Anyone catch the Ice Queen Paula Zahn sneering at and smearing Cindy

[PA Democrat]

Jeez, I have made it a point NOT to watch CNN since the last election, but I happened to catch Cindy Sheehan being interviewed by Paula Zahn while flipping channels. I should have kept going because I was screaming at the TV by the time the "interview" was over.

First, Paula Zahn had an obvious SNEER on her face as she spoke with Cindy and her body language was blatantly hostile.

The first question I caught her asking was whether Cindy had become a tool of "special interests". Oh yeah Paula, thanks for revealing all of those "special interests" who are out there to make billions on waging peace. Yeah, the "Halliburtons" of the peace movement.
:mad:

Then she asked Cindy whether it was true that she was refusing to pay her taxes and how was that "fair" when Cindy continued to use the infrastructure of this country. Paula should worry more about her ultra-rich buddies who cheat their way out of paying their fair share of taxes. Betcha none of them have paid for George Bush's foreign policies with the life of one of THEIR precious children. My God, Paula Zahn is .... Jeez, I don't want to use profanity. Besides, there are not words to describe what a disgusting partisan hack that woman is.

[achtung_circus]

1. Paula defines the word "whore".

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[I Have A Dream]

26. This is totally inappropriate! n/t

[MichiganVote]

3. Think Paula Zahn is a tool of special interests? Yeah baby

Worried about the paltry share of taxes C. Sheehan pays? Bite me Zahn.

[libhill]

14. Come now

You don't really expect the filthy rich to pay their share of taxes, to support their little war, do ya? That's just not the Repuke way. Why bother to collect millions from J.B. Corporate puke, when you can put the I.R.S. onto Cindy for a couple of measly thousand?

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[Eloriel]

Thank you! And congratulations

You vented your spleen about Paula Zahn without once resorting to something sexist to say about her, without calling her a sexist name or three. THANK YOU! Let's see how many of your respondents can follow suit. (Tip: it IS possible.)

And yes, she is a vile human being, and I can't stand watching her either. I rarely watch CNN anymore myself.


Edited: Well, in the time it took to write that, you (and others) can see that there were several people eager to use the word "whore" -- so much for hopefulness.

[I Have A Dream]

27. I agree about the sexist language. I don't understand how both...

men AND women think that this is an acceptable thing to say as long as it's about the "enemy". It's just lazy!

Why do people think that this is acceptable to say about ANY woman? It's misogynistic no matter who says it.

I'm tired of it; I've seen it several places tonight. :mad:

[libhill]

29. I really don't believe

that any disrespect is meant toward women in general - the events in Crawford, piled atop all of the other repuke atrocities, are driving people to distraction, getting them stark raving mad. I just hope the anger carries over into '06 and '08.

[I Have A Dream]

31. There's no appropriate time to call a woman a "c*nt". Period. n/t

[libhill]

39. Uh -

I didn't use that word, and I'm not trying to justify it. But people do tend to act in inappropriate ways when they're pissed off and under stress.

[I Have A Dream]

41. I understand that you didn't say it. I didn't mean to imply that...

you did. However, I took your response to mean that you thought that this situation justified it. If not, I apologize for the misunderstanding.

[libhill]

46. No problem

and no need for apologies - peace.

[Eloriel]

42. Exactly. Not any woman for any reason.

But the same thing applies for OTHER sexist terms used to insult women -- from bitch and whore on.

Basically, there is NO reason to resort to insults about a woman's gender, sex or sexuality in order to criticize or condemn her. And ANY time you do so, you're being sexist, by definition.

Insult rightwing women all you want, six ways to Sunday, night and day, day in and day out, but do it WITHOUT resorting to slanders and insults based on her gender, gender-based issues (looks), sex or sexuality.

Seems easy enough to me.

[I Have A Dream]

44. I wholeheartedly agree. n/t

[Cocoa]

5. Paula Zahn, vigilante tax collector

did Paula grab Sheehan's purse and collect the money herself?

