Chanel Rion
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| Chanel Rion | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1990 (age 34) Texas, U.S. |
| 🏫 Education | Harvard University[1][2] |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist caricaturist |
| 👔 Employer | One America News Network |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Chanel Rion is an American journalist and political caricaturist. She currently serves as the White House correspondent for One America News Network.
Early life and education[edit]
Rion was born in Texas. Her mother is South Korean.[3][unreliable source?] As a child, she also lived in Florida, France, and South Korea. Rion was home schooled and later studied international relations at Harvard University.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Political cartoons[edit]
Rion creates political cartoons under the label "The Left Edge."[4] The illustrations often support political conspiracies, including Pizzagate and that Hillary Clinton killed Seth Rich.[4][5] Her work also criticizes public figures, including Harry Reid and James Comey.[4][6]
Journalism[edit]
In May 2019, Rion became the White House correspondent for One America News Network (OAN). In October 2019, Rion reported that ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page had an affair.[7] Rion's article lacked sourcing and was eventually discredited.[4] OAN retracted the story.[4] Later that year, in December, Rion presented "Revealed: Ukrainian witnesses destroy Schiff's case exclusive with Rudy Giuliani." The two part series, presented on OAN, featured Rion interviewing Rudy Giuliani and various Ukrainian supports of Giuliani, including Yuriy Lutsenko,[8] all whom support various conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal.[4]
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In March 2020, Rion hosted Exposing China's Coronavirus: The Fears, The Lies and The Unknown on OAN. During the special, Rion called the Coronavirus the "Chinese virus." She said that Donald Trump's response to the pandemic has been "strong" and questioned if the virus came from Wuhan, China, suggesting that there are "clues" that the virus was created in a laboratory in North Carolina.[9]
During a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing on March 19, Rion asked president Donald Trump if he thinks the term "Chinese food is racist because it is food that originated from China." Trump responded "I don't think that's racist at all." Rion followed up suggesting "major left-wing media" have partnered with China to promote "communist party narratives" regarding the Coronavirus.[10][11][12] In another Task Force press briefing on March 30, Rion compared "children who are killed by their mothers through elective abortions each day" to the increasing number of Americans dying from the Coronavirus.[13]
On April 1, 2020, the White House Correspondents' Association removed OAN and Rion from the White House briefing room press briefings due to violating the Association's COVID-19 attendance policy. The policy, set forth by the Association and based on the Center for Disease Control COVID-19 guidelines, allows only 14 reporters in the briefing room daily and that all reporters occupy a seat. Correspondents are rotated to ensure all gain access to the briefing while maintaining safe social distancing guidelines. On March 31 and April 1, Rion attended both press briefings when OAN was not on the rotation list. OAN president Charles Herring stated that Rion was invited to participate in the press briefings outside of the White House Correspondent's Association rotation list.[6][7] Rion stated that she was a guest of White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.[6] The next day, on April 2, Rion returned to the White House briefing room, again, citing Grisham's invitation.[14]
Personal life[edit]
Rion is engaged to Courtland Sykes, who in 2017–2018 unsuccessfully sought the Republic nomination for a Senate seat in Missouri on a pro-Trump, America First platform.[4][15][16]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Farrell, Paul (January 26, 2018). "Chanel Rion: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Harvard's G.E.M. Anscombe Society". DuJour. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ↑ "Meet Chanel". chanelrion.com. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Sommer, Will (December 5, 2019). "Rudy Giuliani Teams Up With a Seth Rich Conspiracy Theorist to Save Trump". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Lowry, Bryan. "Pro-Trump candidate in Missouri pairs images of a riot with warnings on immigration". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Stokols, Eli (April 1, 2020). "Fox isn't enough: Amid coronavirus crisis, Trump leans on a new media friend". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Farhi, Paul. "OANN threatened with removal from White House press room after correspondent Chanel Rion makes unauthorized appearances". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ↑ Vogel, Kenneth; Novak, Benjamin (December 5, 2019). "Guiliani returns to Ukraine, and his Ukraine story".
- ↑ Whitehouse, John. "Pro-Trump OAN pushes wild conspiracy theory that novel coronavirus was created in a North Carolina lab". Media Matters for America. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Baragona, Justin (March 19, 2020). "OAN Reporter Asks Incredibly Bonkers Softball Question at Trump Coronavirus Presser". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Levin, Bess. "Trump, Batshit Reporter Claim "Left-Wing Media" Is in Cahoots With Communists, ISIS on Coronavirus Coverage". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Pierce, Charles P. (March 19, 2020). "It's Time to Quarantine the Crazy Coming Out of the White House". Esquire. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Brechtel, Evan (March 30, 2020). "Pro-Trump Reporter Tried Comparing Virus Deaths to Abortion at White House Press Briefing and Even Trump Seemed Freaked Out by the Question". Second Nexus. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Farhi, Paul. "Chanel Rion of OANN returns to White House briefing in defiance of correspondents' association – and at the White House's invitation". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ↑ Suntrup, Jack (October 8, 2017). "Missouri's mystery U.S. Senate candidate". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri_(August_7,_2018_Republican_primary)
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Wordeby's, Rion's language project
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