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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:29 AM
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Kyra Phillips, Bob Franken, CNN talked about the discredited nurse.
These guys are so damn clueless. I swear they are. This is the 3rd post at Media Matters about this lady who was discredited by the courts.
Video and transcript:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200503230007
"Memo to CNN's Franken, Phillips: Ex-Schiavo nurse's charges aren't new, and a judge dismissed her affidavit as "incredible"
Anchor Kyra Phillips wrongly claimed on the March 23 edition of CNN's Live From... that Carla Sauer Iyer, a former nurse for Terri Schiavo, came forward for "the first time" the previous day with allegations that Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, was a "threat" to her caregivers. In addition, CNN national correspondent Bob Franken incorrectly stated that no one had responded to Iyer's charges, then repeated other rumors of abuse without offering support for his allegations.

In fact, as Media Matters for America documented following an interview Phillips conducted with Iyer on the March 22 edition of Live From..., Iyer's charges are at least as old as her 2003 affidavit, and several news sources have discussed them since then (examples here and here).

Contrary to Franken's claim that Iyer's charges have not been answered, Florida circuit court judge George W. Greer considered Iyer's claims and, in a September 2003 order, rejected them as "incredible."

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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:33 AM
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1. I have to disagree
with you mad, they aren't clueless. They know exactly what they are doing. I really believe there is intent to confuse the issue.
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:46 AM
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2. I'm liking Franken less and less every day. I'm wondering what he's good
fot? He's our Larry King, yeah, that's it...our fatuous moron. His comments about the husband's possible history with a domestic relations court it just God awful. The appropriate ramark there is any comments like this are offensive without concrete proof at the time.

I think Franken will melt down at some point or will do a Maher. Who cares, I don't listen to him anyway. I'm a Big Eddie or Randi guy when I listen late afternoon.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:49 AM
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3. Bob Franken
Not Al Franken
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:53 AM
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5. Oh good
Glad to hear! Thanks for the correction.
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 01:21 AM
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6. Welcome to DU!!! Well, I'm pretty disappointed with Bob Franken too.
haha...we'll just let my little lapse fade into obscrutity, k.

Like your web page, you'll fit in immediately here! (I think that's a compliment)
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:51 AM
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4. I used to listen to Franken but haven't in a while
:shrug: It comes on when I'm working on homework stuff and the rerun is too late. The show is okay. I give it a B rating. If Franken is doing a Maher. :(
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