What did CNN do?

[Jack_Dawson]

Why are all 43,000 of us writing them? Was it a specific incident or just their ongoing repukefest?

JD

[IronLionZion]

1. They pledged their alegience to der fuerer

Major whoring like Faux now. Can't you tell?

[codegreen]

2. there's no truth squad; they consistently let the lies flow from the Right

and they also consistently under-report and ignore the more quality counterarguments of the Left.

they have been bought out so severely by the corporate world and the Saudi's that they are no longer truly journalistic enough.

we are sick of the shit from Fox going unanswered.

we are sick of no one, NO ONE in the TV media, save recently Lou Dobbs, offering a remotely intellectual and cohesive editorialization from the Left.

they are not being sufficiently informative or investigative.

they have no spine.

we WANT THEM to FUCKING ___COMPETE___!!!!

[movonne]

3. How about running Saudi advertisment...This is bad.

[LibertyorDeath]

4. As you so aptly put it because of "their ongoing repukefest"

[calimary]

5. Yes to both.

I think what set it off was Wolf Blitzer's pursuit, this week, of the republi-CON-JOB on Kerry's military record, and they trotted out this John O'Neil guy who is a Vietnam vet but never served WITH Kerry, and furthermore is a lawyer for a big law firm that does lots of business with the bushes. At no time was this likely conflict of interest EVER mentioned, and there was nothing in terms of opportunity for Kerry to respond. It was just flagrantly one-sided, and Blitzer didn't exactly ask probing, challenging questions of the guy. Another nauseating performance.

Beyond that, it's the blanket crap from Blitzer, Judy Woodruff, Candy Crowley, commentator William Schneider (whose affiliation with the neocon American Enterprise Institute is NEVER mentioned - gee, wonder what axe to grind HE might have...) and I, myself, would throw in the abysmal Kelly Wallace, whose reports suggest she grits her teeth, but good, whenever she's forced to report something positive about Kerry. It's wall to wall cheerleading for bush and little if anything about Kerry. Plus, whenever they have panels, it tends to be slanted tremendously towards republi-CONS, like, for example, with consistently lopsided ratios of representation - 2 republi-CONS to one Dem, and sometimes THREE to one. Or it'll be a republi-CON commenting on bush, and then another republi-CON, and then - gee, guess what - STILL ANOTHER republi-CON. They hardly EVER give Democrats a fair shake, or anything even remotely suggesting equal time.

Just gawdawful. Embarrassing! An ongoing absolute bastardization of what used to be respectable, objective news coverage. I don't know what the hell has gotten into CNN. But as a former reporter myself, I am offended by what they pass off as news these days. It's really hard not to take this insult personally, since the folks I learned from and admired would never for an instant have considered partisan reporting. You just WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT!

I hope we storm their Bastille on this one. And I hope it's not just us - that those of us who have contacted CNN about this already will extend that to our family members, friends and like-minded coworkers. It just stinks. It's as though they aren't even a "news" service at all, anymore, but a propaganda machine. They're becomming the Pravda of the New American Century, and giving Pox "news" a run for their money these days.

[OKNancy]

6. I think the tipping point was John O'Neill

on Blitzer...at least for me. Blitzer had him on and acted as if he weren't some nut. Blitzer gave him credence and never once challenged him on the nasty things he said about Kerry. O'Neill should have never even been allowed to have a forum in my opinion.
Remember that crazy old woman in Texas who accused Bush of rape. CNN never had her on. Why? Because she was a nut. Her story didn't add up. Neither did O'Neill's. He's just as nutty as she was.

[maggrwaggr]

7. yes, for me that was the straw that broke the camel's back

It was a major smear piece against Kerry, based on a guy who never served with Kerry and is the ONE GUY who supposedly knew Kerry in Vietnam who doesn't actually think it's just awesome.

They put this major story about it, complete with slow Ken-Burnsian zoom-ins to Kerry's picture with ominous music and suggestions that this might be the horrible truth about Kerry blah blah blah.

NOWHERE did Wolfie report ANYTHING truthful about this sack of shit, i.e. that he never actually served with Kerry and that he is part owner of a law firm in Texas that represents big oil and gas companies.

It was disgusting to no end and certainly sent me over the top.

This is just one little story, mind you, out of MANY, out of the DAILY slamming of Kerry and ass-kissing of Bush.

[Robbien]

8. Well, today Wolfie has me very angry about the coffins

He took the pictures away from the public view because he got another one of those WH calls that told him to do so. Some trumped up story.

What a crock.

[sallyseven]

11. I have been watching

CBS and find that Dan Rather is not afraid of bush. He has some telling stories on the program. Very glad to be away from Brokaw. Habit can be dangerous.

[izzie]

9. I missed it. Who did what?

[LunaC]

10. CNN openly admitted their WH connection with the Letterman fiasco

For those who may have missed it......
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1316986

[City Lights]

12. They also admitted they have had PSYOPS personnel

working at their HQ. kkkarl probably doesn't call or fax cnn with talking points, he probably has an office there.

<snip>

"They worked as regular employees of CNN. Conceivably, they would have worked on stories during the Kosovo war. They helped in the production of news."

http://www.counterpunch.org/cnnpsyops.html