CNN’s #AskACop Segment Backfires

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“When CNN called on Twitter users to offer up questions for a panel of police officers on an upcoming segment called “Cops Under Fire,” it instead elicited a flood of sarcasm, outrage and derision centered on recent high-profile incidents of police violence.

Thanks to the backlash, the hashtag #AskACop climbed to the top of the list of U.S. Twitter trends Tuesday night.”

Read more from Mashable here: http://mashable.com/2014/12/16/askacop-trend/

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) of The Young Turks discuss CNN’s social media disaster. Will you watch the segment? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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