A few months ago, we noted how CNSNews.com loves to complain about nobody cares what celebrities have to say about political issues — despite its record of touting celebrities who spout political views that align with CNS’ right-wing agenda.
The absurd pinnacle of this is CNS managing editor Michael W. Chapman devoting an entire May 8 blog post to the political musings of … Fabio:
Commenting on California Gov. Jerry Brown’s support for Proposition 57, which supposedly will safely reduce that state’s “non-violent felons” prison population, actor and model Fabio Lanzoni (popularly known as Fabio) said, “California is a mess” and Gov. Brown (D) “took the side of the criminal,” sold people “on lies,” and “turned his back” on the police.
[…]On Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fabio, who became a U.S. citizen in 2016, said, “California is a mess. You know, it’s like coming from Europe — I already saw this movie before. So, you know, instead to take the sides of the law enforcement, Governor Jerry Brown took the side of the criminal.”
“And, you know, he’s a champion of proposition 57,” said Fabio. “He went on TV and talked about how he’s going to release some, you know, non-violent criminals because California has no money. It costs about $100 million to keep these people in jail.”
“So, the only problem, he lied to people,” said the actor/model. “He sold people on lies, he told the people this criminal — the guy got arrested for a bag of marijuana, no big deal. No, actually, you know, there is much more to the story.”
Chapman offered no reason Fabio’s opinions should be taken seriously, beyond his bashing of a politician conservatives like Chapman reflexively hate.