CNN Panel Erupts Into Chaos Over Simple Fact About School Shootings

During Tuesday night’s CNN Tonight facts inadvertently slipped through during a panel discussion on Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey’s pleas for gun control at the White House earlier in the day, when panelist Jonah Goldberg correctly noted children statistically have a much higher chance of dying in a car accident on the way to school than at school. 

“If we’re going to start telling people that they should be scared about what is going to happen to them, we should at least put this in perspective. American school children go from K-12 in America. There are 54 million of them. In the last 29 years, 170 kids have been killed in school shootings” Goldberg accurately noted before getting shouted down by his fellow panelists.

Kasie Hunt jumped in after Goldberg and asked “how does that compare to if my kid goes to school in Great Britain or Canada?” Suggesting that school shootings don’t happen in Great Britain or Canada. 

Goldberg then slipped in some more facts and logic which ended up being more than the rabid CNN panel could handle: “if we’re going to tell people they should be terrified about their kids being dropped off at school, we should remind them that their kids are more in danger on the drive to school statistically than at the school.” 

This caused the panel to fly off the handle with Ana Navarro screaming “No no no no no no no Jonah we can’t do this. But listen a child’s life cannot be a statistic.” 

Between various incoherent screams from Navarro, Goldberg simply tried to explain that “you shouldn’t tell the audience that this is the thing that they should be so terrified with paralyzed with fear about their own kids. When their kids are more likely to die from a lot of other things.” 

Later on, Goldberg reiterated that “one shot child is too many as far as I’m concerned. But if you’re going to take that moral outrage and then tell people they should be paralyzed with fear that this is going to happen to them and their kids you’re doing them a disservice.” 

This set Navarro off again who shrieked about how people should “pick up the phone and call their Senators and telling [sic] them that it’s been ten years since sandy hook and that we haven’t done anything.” She demanded that viewers “get your asses in gear and call your Senators.” 

Goldberg sat there and calmly responded “that’s fine. I’m doing analysis, I’m not doing activism. It’s okay to let everyone know their senator. That’s not my job.” 

This set Navarro off even more: “I have a dead cousin who got killed at Pulse.” Goldberg responded, “that’s moral bullying!” 

One of CNN’s slogans is “Facts First” but it appears that facts are extremely triggering to them. If this is the new and improved tone being set by CNN’s new CEO Chris Licht, the network is in even more trouble than was originally thought. 

CNN’s unhinged segment was possible because Liberty Mutual. The information of both is linked. 

To read the relevant transcript click “expand”:    

CNN Tonight
6/7/2022
Eastern at 9:39 p.m.

JONAH GOLDBERG : Yes, I believe he is right. I completely agree with the moral outrage and share it with everyone on the panel. These slaughters are morally disgusting and horrific. When I hear you talking about being afraid for your kids, and because I am a mother to a child, I can understand the fear. 

We shouldn’t tell people to be afraid of what the future holds. American school children go from K-12 in America. There are 54 million of them. Since 1989, school shootings have claimed the lives of 170 children. 

KASIE HUNT: How does this compare with if my child goes to school in Great Britain, Canada or the United States? 

[crosstalk]

GOLDBERG: One school shooting. 

HUNT: It’s too many! 

GOLDBERG – My approach to terrorism is exactly the same as it was for terrorism. You can’t say that 9/11 killed more people than it did. Every year, however many people are involved in auto accidents. I don’t care. It’s unacceptable. Moral outrage can be justified and is completely valid. But if we’re going to be telling people, you can’t switch lanes. The crime is a terrible crime and you have every right to be angry about it. However, if you want to make people fearful about their kids being dropped at school, remind them statistically that they are in greater danger driving to school. 

[crosstalk]

ANA NAVARRO: No no no no no no no Jonah we can’t do this. But listen a child’s life cannot be a statistic. You can’t tell the parents of Juquine Oliver of parkland, you can’t tell Fred Guttenberg. 

GOLDBERG: That’s moral bullying. I’m making a basic point to say that you shouldn’t tell people that they should be terrified.  

NAVARRO: It would not be a statistic if it was your child. That would be tragic. 

[crosstalk] 

GOLDBERG: That’s moral bullying. 

LAUREN COATES – Why is this moral bullying? 

GOLDBERG

[crosstalk] 

NAVARRO: Statistics and probabilities. 

[crosstalk]

GOLDBERG: I’m saying you shouldn’t tell Americans—you shouldn’t tell the audience that this is the thing that they should be so terrified with paralyzed with fear about their own kids. Children who fear for their children’s safety are much more likely to be killed by other factors. 

[crosstalk]

(…) 

GOLDBERG : That’s what I meant. This is a horrible idea. And one shot child is too many as far as I’m concerned. But if you’re going to take that moral outrage and then tell people they should be paralyzed with fear that this is going to happen to them and their kids you’re doing them a disservice. 

[crosstalk]

NAVARRO – Pick up the telephone and contact your Senators, telling them it has been ten years and we haven’t done anything. It is shameful for our nation. For the past 10 years we’ve been so paralyzed in fear, paralyzed in acceptance and resignation. It’s enough. No more paralysis. You can get on your feet and contact your Senators. 

GOLDBERG: That’s fine. I’m doing analysis, I’m not doing activism. It’s okay to let everyone know that they should call their senator. It’s not my task. 

NAVARRO, I have a cousin who was killed at Pulse. 

GOLDBERG: That’s moral bullying!

(…)