Communist News Network
- noun
- Offensive
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Cadena de Noticias Comunistas
- Online commentators often use Communist News Network to describe media they perceive as left-leaning.
Examples
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Many dismissed the reports from the Communist News Network as blatant propaganda.
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He sarcastically referred to the news station as the Communist News Network during the discussion.
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Many critics refer to CNN as the Communist News Network.
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Some people still believe the Communist News Network distorts facts.
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Critics often label CNN as the Communist News Network to imply it has a strong left-wing bias.
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During the debate, one politician called the channel the Communist News Network to suggest bias in their reporting.
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Many say the term Communist News Network reflects the views of those who distrust mainstream media.
Synonyms
A joking name for CNN that says it supports the Clintons or the Democratic Party
How Biased
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally clear — 'communist' modifying 'news network' yields the literal idea of a news organization that is communist — so learners who know the words can grasp the basic sense. However, its common use as a political, satirical or pejorative nickname (not a literal description) depends on cultural and pragmatic knowledge beyond word meanings, so full interpretation is not entirely predictable.
Etymology
Communist News Network is a mocking nickname people make by swapping a channel's name for Communist, so the full phrase News Network looks like it supports communism. People use this joke online and in politics to say a news outlet has a 'left-wing' or 'pro-communist' bias.