Posted on 04/14/2003 2:22:03 PM PDT by DannyTN
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:42:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
This is the lesson my dad taught me and the one I am trying to teach my boys. It is clear CNN's upper brass not only has not learned it, but they have institutionalized the opposite within their coverage culture.
Switch channels for good.
You are setting yourself up for the same disappointment and letdown felt after the impeachment saga. It will take much effort to keep this on the radar screen for very long.
Political pornography, without the pleasure.
Well, that's different - the only lives that matter are their own employees... who cares about anyone else?
Maybe. But here's the thing: I believe 9-11 changed everything. It shocked people out of their passivity and acceptance of the standard liberal bias that emanated from cable and network news bureaus. When Clinton was getting his pass on the impeachment, we had comparably secure feelings about our condition in the world. As such, the childish behavior of the boy President did not get the same scrutiny across the board that it would get in a post 9-11 world, where Americans want serious people in charge.
Also, when Clinton was lying to the grand jury, there was no Fox News. Sure, we had Limbaugh, but he reached only a certain segment. Now more people are listening and therefore being reached and influenced, now by sources such as Hannity, Fox News and what seems to me a coming together of critical, conservative voices.
I would agree that in a world without 9-11, speculating on the demise of CNN would be the triumph of hope over experience. But we are in a world where there has been a 9-11 and where certain groups want more 9-11s. Americans do not want to get their news from an organization that would LIE about its coverage to secure its access and "first mover on the scene" advantage. It is especailly contemptible when the CNN brass defends--rather that apologizes for--this gross dereliction of journalistic ethics and breach of trust. I believe that episodes like this will be kept fresh by the emerging conservative opinion makers. And because I believe that this is a cultural problem with CNN, I believe it will marginalize itself over the next 5 years.
I hope I'm right.
He's trying to make you sick ! You won't be able to make it through l day of Judy, let alone a week. hahaha.
Did you all ever notice after she watches a segment and they go back to her, she always starts her sentence with "TIS"; she clicks her mouth or teeth ever time she starts a new thought! It's disgusting, always tis, tis tis !
I keep a cross laying on my coffee table next to the remote control - just to see which one I can grab quick enough to use against "Vanpire Judy" !
Karen
The ONLY resaon they came forward is they knew they were about to be outed. This "plausible deniability" explanation is pure hogwash. I hope the US government translates and makes public on the Internet the entire findings of the intel gatherered from Iraq. Time to set the record straight, and to inform everyone about who did what and when. THAT'S reporting. The truth will set us free. It will also clarify where CNN, France, Russia, Germany, and China stands vis a vis We The People.
Bald-faced BS!
Around the world, in most statist countries, brought to you by the governments of these statist countries, CNN broadcasts the propaganda of these statist governments loud and clear....AND THEY DO IT FOR THE MONEY! For goodness sakes, part of CNN international is broadcast from the repressive country of China in a former free city -- a.k.a Hong Kong.
Can anybody imagine a CNN news bureau chief in H.K., living in a country where unalienable rights are not protected, coming to work and objectively reporting the truth about freedom.
1) They're an independent news agency. They're not there to report to the U.S. government.
2) The government knew all about this stuff long ago, and didn't need CNN to tell them anything.
3) It isn't exactly vital information.
THIS IS CNN.
I don't disagree with any of that. We're talking about protecting someone's safety, that's all. It's just like the government, when they don't want to reveal intel in open court because it might compromise the source of the information.
Someone's?
How many people do you estimate died in Iraq during the last 12 years of Saddam's reign?
And what if CNN had told what they knew?
CNN should have left Iraq and reported the torture story, after the cameraman's release.
Only if they wanted the cameraman and his whole family dead.
What if? Nothing!!! That's "what if." Our government knew that torture and murder and everything else were going on. Not one life would have been saved. In fact, more would have been lost.
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