CNN anchor quits, blames executive bias

[Teaser]

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Judy Woodruff, longtime CNN anchor and political correspondent, suddenly quit her position as host of CNN's popular program "Inside Politics" Thursday afternoon, blaming "an executive culture more interested in the maintenance of its reporter's access to Bush administration sources than in the dissemination of accurate information."
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Woodruff's abrupt departure was announced today after a several week battle between Woodruff and her producers over increasing executive interference in the content of "Inside Politics." Woodruff complained of "being passed notes, mid-program encouraging (Woodruff) to tone down segments that were deemed 'disrespectful' to the president." Woodruff asserts that she often "played the good soldier and went along" but just could not continue doing so in good faith. "I have a responsibility to the viewers who trust me and my work," the ex-CNN anchor said.
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[Ripley]

IS IT MIDNIGHT YET??????

Enough already.

[LiviaOlivia]

28. Agreed. This BS was funny for 1 hour this morning

Come on Friday!

[Ruby Romaine]

1. for real or April fools?

just wondering.

[TSIAS]

2. This has to be April Fools

[Maat]

3. Well, good for Judy!

She wasn't one of the ones I expected to stand up for her principles, but she did!

[Maat]

7. Let's reward her by giving her a position on one of the new...

liberal networks ... radio or television (hopefully,soon).

[underpants]

4. Bad link-Is this an April Fool's Joke? If not this is damning

Fix the link so we can see please.

[robcon]

11. The name teaser give it away

April fool's.

[keithyboy]

5. I hope this is not an April Fools joke. Knocks the "liberal media" myth

out of the ball park. But where will she be able to work? Maybe at AA?

[Zookeeper]

6. Wooo-Hoooo!

I hope this gets LOTS of publicity!

[SpiralHawk]

8. I salute you Judy

With a tip of the hawk wing.

"maintain access to Administration sources..." Yuck.

I hope she sings like a canary...make that a quetzal...

[DBoon]

9. Link does not work

n/t

[keithyboy]

10. The link doesn't work.

Is this April Fool's joke?

[underpants]

12. Fake-I googled Judy Woodruff and found nothing

Funny though.

[Kolesar]

yeah, I google-news-ed it and got zip. Is it midnight yet?

[ixion]

13. urgh

april fools. damn. got me.

[Teaser]

14. Gotcha!

Sorry folks. First time I've ever done this. Last time too. But it was fun to imagine, wasn't it?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. good one!

[Ripley]

20. No.

Not me. There are quite a few other "Excellent News" items in LBN today to believe anything this good.

[Kolesar]

22. make this the last time you do this, ok???

???

[Redleg]

26. You ROTTEN @#$%^&

You had me going! Your nickname is apt.

[Sticky]

15. Ahhhh.....if only! n/t

[bluestateguy]

16. I'm sorry, I don't find these April Fools jokes funny

Maybe I'm just curmudgeonly and have no sense of humor, but I don't think April Fools jokes belong in LBN.

Real life is serious, not funny.

[Teaser]

21. Real Life is funny too.

Depends what part of life you're looking at.

This is a long-standing tradition in *all* news organizations.
Sorry if you don't like it, but nobody is making you read LBN today!

[Champ]

33. Real life can be funny

Most of the time I laugh harder at real life events(of course depending what happen) then I do watching a scripted and rehearsed sitcom or skit show such as SNL, Chappelle's Show, etc. IMO the best comedy can not be planned, it just happens.

[Tarheel_Dem]

17. is this for real?

link doesn't work. i hope it's true, cause i don't think you woulda posted it in LBN.

[Changenow]

18. Wouldn't it be nice if one of them did take a stand?

We can dream I guess.

[Catherine Vincent]

23. This can't be real.

I'm too lazy to click on the link. That woman disrespected Democrats, not Bush*.

[AngryAmish]

24. You got me

Good one!

[hang a left]

25. Well I guess I can pick my jaw up off my desk now.

I hate getting April fooled.


Fool me once shame...on...you.........................................................................................................................................won't get fooled again


or something like that.

[legin]

27. Good one Teaser

that scored quite highly on the 'sitting there reading it with my mouth wide open' index. :-)

[Nomad559]

29. You

BASTARD :evilgrin:

You are the first one to get me today. :headbang:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

30. STOP IT ALREADY!! I CAN'T TAKE IT!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

31. YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD.......

[Moderator]

32. Moving to the lounge...

Funny stuff, but let's keep LBN free of April Fools jokes.

Thanks.

[Bride of Cthulhu]

34. April Fools!

I knew it was too good to be true.