CNN reporting on the downfall of Afghanistan has surprisingly had some high points.

There’s actually been some real journalism from folks like Jake Tapper who really questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the disaster and didn’t let him off the hook. “Aren’t we already in the middle of a Saigon moment?” Tapper asked Blinken. Blinken denied that, arguing that Afghanistan was a “success” because they’d achieved their goals of stopping terrorism coming from the country.

Jake Tapper to Blinken: “President Biden is intent on avoiding a Saigon moment… but with this troop surge to air lift Americans out of Afghanistan, aren’t we already in the midst of a Saigon moment?” pic.twitter.com/SRmb6j4N4e

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 15, 2021

How embarrassing that remark is. But good for Tapper for committing some journalism and pressing him on the obvious spinning of the moment.

But then that brings us to what one of their reporters said that’s going viral today. It’s more on point with their “mostly peaceful protest” approach.

CNN: “They’re just chanting death to America, but they seem friendly at the same time. It’s utterly bizarre.” pic.twitter.com/JCCxhGXU5j

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 16, 2021

“They’re just chanting death to America, but they seem friendly at the same time. It’s utterly bizarre,” reporter Clarissa Ward said. Um, yes, that’s a pretty bizarre thought for any reporter to have in such a situation, even a CNN reporter. I don’t think that “friendly” is the word I’d use to describe these throwbacks to the seventh century who have terrorized the country and will be killing a ton of people who helped us, now that we have pulled out. They’re shooting civilians in the streets, enslaving little girls to be “wives” for their fighters and people are so fearful of them they’re willing to hang on to the wheels of airplanes to get away. But yeah, “friendly.”

Here’s a longer clip of the reporter.

“They told me to stand to the side because I’m a woman, they’re chanting ‘Death to America’, and they seem friendly” all in the same report.

I’m living in clown world 🤡🤡🤡

Also: @CNN SUCKS
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— Liz Willis (@LizWillis_) August 16, 2021

Needless to say, Ward’s take did not go over well on social media where people compared it to CNN’s “mostly peaceful” take on the BLM/Antifa riots.

Only CNN could call the Taliban chanting "Death to America" a "mostly peaceful" story. https://t.co/5NEzBSxfUV

— Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) August 16, 2021

CNN reporter says the Taliban “seems friendly” as they chant “Death to America”.

Take your headscarf off. Then see how friendly they are. pic.twitter.com/D3Tr0o1OMg

— Bella Wallersteiner (@BellaWallerstei) August 16, 2021

Who’s the slow reporter?

They’re not friendly the only they didn’t kill you is because they want you to carry their message of “death to America” to the world. If you weren’t a CNN reporter you would be dead 🤦🏽‍♀️ https://t.co/teZ0LAp1N3

— Sarai (Sarah Idan) Miss Iraq (@RealSarahIdan) August 16, 2021

The friendliness is intensifying. https://t.co/IizlxMedp2

— Kira (@RealKiraDavis) August 16, 2021

I don't know who made this meme but CNN literally just became it. https://t.co/NVj4YV6WRH pic.twitter.com/FEGg2YRtte

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 16, 2021

Some also noted how “friendly” those effects were as demonstrated by the reporter herself. Here’s what she normally wears versus what she felt she had to wear to report around the Taliban.

Hey, Joe Biden brought The Handmaids Tale back and it only took 4 days. https://t.co/JWdVm30s1u

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 16, 2021

A stark reminder of the terror that is now going to be imposed on millions of women throughout the land. Unfortunately, that’s going to be the long-lasting effect of what’s going on now — oppression for all those people. Not a very “friendly” picture of the future.