Obvious Bias of CNN Joe Biden Revealed v. Sarah Palin Revealed

[Stand and Fight]

Not even five minutes into this -- after having endured an hour long bullshit fest for Palin -- and it's clear already that they're doing a hatchet job. The first three minutes have been replete with mockery and allusions; whereas, the stupid Palin episode was a virtual love-fest. CNN is so full of shit. Not that I'm surprised.

Now on to his first run for the presidency... I wonder if they will handle the plagiarism thing correctly.... Oh my, they did!

[SharonRB]

1. I agree and said basically the same thing in another thread

The McCain and Obama specials were pretty balanced, but the Palin one was definitely a lovefest. They left an awful lot out.

[Stand and Fight]

2. Yeah, they completely glossed over her idiocy.

Especially in regards to her youngest child, Trig. They failed to mention the idiotic risk she took with the child's life to finish a speech.

[samuraiguppy]

3. how did she take any risks?

she wasn't pregnant. Trig isn't hers. Or are you referring to the risk she took with that big pillow?

[Stand and Fight]

8. I think the child is hers.

I have not seen any evidence to convince me otherwise. Innuendo does not count.

[gateley]

4. Yeah, but they listed ALL of the negatives about Joe right up front --

We're still discovering Palin's.

Stick with it -- I think it'll be a good piece from the little clips I've seen of it.

[1corona4u]

13. I do think some heart strings will be tugged with this one though...

regardless of the negative things they say about him.

[gateley]

15. And his negatives weren't as damning as Palin's (and McCain's) could be.

No Keating Five, for example... No investigation to see if he's misused his power.

Yawn.

[1corona4u]

18. Here we go, get the barf bags out...

they're about to skip over the whole truth......

[gateley]

21. If you're referring to the Kinnock thing, I thought it went rather well.

The CNN person acknowledged that he always had credited him previously, most reporters don't mention that fact.

Was that what you meant?

[1corona4u]

27. Yeah, to my shock and amazement, they told the whole story...

but now they totally glazed over the CC thing, leaving questions on the table for people who don't do the research. $214,000 from the CC companies since 1989?! Give me a break.

That's not my idea of bought and paid for.

[Stand and Fight]

45. I was pleasantly surprised with the way that was handled...

They did the right thing in that one instance. That may be the only redeeming factor about the special.

[1corona4u]

5. I didn't see hers, but I just hope they tell the whole story

of the plagerism thing. No one ever does....he had credited Kinnock on all but one occasion, which is when they threw him under the bus. And Joe, in his modesty never mentions that, so I doubt CNN will.

But, I'm not sure what bias you are talking about. Perhaps I have been fighting for Joe for so long, I have become numb to it.

[Stand and Fight]

6. I think you've become numb to it.

Because this special is anything but fair. Every time they've cut to commercial, it's something negative in the lead-out.

[nyc 4 Biden]

7. This is some biased BS!

90% of the Palin piece was glowing, and no mention of AIP or many other issues.

In the first 5 minutes of the Biden piece...beltway insider, credit card company lackey, verbose gaffe machine, plagairism scandal.

Not that these things shouldnt be covered but the two pieces should be balanced.

CNN Sucks!

[Stand and Fight]

9. Yeah, really disgusting..

The reality is this --- they really had to gloss over a lot to even make her comparable to other candidates... Nothing on the AIP -- which should have been BIG.

[1corona4u]

11. Well, probably better that I didn't see hers then,

if this is that unfair.

[1corona4u]

14. I saw the last few seconds of hers, where her friend said that she would be the

first woman president, and I thought, over my dead body.

[NotThisTime]

33. My husband said he couldn't take it and walked out of the room - he's no diehard Democrat either -

but saw the BS right away

[Imagevision]

10. The M$M dictates who the next president will be (in case Diebold fails)

[Stand and Fight]

12. We allow them to dictate.

We allow elections to be stolen.

Some of us have forgotten the revolutionary roots of this great country.

[Snotcicles]

16. Breaking it up with weather updates from Texas, WTF. Man I hate CNN what a load of shit. nt

[AldebTX]

17. I am Glad

I am glad I am not the only one that felt like the two specials weren't exactly equal in their presentation. Sometimes I think I am looking too hard.

My mom said Palins was more fluffy because there is nothing to fill an hour with.

[Stand and Fight]

19. I agree with your mother's assessment.

How about what they just did? Asking him to read a passage from his book about his dead wife and zooming in the camera? These people are fucking sick.