[Gabi Hayes]

6. Jesus....could they be ANY more obvious with the blast fax talking points?

did she say Cindy was giving aid and comfort to the terrorists?

one good thing about PZ....she's AGING FAST!

hahahahahaha

visible lines showing, and ALL she had was her looks

EDIT:

Eloriel, we Xposted.

does mine count as sexist, in that I couched it WRT the fact that her ONLY stock in trade is her looks?

[Reciprocity]

19. You forgot her roots are also showing.

[Eloriel]

32. I coulda done without it, however I fear that that level of

sensitivity to sexism is far too elevated for DU to get -- hell, they can't even get it about the most sexist of language, can they?

:shrug:

[Gabi Hayes]

45. what if I'd said same about Shepard Smith, or Brian Williams, or

any of the other bimbots despoiling the airwaves?

as I said, it's her stock and trade; just happens to be one (her only) attribute

isn't it fair to comment on that, if it's all she's got?

[Spazito]

7. Zahn wouldn't recognize honesty and integrity if her life depended

on it, her focus is 'what works for me and MY needs', full stop.

[ZinZen]

9. She was very hostile

She is the antithesis of what an ethical reporter is supposed to be. But Cindy was not intimidated by her one bit.

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10. Let her know

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?11

Have to call these people on it.

[PA Democrat]

13. Already did. Here is my feedback:

Please watch the tapes of your interview with Mrs. Sheehan. Your blatant hostility towards Mrs. Sheehan could not have been more apparent just by your body language alone, let alone the questions targeted to smear her. What a sick joke to accuse Mrs. Sheehan of working for "special interests". Yeah, Paula, there is a ton of special interest MONEY to be made from waging PEACE, isn't there? And why don't you ask some of the ultra-rich who manage to pay no taxes through creative cheating, whether it is fair that THEY continue to use the infrastructure of this country?

If you can't do a better job of hiding what a disgusting political HACK you are, you have no place on the "news".

It's a shame one of YOUR precious little children isn't risking their life in George Bush's hellhole, over there in Iraq. Maybe then you could manage an ounce of empathy out of that cold selfish heart of yours.

BTW, I caught your sneering (look at the tape- you were SNEERING and it was an ugly sight) interview while channel surfing and your disgusting performance will keep me away from CNN for good.

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17. Both barrels

Dang. Mine was tame by comparison.

[tlsmith1963]

23. I Think Paula...

...needs to go back to Fox News. I think CNN made a mistake in hiring her.

Tammy

[WinkyDink]

11. I hate her and her huge teeth

She's no different, though, from any other rich Republican.

[anarchy1999]

12. I watched it and was very proud of Cindy. God bless little Paula's frozen

heart, she tried to do what her media masters told her to do and she failed rather miserably, IMVHO.

But that is just me. I thought Cindy did a beautiful job handling every question and Paula couldn't recover for the life of herself. Is she still alive?

:woohoo:

[PA Democrat]

18. Yes, Paula did look a little desperate at the end of the interview

as though she realized that Cindy had bested her by remaining civil and keeping her cool. I also loved Cindy's answer regarding the tax questions. She said she will pay HALF of her federal taxes, and withhold HALF, since half of the federal budget is being spent on the military.

[anarchy1999]

25. EXACTLY!!

Glad you caught it. The only thing Cindy could have done better was to have thrown out the website, www.warresistors.org

or at least I think that is it.

[Junkdrawer]

15. I seem to remember Paula Zahn admitting she was friends with the Bush...

family - not that that would disqualify her as an objective journalist or anything. :eyes:

[blm]

16. She used that same sneer against Joe Wilson...except then he was a tool

for the John Kerry campaign....see, Paula always uses the same tactic....act like the only case someone has is political, but, only IF they are a Democrat.

Repubs are sincere and concerned citizens who would never THINK of promoting a special interest.

