I think CNN is dropping the "momentum" meme.

[RandySF]

The CNN reporter following Rmoney admitted that he's trailing Obama "by a little bit". No more talk about momentum.

[sadbear]

1. Poor CNN

Back to reality. Can't be seen pushing a false narrative so close to the election, or people might think they have an agenda.

[spanone]

2. between cnn & faux, the news reporting in this nation is seriously compromised

[WCGreen]

6. It means that more informed people are not paying attention to this they spew...

There are so many other ways to gather information and the vet stuff now that whatever they do is just to those of us who watch this crap.

Seriously, there are only about 40 million people who watch "news" on a fairly regular basis.

That's what makes me feel better.

[spanone]

16. i like that !!!

[RomneyLies]

3. Which means they know Obama's momentum has become HUGE

Of course, you'll never hear them say Obama has the momentum. They refused to use the "M" word when Obama was skyrocketing this past summer after all the Romney gaffes.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Romentum? NOmentum!

[DefenseLawyer]

19. He definitely has Joementum

[hrmjustin]

5. Oh my CNN is now having to admit Romney is behind. CNN has become a RW channel.

[Lex]

27. it makes them sad

to have to admit it

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. I say this with all the respect they deserve...

CNN can go screw itself. Oh, except they already did years ago when they became FOX lite every election cycle.

They're infotainment, not news. Never mistake the two.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

14. +1

I miss the news! (sigh)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. So do I.

Desperately.

[Life Long Dem]

8. Occasionally during the day I'll check out CNN

Just to check out all the propaganda bullshit they are throwing out there.

[rightsideout]

9. I stopped watching CNN

I used to watch it but can't anymore. Every time I turn it on they seem to be hyping up Romney. This morning when I was flicking through channels I stopped by CNN to see what was up and Brook Baldwin had a big story on how much Romney has raised this October. 111 million or something like that. She had made a big deal about it.

They seem to be bringing in more Republican guests then Democratic ones for commentary. And keep giving Romney alot of hype and hope. Almost to the point where they seem to be pulling for him.

And Anderson Cooper seems to be hammering the Democrats more then usual. Wolf Blitzer, gawd. I can't listed to him hype up Romney. And that King character with his electoral map thing.

I couldn't take it anymore so if I watch it I turn it to another channel the minute they start talking about the election.

[Cosmocat]

12. I stopped before the last presidential

I threw in the towel in summer of 2008.

Just could not do it anymore.

I was watching Blitzer interview some R congressman, and he did this little tell he was so oblivious to in showing his bias by referring to him as a "good conservative." I had noticed this with him earlier, and he said it three times in the interview, 'Congressman, you are a good conservative ..."

That did it, I turned the channel, and I have maybe watched a few minutes of CNN every couple of months since.

[RichGirl]

10. After this election...when Obama is safely tucked in for his second term....

I think we should all boycott ALL cable news. They aren't news...they are corporations trying to make a profit. They give you a morsel of news and hours of opinions and commentary. I've almost completely stopped watching any of it for over a year and find that I am much more informed. My head isn't trying to weed through the spin to find the facts. Better to go directly to the facts. And I'd rather hear opinions from people who aren't getting paid for their opinion.

Cable news...either give us the actual spin free news...or go away!

[Johonny]

21. +1

I said goodbye to cable. I got sick of paying for things like FOX news every month. Half the crap in a cable package is worthless and not worth my money.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. I'm sure Wolf is in tears over the Powell endorsement

And John King trying to explain WHY WHY WHY this could happen.

[joeybee12]

13. CNN did its best to rpop up Rmoney...too bad no one really

watches them or listens to what they have to say.

[eppur_se_muova]

15. Romney is non compos momentus. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Internals in state polls

are fascinating and parallel 2008.

They know it.

Gallup national... that one will continue to go back and forth until three days before, when it should settle.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

22. I take it these internals are trending in a positive way. Correct?

I suspect that many, if not most pollsters are underestimating the LV percentage for Obama and under sampling minorities.

That is just my uneducated theory, but I like it!

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Yes, for the most part

[RagAss]

18. What is CNN ?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. Erin Burnett today has been a nonstop Romney political ad

Every segment has been a dig at Obama. I switched over to her show today as I didn't want to see a Hardball rerun. This is even worse than Faux.

[mick063]

25. I grew up during the Vietnam War

The protests were on the news almost every night. The political heat grew to the point where Mr. anti Communist himself, Richard Nixon, had to relent.

This was the era when Nikita Khrushchev said "We will bury you" and Communist fear was at it's peak. The "domino theory" was at it's highest magnitude.

Yet....the evening news displayed war dissent almost every single night. Protest was covered extensively and it brought about civil rights legislation and ended an unpopular war.


Flash forward to 2011 and the Occupy movement receives scant coverage. The media moguls figured it out. Don't show it and it might quietly go away.


People under the age 45 simply don't understand. They have nothing to compare modern "reporting" to. Many think it has always been this way. At least those that have only experienced political awareness post Reagan.

There are a string of generations since those times that have no idea what news or professional journalism is.

Our country is dieing from within because of the demise of our press corps. In modern times, a Watergate level event happens almost every other month and it lasts for two news cycles. In the past, such events were at the news fore front for months on end. The press was relentless and held politicians accountable.

Politicians are not accountable for gross negligence because the press is not holding them accountable for gross negligence. Instead, politicians are held accountable for fiction largely based on political leanings. Fiction so obvious that critical thinking people don't trust the press anymore.

[Yavin4]

26. Romney has MORmentum

That's when you have momentum posthumously

[Mister Ed]

28. Oh, Romney has momentum, all right.

He's falling like a rock, and gaining speed.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Hala Fucking Luya

[Cali_Democrat]

30. Turned on CNN at 7pm PST

It was all Romney all the time. They didn't drop shit.