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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:29 PM
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Say what you want about CNN and Anderson Cooper, but their reporting from Haiti has been riveting.
I was astonished what I saw last night. Incredibly sad, but I think something that still needs to be seen.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:30 PM
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1. I watched it too. Show the horrors and hope to get people to donate
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:31 PM
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2. I agree, at least there being there is drawing much needed world attention...
to the crisis and this will encourage people to donate generously to the cause.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:31 PM
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3. Reminds me of the old CNN of decades ago
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Surya Gayatri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 03:03 PM
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13. How true, eleny. They're doing a fine job
of genuine journalism and rendering a real public service. Ted Turner should be proud. Go CNN! the world needs to see this... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: SG
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dhill926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:32 PM
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4. agreed..............n/t
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:32 PM
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5. That's one of the few times I turn to CNN -- covering events such as this.
It really helps us understand the horror and what people are going through, much more than an aerial shot of crumbled buildings and the talking head reporting. In such a tragedy, we need to remember that these people are brothers and sisters. Kudos to AC and CNN.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:33 PM
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6. Kudos to them for breaking from coverage of the atrocities in Afghanistan
oh...wait
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CBR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:34 PM
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7. They have the best tv coverage by far. nt
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EmeraldCityGrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:37 PM
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8. He did an amazing job during Katrina.
I'm not a big fan, but this is what he does best.
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Don Caballero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:37 PM
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9. I love Anderson. His reporting of disasters is second to none.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:43 PM
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11. I've been a fan of his reporting since his days on the Channel One Network.
Just FYI, the Channel One Network was a news service provided to high schools every morning. I don't know if it still active, but it was back when I went to high school in the 1990s. The use of commercials in between the news segments was a little dubious, but at least it tried to give some exposure to the issues of the day. Lisa Ling was also a reporter on Channel One.
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:39 PM
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10. CNN, Corporate News Network
There, I said what I want to say about that steaming mound of propagandistic, shitpile of a phony news channel.
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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 12:45 PM
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12. Credit where credit is due. Anderson does a great job reporting
when disaster hits. No one else comes close to him on this stuff.
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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 03:05 PM
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14. They really have been doing an incredible job. The unedited footage is tough to watch
but it's important to see, I think.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 03:09 PM
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15. I also think the coverage has been very good.
And so has the response, imo.
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Surya Gayatri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 03:12 PM
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16. I agree,Tommy...all of their
people on the ground are doing excellent work, striking just the right tone of compassion combined with genuine journalism. Did you see Dr. Sanjay Gupta treating a 15-day old orphaned baby right in the street on an improvised table? Griping footage. Well done CNN! A world ahead of FOX and even MSNBC. SG
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