Wednesday, October 03, 2012

By the beard of Zeus, CNN has beclowned itself during this election cycle

Dave forwards a note he sent to CNN about this piece of drek disguised as a news article:

There are several errors of omission and comission in this piece:


• The headline on the main page reads "Right-wing media coordinate release of old Obama video". I'm wondering: was the headline for the infamous secret Romney tape "Left-wing media coordinate release of old Romney tape"?

• The full tape had never been released. In fact, only 9 minutes of the 40 minute speech had ever been seen publicly before this story broke. There are also a variety of inflammatory remarks by Obama that had before been reported (stealing from the suburbs to give to the cities; praise for the virulent anti-semite Rev. Wright, who he had just repudiated; etc.).

I would appreciate your perspective on this obviously biased article and headline.

Dave

Don't hold your breath waiting for an answer, Dave. Unless you're being driven around Martha's Vineyard by a member of the Kennedy clan.



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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:19 PM

    It's really nice that your sacrificing yourself monitoring CNN, Doug. Where were you able to find it - on a TV in a nursing home common lobby?
    R.B. Phillips

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  2. Anonymous7:43 PM

    I remember some Obama flak on FNC denounce this as a "desperate attempt by the Romney campaign to distract from his '47%' video."

    I remember thinking, "Which was your desperate attempt to distract from Benghazi debacle."

    I suspect Team Obama had been sitting on that for some time, had intended on releasing it later, but felt the distraction was needed then.

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  3. Joshua8:51 PM

    The tape released this week was from June 2007. Obama didn't repudiate Jeremiah Wright until almost a year later.

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  4. Blake3:06 AM

    "There are also a variety of inflammatory remarks by Obama that had before been reported"

    Is the word "not" missing?

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