CNN Slammed For Glowing Article on Kim Jong Un’s Sister: ’She’s Starving Her Country to Death’

After CNN tweeted an article that many took as promoting Kim Jong Un’s sister in a positive light, the internet savaged the network from all sides.

The article, headline “Kim Jong Un’s sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics,” began with the following graf that painted the brutal dictator’s sibling in a glowing light:

“If ‘diplomatic dance’ were an event at the Winter Olympics, Kim Jong Un’s younger sister would be favored to win gold. With a smile, a handshake and a warm message in South Korea’s presidential guest book, Kim Yo Jong has struck a chord with the public just one day into the PyeongChang Games.”

CNN was met with vicious comments from Twitter, as members of the media on the left and right took to slamming the take:

This is the side you’re taking just to spite the VP? Really? Way to go, guys. https://t.co/2e8cI70UCB

— Kerry Picket (@KerryPicket) February 10, 2018

she’s literally the deputy director of the “Propaganda and Agitation Department” for one of the world’s most repressive regimes. https://t.co/fPs6UhdZ3X

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) February 10, 2018

Earlier this week, a CNN reporter was fooled by a witty North Korean propaganda parody account. Today, CNN is a North Korean propaganda parody account. https://t.co/A1xu8Ig3rq

— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) February 10, 2018

Someone tell @CNN that their site has been hacked by the North Korean propaganda ministry. https://t.co/AoPS5tgVM5

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) February 10, 2018

Also stealing her country’s meager wealth to live in opulence while they starve. But doing it in style. You go, girl! https://t.co/VicDse7YkI

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) February 10, 2018

Does this fit into the “Imelda Marcos’s shoes are ?!!!” genre of “news”? https://t.co/rnq99FLVrK

— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) February 10, 2018

Sadly, Kim Jong Un’s brother and uncle couldn’t make it to the games.https://t.co/JlRYEnkjEU

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 10, 2018

Next up: An EXCLUSIVE @CNN investigative report on Kim Jong Un’s sister’s workout playlist, favorite boba tea flavors, and nighttime skin care routine. #SLAYGIRLFRIEND https://t.co/ofGWJ7iudh

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 10, 2018

yasss kweeen! werk it as you oppress your people! gettttt that crime against humanity, gurlllll! https://t.co/ch6VrHOU6G

— David Mack (@davidmackau) February 10, 2018

Seriously, guys? https://t.co/ZmVHDmvkd4

— Mark Follman (@markfollman) February 10, 2018

Yikes, @CNN https://t.co/1BB49H2YUc

— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) February 10, 2018

Does this puff piece mean she’s gotten over her dictator brother’s murder of her other brother? https://t.co/JhjCimwQ9O

— Brit Hume (@brithume) February 10, 2018

The foreign enemy of your domestic political opponent is not your friend. This is worth remembering on both sides.

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 11, 2018

I can tell you it’s not because of our prison camps, starvation & mass executions. You and your peers might want to ponder why you’re currently glorifying all of that https://t.co/W3bcYHdx3K

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 11, 2018

Slay queen pic.twitter.com/g0Fopt0t8b

— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) February 10, 2018

“Trump is a danger to democracy cuz he calls us Fake News, but this woman is helping kill and torture people we don’t care about, so who cares?” https://t.co/PyshCu9IlF

— Heimish Conservative (@HeimishCon) February 10, 2018

This is embarrassing pic.twitter.com/8IHwoAH8F3

— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) February 11, 2018

She’s starving her country to death but she looks great doing it. pic.twitter.com/dh9qVsgHFX

— Ratio (@RatioAlert) February 11, 2018

Yet another one.
Guys.
These people are fucking killers. They kill people.
Your destroy yourselves with these words, not Trump or Pence. https://t.co/grVcIbHH6w

— PoliticalMath (@politicalmath) February 11, 2018

“Guys, you don’t understand just how bad my tweet was. Allow me to walk you through it.” https://t.co/Gy3HSllKM6

— Holmes (@HolmesLybrand) February 11, 2018

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