Jimmy Carr is an Associate Producer at CNN. He resides in Brooklyn, New York. ^[1]In June of 2017, a video was released by Project Veritas that covertly filmed Carr calling the American voter "stupid as shit" and that insider media circles view Trump as a "clown." ^[2]

Carr is a graduate of John Carroll High School.

He went on to attend

New York University where he studied Journalism, Arabic, and Conflict studies. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in 2014. On two occasions, Carr studied abroad at the American University of Beirut; the first was in 2012 where he immersed himself in intensive coursework in Arabic and the second was while earning his Master's in Middle Eastern Studies from 2015-2016. ^{[0] [1]}

Carr has worked as a news intern for Movements.org as well as the Jerusalem Bureau for The Media Line.

From September 2013- to February 2014, Carr was the Senior Web Editor at AlleyWire where he supervised video publication, coordinated logistics with reporters and editors and assisted the CEO in established company-wide stands and practices.

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For the majority of his career, Carr has been employed in different capacities at CNN. Starting off as an Intern for the United Nations Bureau in 2012 and the next year as a Production Intern, Carr worked his way up to become and News Assistant and later a Production Assistant. In May of 2017, Carr was hired as an Associate Producer for the network. ^[1]

On June 30th, a video was released by Project Veritas as part of their American Pravda series of Carr explaining media bias and his views on Trump. For the past week, James O'Keefe and Project Veritas has been uploading videos that secretly filmed John Bonifield and Van Jones with the intent of exposing CNN as a dishonest media organization. ^[2]

At the beginning of the video, Carr agrees that CNN is impartial "in theory" and that inner media circles view him as a clown and crazy.

He goes on to state that 90% of his co-workers at CNN have the same sentiment about Trump as he does.

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When inquired about the intellect of the American voter, Carr declared them to be "stupid as shit."

In addition, Carr called Kellyanne Conway an awful woman who looked like she was hit by a shovel. Carr later reiterated what fellow CNN Producer John Bonifield said that upper management pushes stories such as the Russia-Trump narrative for the purpose of higher ratings. ^[2]

O'Keefe was criticized in his previous video of Bonifield due to the fact that he is a producer of health and medical stories and does and is based in Atlanta; the vast majority of CNN's political coverage is done in New York City and Washington D.C. ^[1]According to Carr's LinkedIn, he operates out of CNN's New York office. ^[1]