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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 09:46 AM
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CNN is so fucking biased against Obama. His healthcare doesn't rate headlines,
but his comments on his friends Professor Gates has been the top story since the press conference. The only headline about healthcare was this gloom and doom headline"Will Obama's plan mirror Clinton's failure?"

They've changed to Palin now. Her headline is "Palin's resignation hardly a curtain call" Other text is " But as Palin prepares to leave office, the public's interest in her hasn't waned. "She's definitely a star."

What do you draw from what they choose to show on their home page?

http://www.cnn.com/
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 09:49 AM
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1. CNN has a very REAL agenda in focusing on the "race" queston...
right now, their "Black In America" series starts either today or tomorrow so they are USING this as a lead-in to their show. I have NO doubt they have their pundits talk about it, show the clips and then make sure they promote THEIR program.


It is BEYOND disgusting, imo.
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PhilosopherKing Donating Member (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 09:53 AM
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3. The media has spent
the entire week blasting away at the Democrats and Obama over healthcare. If this non-issue distracts them from their bias against healthcare reform, I consider this non-issue a fortunate diversion.
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 09:59 AM
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5. LOL, you have a point there...
but I still find it disgusting that CNN is using the President's answer to the Gates question ONLY to pump their own show with hopes of upping their ratings.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 03:06 PM
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11. That's what Thomas Jefferson said about the businessman, that they have
no loyalty to the country, only to their profits.
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bookman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 09:51 AM
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2. CNN - Ads
Check out the advertisers on CNN. Very heavily pharm promos. They know where their money comes from.
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 10:02 AM
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6. my complaint is the sheer number of ads.
Every time I surf over to CNN they are having an ad. Okay, 95% of the time. After the press conference the networks and MSNBC were filling in the remaining time with commentary. CNN was having an ad!
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theophilus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 09:58 AM
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4. I agree. I try not to watch them. The news media is failing miserably to help
humanity solve the major problems of climate change, energy, and health care. They have blood on their hands and will be largely responsible if these changes are postponed or defeated. It is disgusting and shameful. I wish we had a "big" network news channel that told the truth and was really "fair and balanced" twenty-four/seven. Any true progress is almost miraculous, imo.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 10:04 AM
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8. You know the news media is in trouble when a comedian is the
most trusted name in news.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 10:03 AM
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7. CNN's definitely a Homelander propaganda tool
Edited on Thu Jul-23-09 10:04 AM by SpiralHawk
pathetic service to the citizens of the USA
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 10:41 AM
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9. CNN will always be the RAPTURE INDEX channel to me. nt
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 11:01 AM
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10. Because lou dobbs and his sucking up to the halfwit birthers makes better press.
cnn is staffed by morons.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 03:07 PM
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12. it's not only cnn, it's the media in general....m$nbc loves politico
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 03:11 PM
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13. They employ Lou Dobbs and formerly Glen Beck. Nuff said.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 03:18 PM
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14. Fox lite. Just report the news as it happens. Jon Stewart is the most trusted
name in news? Oh well.
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