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42. cnn is absolutely revolting

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Fri Jun 29, 2012, 08:37 AM

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Revolt Inside CNN?? [View all] KharmaTrain Jun 2012 OP

It wasn't just they got it wrong, they didn't correct it for over 5 minutes even... PoliticAverse Jun 2012 #1

Here's the correct direct link :) Tx4obama Jun 2012 #18

Thanks, fixed. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2012 #19

CNN is the "gold standard in television news"? Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #2

Their international staffs are quite good. Their US arm has taken a beating in the last decade. nt MADem Jun 2012 #3

I subscribed to CNN International at one time Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #10

If you are living in Europe, Asia, or ME, you get good regional and international coverage. MADem Jun 2012 #15

I was (am) living in Asia Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #16

Euro and Mideastern CNN was OK, I thought. MADem Jun 2012 #21

I think that you're right. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #6

Exactly! Quantess Jun 2012 #25

Sad to say it but... Xyzse Jun 2012 #49

Al-Jazeera does a superb job. They work to keep them off the RKP5637 Jun 2012 #52

The pity is that it really is AngryAmish Jun 2012 #56

Don't they mean "Fool's Gold"? Generic Brad Jun 2012 #58

Well to be fair... Lasher Jun 2012 #4

This Is A Real Good Example Of How News Is Manufactured... KharmaTrain Jun 2012 #7

+1 freshwest Jun 2012 #8

Whoa! Chicken Noodle News! That takes me back! calimary Jun 2012 #28

The Name Goes Back To The 80s... KharmaTrain Jun 2012 #44

Well there will be firings. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #5

But not the booble heads like Erin, or whoever's doing her drivel. freshwest Jun 2012 #9

This May Actually Rock Their Boat...Finally KharmaTrain Jun 2012 #14

It would be good. I watched CNN from the time it began. Long time ago. It was a mainstay, it was.. freshwest Jun 2012 #17

I Agree...The Media Culture Is Corrupted... KharmaTrain Jun 2012 #22

But it won't be the people who pushed to get the story wrong; baldguy Jun 2012 #32

got it sort of backwards: cnn revolting inside. chknltl Jun 2012 #11

how can they say gold standard, pansypoo53219 Jun 2012 #12

Leslie Blitzer went on for about ten minutes about how the court killed Obama's Health Care law WI_DEM Jun 2012 #13

He's insufferable & just embarrassing. He's way past his prime & he's transparently pacalo Jun 2012 #23

Blitzer is a himbo. Airheaded script reader. TalkingDog Jun 2012 #54

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2012 #57

why'd you call him Leslie? Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2012 #59

Just a few words to set CNN straight on the difference between Fixed News' & MSNBC's pacalo Jun 2012 #20

The False Equivelency Game... KharmaTrain Jun 2012 #24

CNN considers treating both sides the same Jamaal510 Jun 2012 #29

I would appreciate some cut & dry reporting, from SOMEONE. Please. Quantess Jun 2012 #27

If you get it, you might like the news on BBC America LibertyLover Jun 2012 #55

“Maybe this will shake the company into understanding that CNN has not been the UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #26

What!!! rks306 Jun 2012 #30

Sweet As malaise Jun 2012 #31

CNN went downhill after Bernard Shaw left Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #33

It shows they were in step with Fox lovuian Jun 2012 #34

No, that was not propaganda, for once. Quantess Jun 2012 #35

Poor CNN SoCalDem Jun 2012 #36

They owe me blood pressure medication... Cooley Hurd Jun 2012 #37

That is hilarious! Ruby the Liberal Jun 2012 #50

"Gold standard"? CNN became Faux Lite after Ted Turner sold it. hobbit709 Jun 2012 #38

The foaming-at-the-mouth relish at reporting the WRONG info was astounding BumRushDaShow Jun 2012 #39

Blitzer - What is I fucked up again for $2,000 Alex malaise Jun 2012 #40

All they had to do was take 2 minutes to read the summary plus usregimechange Jun 2012 #41

cnn is absolutely revolting spanone Jun 2012 #42

CNN is revolting! tanyev Jun 2012 #43

Oh please ... GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #45

Certainly Not News deminks Jun 2012 #46

"Excellent news coverage"??? n2doc Jun 2012 #47

They can't help it ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 #48

"gold standard in televsion news"? haven't been their for at least a decade /nt still_one Jun 2012 #51

CNN "gold standard in televsion news" RKP5637 Jun 2012 #53