[Beartracks]

20. Remember there is no media bias per se. Rather...

... the media thrives on controversy, 'cause that's what sells. They'll mold the news to fit a narrative in which there is built-in drama or controversy. The narrative must be obvious and easy; thus, it's equal opportunity. The "easy" route right now is to hail Palin as a new force in Washington, vs. old-timer Biden; just as the media has previously hailed Obama as a new force vs. old-timer McCain.

When you focus on the bottom dollar, you go with what's easy and lazy. It's not necessarily journalism, but it *is* entertainment. And, sadly, CNN is not immune.

[jillan]

22. I didn't see that Palin one - but this is just bullshit.

The only decent part was when Joe was reading from his book about Jill and teared up.

If I was going to base my decision about Joe Biden on this documentary- I wouldn't even like him.

[jillan]

23. omg - the SHIT doesn't stop, does it?

[Stand and Fight]

36. CNN is showing its true colors

This production is an epic fail. They don't even focus in on many of the great accomplishments of Joe Biden or all of the countries he has traveled to... I'm very disappointed in these "Revealed" shows in regards to the vice-presidential candidates.

[Snotcicles]

49. This was posted earlier (link)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7059551

[Muttocracy]

24. yeah, it's pretty damn annoying. Zero coverage of his 35 yrs of SFRC experience so far. nt

[jillan]

25. My blood pressure has gone up 100 points watching this crap.

[nyc 4 Biden]

26. "The Senator from MBNA", "His son the lobbyist"

are you fucking kidding me, this is a blatant hatchet job! Mother Fuckers!

[jillan]

28. It has been non-stop spewing of crap against Joe.

Is there really nothing nice to say about him?

[1corona4u]

37. Let's write CNN...

tell them we wanted to hear about Sarah's fuck ups. Now I wish I would have watched hers...so I would have things to point out.

[Muttocracy]

29. Hunter was working on online banking issues, nothing to do with bankruptcy

as far as I have read. Of course, they prefer slander by vague association.

[FrenchieCat]

30. Bunch of shit.....

The guy who produced it wanted "feedback".

I'll have to find that post.

[1corona4u]

40. Let us know.

[FrenchieCat]

48. My letter.....

the link: http://siu.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/13/joe-biden-revealed

Hatchet Job on Joe, pure and simple.

The poorest man in the Senate is made to come off as a pariah….
While the scariest religious extremist woman picked for the 2nd highest office in the land by a 72 year old 4 time cancer survivor, Ms. Sarah of 5 schools in 5 years for 1 degree, comes off like cotton candy literally wrapped up in a flag.

CNN, owned by Time-Warner corporation failed once again at telling a balanced truth. Why is Biden’s GOP foe, Alex Castellanos, long time CNN resident GOP pundit even in this piece? Why do we care what this operative thinks of Joe Biden?

But this isn’t surprising and in fact is expected by those who took us to war in Iraq, corporate media.

But CNN failed. I’m voting for Obama and Joe in spite of CNN hard work.

[Stand and Fight]

42. Please do and then let's give it the DU treatment!

I cannot believe how full of shit this series was....

[nyc 4 Biden]

31. Nothing about Bosnia or VAWA. eom

[Muttocracy]

34. IT WAS NOT A PARTITION ANYMORE THAN OUR STATES ARE ! FUCK CNN!

[jillan]

39. I cannot believe they said that!

[jillan]

41. Or about his fight to get MRAPs to the troops on the ground - which has saved

75% more lives.

[cui bono]

32. I've got a Palin special going on MSNBC right now...

They seem to keep talking about her being a reformer. How she took on corrupt Republicans.

Oh, they're starting on the rumors about Trig...

[stray cat]

35. The Palin thing on MSNBC is better than the CNN one.

[Stand and Fight]

43. Thanks, I'm watching it now.

I'd really like to watch something fair and impartial rather than this praise-a-thon bullshit.

[pot luck]

38. Well, that was a complete and utter hit job.

But I'd expect no less from Conservative News Network.

[Stand and Fight]

44. Kind of sad to sit there and watch that nonsense.

I didn't think they could do it, but they managed to make a completely unqualified person look better than the more-than-qualified person. So sad on an epic level.

[mbee]

46. I urge all DU's to call their cable companies and tell them

this had better stop or we will cancel the cable and they will be out of business and also call their advertisers which come on every three seconds.

[greymattermom]

47. watch both

Palin came across as a total light weight. She played basketball while Biden was running for President. That's what I saw....

[Stand and Fight]

50. I did watch both...

Biden's was a hatchet job - a one hour virtual attack ad.
Palin's was a total white-wash -- a one hour praise-fest.