavelle is 100% right and you are a complete arrogant self
righteous idiot `a puppet of State Department, Poroschenko
Government in Kiev where by the way you have been repeatedly hosted
and are manipulative as the OSCE , NATO and CIA are ,u can fool on
CNN viewers but can not fool on us.
Ask your friends in Kiev to
provide you with the ATC transcript protocol and have them explain
the public why they diverted MH 17 almost 300 Km off course of
Jeepesen and ICAO published airway and flew straight over firing line
of the separatists ?
Why two SU-25 were in the close proximity of MH
17 in order to confuse the SA 11 aquisition radar and make their
tracking radar lock on the MH 17 ?
How about the faked civilian SA 11
transporter located at Krasnoarmyesk instead Donetsk ?
Why the
Ukranians keep sending SU-25's and SU-27's buzzing Lugansk at 200
feet ?
Do you by chance know the Ukranians well ?
Who are you to give
them justice ? beside being a paparazie are you an Aviation expert ?
Watching your interview with Lavelle I think you should be out and
get fired, you are the disaster in person .
How many times did u
meet with State Department,
Michelob White
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