[libhill]

33. Well, of course not

And I'm even more impressed with the way they support the troops, by destroying a memorial to them. I wanna be Repuke maggot when I grow up.

[Neshanic]

20. Yes, she was shown to be a cheap and tawdry CNN whore.

Rude, sneering, and dressed up in her CNN studio best, it was probably one of the most disgusting interviews of the past year.

[I Have A Dream]

21. I remember during the recount of the 2000 election when she...

was at Fox News. She was in there rooting for B* the same as all the rest of them.

How do they all get sneers like that? Hers is just like Cheneys. I hate even looking at her face because of that sneer.

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[growlypants]

49. that one was priceless!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. Paula and Katy and Matt all corporate whores!

:puke: How do they sleep at night?

[Independent_Liberal]

28. Paula Zahn is one of the biggest corporate whores there is!

It doesn't surprise me that she would smear Cindy like that.

[TomClash]

30. then, to top it off

She has G. Gordon Liddy on and this clown smears Arianna Huffington's Greek heritage. How does CNN let that get on?

[PA Democrat]

34. I'm glad I changed the channel

That's rich, a convicted felon feels he is superior to Arianna Huffington because what... he doesn't have an accent?

[TomClash]

40. The quote was something like

"They may consider that flippant in Greece but not here in America." Of course, the implication is that she is not "one of us" so she wouldn't know.

It's not surprising that Liddy said it. What's suprising is that CNN did nothing about it.

[LittleClarkie]

35. Isn't that sneer permanent?

Like the permasmirk?

I can't even look at her.

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[shaniqua6392]

37. I just sent an email re: Ms. Paula Zahn

Here is a copy of it:

I can not believe the horrible way in which Paula Zahn treated Cindy Sheehan. I was channel surfing and turned on CNN with my television muted. It was shocking to see the way Ms. Zahn was looking at Ms. Sheehan. I turned up the volume and was shocked at the questions and the tone that Ms. Zahn displayed during the interview. If she has such contempt for the person she is interviewing, maybe she should not have people she dislikes on the show. When I watch a news show, I do not want to be able to infer as to which political party the host is aligned with. Ms. Zahn makes her political beliefs overflow into her interviews. Maybe she should just stick with all Republicans all the time. That way we will know in advance where she stands and we can pass right on by CNN when Ms. Zahn is on.

[City Lights]

38. CNN blows.

We need to overthrow the media.

I gave up on CNN and only watch if someone here gives the heads up on something worth watching. I don't know how DU's media watchers can stomach a day of their chimp pimping.

[gardenista]

43. Paula Zahn couldn't contain her delight on 9/11. All she could

think about was, "Wow, my first day on the job at CNN, and I get to cover the most important news story of the century." You could see it all over her face. She is a ghoul.

I have not been able to look at her since.

It doesn't surprise me that she would try to smear someone like Cindy.

[libhill]

47. Maybe she was thrilled

at the shiny new "Pearl Harbor" the PNAC boys were presenting to her. Couldn't wait to go out and buy some Halliburton stock.

[gardenista]

48. She was certainly salivating for something.

She had this very creepy light in her eyes. I will never forget it.

[riverwalker]

50. Paula, I blame YOU for Casey's death

Watched you interview Scott Ritter when he was TELLING you that Iraq had no WMD's before the war. Nada. None. Zip. You acted like he was insane: "Reaaaaaalllly, Scott, you expect me to believe that? Have you been drinking Saddam's kool-aid?". Did you pursue his story? Do some independent investigating of his claims? Nah. You just let 1850 kids march over a cliff to their deaths, because you didn't have the integrity or curiousity to check out the claims of a former weapons inspector and Iraq specialist, and US Marine Major. (what would HE know, right?). You and your ilk could have stopped this war. You didn't.

[Moderator]

51. Locking

This thread has become a sexist mess.

DU Moderator