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Sun Oct-22-06 12:45 AM
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What exactly did CNN do wrong? |
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I somehow missed what caused it, but I've heard the following snippets on the radio and various other 'news' segments.
1. Anderson Cooper did something bad 2. Whatever he did seems to have given him a free membership of alQueda (according to Bushistas) 3. CNN imbeds are being asked to go home 4. Rice-aroni was in Russia espousing the necessity of a free press. (not really connected but she's such a hypocrite)
So, what do Coop do? Is it online (Youtube?)
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Sun Oct-22-06 12:49 AM
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Sun Oct-22-06 12:49 AM
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2. CNN posted and broadcast some insurgent video from Iraq |
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Some of it apparently included video of a sniper killing a U.S. soldier. (At least, I assume that's what you're referring to.)
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Sun Oct-22-06 02:17 AM
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15. oh yeah, that would be discouraging. don't want that. |
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Sun Oct-22-06 12:50 AM
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Sun Oct-22-06 12:51 AM
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I hear that Anderson Cooper showed pictures from the Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S. troops. They've been widely circulated on the Internet and they show soldier after U.S. soldier being shot by a sniper (or snipers) who basically can get away with it. It's such a clusterfuck in Iraq, Jesus Christ.
I saw a headline that CNN was getting being removed from the embedded photographers. So, either you report the bullshit CENTCOM wants you to report or you report the Truth on the ground. If you choose Truth, NO SOUP FOR YOU!
Of course, another bone-headed move on CENTCOM's part- now there will be even less bullshit being peddled on CNN about Iraq. I say, good. I'm sure they'll still whore it up for the administration, just a little less.
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Sun Oct-22-06 12:59 AM
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6. Maybe they'll do what reporters used to do, before they were "embedded"? |
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You know, the whole wander around and interview different people thing, get a lot of different perspectives on a topic, wire their content straight to the editors without going through military censors first, and so on. I think they called it "reporting," but that was so very long ago...
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Sun Oct-22-06 02:09 AM
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Sun Oct-22-06 05:56 AM
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25. Interviewing? Digging for facts? Reporting? How quaint. |
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SO twentieth century retro.
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Sun Oct-22-06 12:54 AM
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5. I have no idea, but it was probably AC telling the Truth. |
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Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 12:54 AM by Rex
And then the BFEE/Disney/Foxnews said...whoooaaa! Settle down there Haas! No need to go telling those peons what is what. Stop all that then!
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Sun Oct-22-06 01:02 AM
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7. They aired a compressed clip of the shit hitting the fan. |
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Bad, CNN, bad.
God, are we a nation of ****ies?
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Sun Oct-22-06 01:09 AM
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8. I watched a minute but missed the US troop hit |
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I assumed it was just more war hype. It is usually very different from when I watched the Viet Nam war all the time. The VN war was bloody bodies in the field every night.
Cable news I've stomached to watch is just Iraq war hype. Just designed to incite military fascination.
I have to give props to CNN and Anderson Cooper if they managed to leak that US troops are being killed. There's nothing Republicans hate worse that the truth. After facts, of course.
...and the taste of their own medicine.
and libruls
and losing power
oh Republicans are haters aren't they?
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Sun Oct-22-06 01:13 AM
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9. CNN showed wounded and dead in a non-entertainment time slot - thereby |
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destroying the war effort - per the Vice President of the United States.
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Sun Oct-22-06 01:13 AM
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10. oh man, you missed it |
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CNN folded it like a diaper!
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Sun Oct-22-06 01:18 AM
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11. So what happened to the Video? |
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If it was that controversial you'd think someone would have uploaded it? Did it actually get broadcast? Did the censors confiscate it? Is there a link?
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Sun Oct-22-06 01:42 AM
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12. Are people dieing in Iraq? Can't be. If it were true, it would be in on TV |
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Sun Oct-22-06 02:12 AM
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14. Is Anderson Cooper in any danger of being declared an illegal combatant? |
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I'm worried for him....no telling what little PissyPants might do to him now that he's King of the World.
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Sun Oct-22-06 02:19 AM
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16. King of the World *and* Airplane Driver Guy |
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and vewy vewy tough Army Mans too!
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Sun Oct-22-06 02:19 AM
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17. And add in the fact that he's, uh, uh, well, GAY. |
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Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 02:19 AM by SeattleGirl
Oh wait. That one won't work so well anymore, will it? Hey, AC, I think you're safe now, at least as far as being gay is concerned.
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Sun Oct-22-06 02:20 AM
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18. Boston Globe ". . It's well past time to rip off the blinders, so we . . . |
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Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 02:21 AM by pat_k
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Sun Oct-22-06 03:13 AM
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19. Kicked CNN Out of Bed, Did They? |
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Sun Oct-22-06 06:08 AM
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26. A whore shunned by the john....what a bad feeling |
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that must be after six years of free services.
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Sun Oct-22-06 03:20 AM
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20. I'm watching the video right now... |
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It was done by that great reporter with the strong accent, but I can't think of his name. It shows the snipers picking their victim...is that the one you were referring to? it was on at 3:00 am cst.
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Sun Oct-22-06 03:23 AM
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Sun Oct-22-06 03:22 AM
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21. Anderson made the government look bad during katrina |
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and they have been looking for a way to get rid of him..
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Sun Oct-22-06 03:26 AM
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23. next up; Candy Crowley |
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Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 03:26 AM by upi402
:hurts: :boring:
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Sun Oct-22-06 05:36 AM
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24. "next up; Candy Crowley" |
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As a cast of thousands...If they told her to get her ass to Iraq, she'd have to make 50 trips!
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Sun Oct-22-06 06:20 AM
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27. Anderson could be embedded in |
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Sun Oct-22-06 06:23 AM
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28. Wolf Blitzen nose is imbedded up bush's ass |
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Sun Oct-22-06 06:44 AM
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Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 06:45 AM by Bad Penny
bush's adam's apple is blitzer's nose
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Sun Oct-22-06 06:51 AM
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32. Wolf talks like he does because he's breathing through his ears. |
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Edited on Sun Oct-22-06 06:51 AM by Hubert Flottz
The whole CNN crew are on Karl's payroll IMHO.(Jack and Lou are Karl's boys too!)
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Sun Oct-22-06 06:30 AM
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29. I heard, in very strong terms, that CNN faded out when the soldier |
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was actually shot, and they did NOT run the image of the American falling.
Someone said they absolutely did NOT show the man being killed on CNN, although it's understood he was. The person I heard said they simply "faded" it "to black."
I was "lucky" enough to hear Michael Savage bellowing about it a few nights ago on his "program."
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Sun Oct-22-06 06:49 AM
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31. Why exactly are we not allowed to see our troops get killed? |
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What kind of bullshit is this?
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Sun Oct-22-06 08:24 AM
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33. So they're punishing Anderson Cooper and CNN by kicking them out? |
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Sheesh. Way to make me a fan...
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Sun Oct-22-06 09:04 AM
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34. Since images of our young men and women dying... |
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is what turned public opinion against the Vietnam War, this was to be a sanitized war. No photos of the injured or dead, no photos of body bags or coffins.
Remember, we have to stay upbeat and forget about those who are being maimed and killed every day over there.
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Sun Oct-22-06 09:49 AM
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35. They reported the news |
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