CNN Blames Candidates for Not Answering Healthcare Question It Failed
At the now infamous CNN/YouTube Republican debate held last night in Florida, candidates received a number of questions from the over 5000 videos submitted for review. The questions were selected by a panel who went through them all, whittling down the choices to just a small number. Out of all those 5000 questions, CNN failed to choose one question about the issue of health care reform. And then…
CNN: Will Rudy Be ‘Swiftboated
A report on Tuesday’s "The Situation Room," which highlighted the anti-Giuliani campaign of some family members of firefighters killed on 9/11, also tried to throw some retrospective doubt on the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" who opposed John Kerry in 2004. CNN correspondent Deborah Feyerick proposed the following question about the campaign: "is this another 'Swift Boat' situation, in which…
How the Housing Report Changed From Initial E-Mail to Spun Story
Here's what a CNN e-mail I received said when the news was first released: Here's how the headline at the home page turned out mid-morning:
Iraqi Troops Donate $1000 to California Wildfire Aid, Media Mum
Here's a heart-rending story out of Iraq media will likely boycott or downplay: a group of Iraqi soldiers in a military camp east of Baghdad collected $1000 last week to send to folks in southern California affected by the recent wildfires. Certainly not something an anti-war media will want to quickly share with the public, wouldn't you agree? Yet, there it was Monday evening at CNN.com,…
CNN Uses Suspicious Newsweek Poll to Boost Democratic Congress
Already being suspicious of media polling, my eye was caught by the CNN.com article titled: "Approval of Congress at 22 percent." The article begins by stating that:A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Friday shows the approval rating for all members of Congress sits at a dismal 22 percent, while 75 percent of those surveyed disapproved of the way Congress is handling its job. This…
USS Cole Anniversary Today: Media Silent
On this day in the year 2000, the guided missile destroyer USS Cole was attacked by Islamic terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden's al-Quaeda group. Today is the seventh anniversary of that attack. Seventeen American sailors were killed and thirty-eight injured in the attack which severely damaged the ship. Yet not a single major media organ has reported this so far. Attacking a warship…
CNNMoney.com E-mail Doesn't Acknowledge Dow Crossing
Ya gotta love this e-mail from CNNMoney.com: So what level has did the Dow reach, O friendly CNN e-mailer? Could it possibly have been a nice round number? Like, say, 14000? You wouldn't want readers to pick up any unwarranted optimism, would you?
