Reality-Based Engineering

I Remember Why I Hate CNN, Part II

I forget how I got to the link (click the title above, or see the YouTube vid below) but all it did was 100% validate what I had said about CNN recently, regarding their "echoes of Crossfire" approach to CNN newsreading:

and it became apparent that all CNN had were two talking heads, a liberal and a conservative, and each ran through their talking points about how this issue would play in the electorate...it just seems that CNN has yet to grow up and NOT have echoes of Crossfire each time they have some political thing to talk about...where does this get them? Hmm, now reading the wikipage on crossfire, I can see why they've not been able to shake the format - they've done it since 1982!!!

Now, Candy Crowley totally validates this by stating "I'm not going to be the one to tell you whether it's equal or not," that it's not up to her to catch the lying, but to report & have voters decide:

Crowley's performance last night was astonishing. Asked whether McCain's lies have been worse than Obama's, Crowley says she isn't going to make that call, adds that it's up to voters to sort it out, and -- best of all -- launches into a discussion of Obama's supposed falsehoods in order to argue that both sides do it...
To his credit, Mark Halperin stepped in and made just this point, noting quite accurately that the lies of the McCain campaign are far more central to his campaign than anything Obama has done.

Halperin isn't some whiny liberal blogger. He's the ultimate D.C. media insider. If he can't persuade both-sides-do-it holdouts like Crowley to inform their viewers, then no one can.
"I'm not going to be the one to tell you whether it's equal or not," Crowley said of the lying on both sides. Really? If CNN reporters don't think this is their role, whose job is it, then?

Yup, I wuz right...oh, and two other validation points here and here about another CNN episode which shows that I'm correct...

Labels: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Candy Crowley, CNN, John McCain, RBE, TPM

I remember why I Hate CNN

Since we dumped cable a few years ago (with little kids and a job 100+miles roundtrip, just dont have the time to sit in front of the teevee anymore) I've forgotten how inane the conversations are on CNN...and how DUMBED DOWN the conversations are...anyways, I was listening to the CNN coverage of Hurricane Gustav on XM radio - the CNN TV broadcast is simulcast on XM122, and, let's face it, CNN is everywhere so if there's a crisis, they'll give you the raw feed quicker than anybody else...but while listening, they turned to their reporters at the RNC convention in St.Paul and asked specifically about the political impact on the convention - fair enough...they very quickly started talking about Sarah Palin and her 17-yr old daughter's pregnancy and it becaome apparent that all CNN had were two talking heads, a liberal and a conservative, and each ran through their talking points about how this issue would play in the electorate...it just seems that CNN has yet to grow up and NOT have echoes of Crossfire each time they have some political thing to talk about...where does this get them? Hmm, now reading the wikipage on crossfire, I can see why they've not been able to shake the format - they've done it since 1982!!!

Labels: 2008 Elections, CNN, Gustav, John McCain, Sarah Palin, weather, XM

Little Bitter About Obama 'Bitter' Comments?

Here's his initial response to this non-issue...

And here's the CNN crew hammering Hillary and McCain over this crap...she's rediculous...

Labels: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, CNN, Hillary Clinton, John McCain

Obama Won Texas

So Sayeth CNN. And here, too.

Labels: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, CNN, Hillary Clinton

All These Attacks On Obama

Here they come (check the link above)...this one is the best regarding Obama's patriotism...what fucking crap.

Labels: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, CNN, RNC

This Just In: NBC Is Owned By Big Corporate Giant

This essay by John Hockenberry describes, more than likely, the internal workings that are not any more or less than the other major news outlets (ABC, CBS, CNN) despite what this kos diarist had to say, but figured that it was worth the read since John is one of the good guys in the biz...or used to be in the biz...

Labels: ABC, al-Qaeda, CBS, CNBC, CNN, colleges, Disney, General Electric, Homeland Security, John Hockenberry, MIT, NBC, USA