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To: Conservababe
"CNN Jordon should be called before a congressional committee, now."

To what effect? CNN broke no laws.

A gross breach of professional ethics? Yes.

An egregious abdication of Constitutional responsibility? Yes.

A pathetic exercise in gutless appeasement? Yes.

But CNN isn't licensed by or responsible to Congress. They exist at the pleasure of the market. Let the market punish them.

Severely!

13 posted on 04/13/2003 9:22:06 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE.)
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To: okie01
except that the feds claim control and jurisdiction over telecommunications... there might be some Constitutionally viable reason the Congress might be able to grill these weasels, though I am not aware of it right now.
19 posted on 04/13/2003 9:30:00 PM PDT by demosthenes the elder (If *I* can afford $5/month to support FR: SO CAN YOU)
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To: okie01
Well, dear, CEOs of the tobacco industry were summoned before Congress for lessor offences.

And it was not public outrage that made them pay the price.
24 posted on 04/13/2003 9:32:07 PM PDT by Conservababe (I calls it like I sees it.)
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To: okie01
Knowing a murder/assassination is going happen and not do anything about it, isn't a crime? That's news to me. He knew that the son-in-law's were going to be killed...or did I miss something? Also, they all get licensed by the FCC. The public owns the airwaves...not CNN.
26 posted on 04/13/2003 9:37:20 PM PDT by LocalT
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To: okie01; Interesting Times; Skeet; Nick Danger; aminuteman; RightOnline
An outstanding post! Okie01

A ping to the rest of you media scholars!

Regards,

TS

34 posted on 04/13/2003 9:56:15 PM PDT by The Shrew
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