Project Veritas unveiled a video Tuesday the group says is of a CNN staffer describing how the network worked to show then-Presidential candidate Joe Biden in a favorable light during the 2020 presidential campaign.
The undercover video
captured a man, the self-proclaimed conservative watchdog group identified as CNN Technical Director Charlie Chester, saying he decided to work with the network because it focused on removing former President Donald Trump. Chester also credited CNN as a critical tool to electing Biden.
“Look what we did, we [CNN] got Trump out. I am 100% going to say it, and I 100% believe that if it wasn't for CNN, I don't know that Trump would have got voted outI came to CNN because I wanted to be a part of that,” the man said in one portion of the
video.
Chester was speaking to someone off-camera at undisclosed locations. He was targeted through the dating app Tinder,
according to Mediate, citing a source close to CNN. The unidentified Project Veritas employee went on a total of five dates with Chester, the Tuesday Mediate report noted.
Sinclair Broadcast Group has been unable to confirm the identity of Chester, and CNN has not yet responded to our requests for comment or provided confirmation of the man's employment with the 24-hour news channel. We will update this article when we get a response.
Chester described some of CNN's reportage on Trump during the campaign as "propaganda." He said CNN invited medical experts to undermine public confidence in Trump’s health.
“[Trump’s] hand was shaking or whatever, I think. We brought in so many medical people to tell a story that was all speculation that he was neurologically damaged, and he was losing it. He’s unfit to, you know, whatever. We were creating a story there that we didn’t know anything about. That’s what, I think that’s propaganda.” Chester said in one part of the video.
The man also said that Americans are feeling fatigued from the constant drumbeat on the pandemic. CNN will likely
shift its content toward climate change, according to Chester.
Project Veritas Founder James O'Keefe defended his group's reporting on Chester.
“As a technical director, Charlie Chester is fully involved in the day-to-day operations of CNN’s Newsroom," O'Keefe said in a statement to Mediaite.
"He is witness to decisions being made, and who they are coming from. He has full access to the culture within the network and explains — on video — how company-wide directives are being implemented,” O'Keefe added.
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