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CNN Fires Ranting Liberal Producer for Blogging
NewsBusters.org ^ | Matthew Sheffield

Posted on 02/14/2008 8:51:44 PM PST by RatherBiased.com

CNN has fired producer Chez Pazienza after the network brass realized he had been blogging at his own left-wing site and several others over a period of years:

In a phone interview this morning, Mr. Pazienza, 38, said he joined CNN as a senior producer in January 2004 and has consistently received positive performance evaluations of his work. He spent his first year at CNN at the network’s headquarters in Atlanta, then moved to New York to work on “CNN Daybreak,” which has since been canceled, then “American Morning,” which is shown Monday through Friday, from 6 to 9 a.m.

Mr. Pazienza said he started his blog in May 2006 as a way to keep his mind occupied while he was on a medical leave of several months after an operation to remove a brain tumor. He got noticed by blogs like Drew Curtis’s FARK, a popular news-aggregation site, and Pajiba, a left-wing blog of movie and book reviews. [...]

Then, a few months ago, Mr. Pazienza was invited to start blogging on The Huffington Post, the group blog founded by Arianna Huffington.

In a blog post and an interview with the New York Times, Pazienza insisted that his blogging was a personal affair. That does not appear to be entirely true, however.

In the blogger profile section of his site (which appears on every page), Pazienza states the following: "I wake up every morning baffled as to why America hasn't thrown George Bush and Dick Cheney in prison."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; fired; liberalmedia; mediabias; pazienza; surprisesuprise
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1 posted on 02/14/2008 8:51:46 PM PST by RatherBiased.com
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To: RatherBiased.com
Clinton News Network upset about open bias versus undercover bias. Hypocrites!
2 posted on 02/14/2008 8:53:48 PM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

Ditto that! At least that one was upfront about it.


3 posted on 02/14/2008 8:55:32 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: RatherBiased.com

Liberals: Proud to be baffled by the blindingly obvious.


4 posted on 02/14/2008 8:56:47 PM PST by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: RatherBiased.com

I must agree and commend CNN for firing him.


5 posted on 02/14/2008 8:56:54 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: RatherBiased.com

If BDS is grounds for firing, they would have to go off the air.


6 posted on 02/14/2008 8:57:01 PM PST by Ron in Acreage (Jorge Bush has a 90% approval rating--In Mexico.)
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To: RatherBiased.com
Drinking Coffee "I wake up every morning baffled as to why America hasn't thrown George Bush and Dick Cheney in prison."
Anyone that awakens with this thought every morning is in dire need of a real life.
7 posted on 02/14/2008 8:58:51 PM PST by HawaiianGecko
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To: RatherBiased.com
For anybody interested, Pazienza's blog is here.
8 posted on 02/14/2008 9:01:17 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: RatherBiased.com
In the blogger profile section of his site (which appears on every page), Pazienza states the following: "I wake up every morning baffled as to why America hasn't thrown George Bush and Dick Cheney in prison."

Isn't that CNN's official editorial position?

Was he fired for stating it in public or are they all under orders to keep a tight lip on this?

Heck, Chris Matthews is cheering for Obama over at MSNBC. He still has a job.

9 posted on 02/14/2008 9:09:45 PM PST by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: RatherBiased.com

Sounds less Bias then most of the Establishment Press??

Pray for W and Our Troops


10 posted on 02/14/2008 9:14:08 PM PST by bray (Go InSain)
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To: HawaiianGecko

Perhaps he could apply at MSNBC...


11 posted on 02/14/2008 9:17:00 PM PST by khnyny (Quid Est Veritas)
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To: RatherBiased.com

CNN only fired this guy because he was too obvious. I am sure they only did so reluctantly.
Pazienza “thinks” the same way they all do over at CNN.


12 posted on 02/14/2008 9:18:22 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: RatherBiased.com

Just wondering if he ever posted here. Certainly, we have all witnessed over the top negative talk about Bush and Cheney and to a lesser degree, Rice.


13 posted on 02/14/2008 9:19:02 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: RatherBiased.com

It’s hard to find sympathy here. How many FReepers go to work at CNN and bitch about their inability to express themselves? (You are dealing now with an idiot from the word Go!)


14 posted on 02/14/2008 9:23:49 PM PST by eyedigress
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To: RatherBiased.com

One of the things that have kept me in the Bush/Cheney camp is the raging insanity of those with B.D.S. Its not that I agree with everything about the current President & his policys, its just his detractors are so vile. Maybe if they didn’t come across like a bunch of rabid monkeys slinging poo, I’d pay a little more attention to what they say.


15 posted on 02/14/2008 9:28:13 PM PST by kb2614 (Hell hath no fury than a bureaucrat scorned)
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To: hole_n_one
WOW! Did you read his rant on Oprah? Here's one thing I copied.... We want you to know about Oprah's plan to become Vice President and install Rachael Ray as Secretary of State.
16 posted on 02/14/2008 9:28:17 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: RatherBiased.com
“after an operation to remove a brain tumor”

They did’nt get it all.

17 posted on 02/14/2008 9:30:09 PM PST by BigCinBigD (")
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To: RatherBiased.com

Wonder if CNN will report this as news, one of our producers writes on left wing blog Huffington Post that Bush and Cheney should be in jail?

Joins the guy that said CNN covered for Sadaam Hussein to get news access in IRAQ.


18 posted on 02/14/2008 9:35:55 PM PST by TheEaglehasLanded
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... invited to start blogging on The Huffington Post, ...

How the hell can you even say that with a straight face, let alone engage in it.

19 posted on 02/14/2008 10:02:04 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Man, that's stupid ... even by congressional standards.)
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To: Gondring
Though I suspect that part of a job I lost in 2004 was for significant posting to FR.

But, so far so good. I'm not complaining.

20 posted on 02/14/2008 11:10:07 PM PST by onedoug
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