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Chomskyite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:55 AM
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CNN's latest terrorist alert story leaves out age of info
Read for yourself. The dateline is hours after the first reports the files from the terrorist computer found in Pakistan predated Sept. 11.

Is there any more doubt which party has CNN in its pocket right now?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/08/02/terror.threat/index.html
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DaveSZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:56 AM
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1. No doubt
Can we get a boycott going?

What ever happened to that?

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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 03:02 AM
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3. I don't watch them anymore.
Conservatives News Network? No thanks.
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scottxyz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:59 AM
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2. This is a good catch
This pair of news items - the terror alert, plus the fact that the reports it was based on date from 3-4 years ago - makes a very good "litmus test" to see where a particular media outlet stands.

CNN is big enough that they ought to have staffers who do nothing else besides scan the top news website (NYT, WaPo, DU, atrios.blogspot.com, digbysblog.blogspot.com, www.billmon.com, www.talkingpointsmemo.com, corrente.blogspot.com, etc) to make sure they're not missing any important news.

The fact that CNN is running a story which was debunked on the first page of WaPo and NYT says a lot about CNN.

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teryang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 05:46 AM
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4. Don't watch cable news
channels at all. It's an insult to the average persons intelligence.
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