CNN Says It Overplayed Dean's Iowa Scream

[Catt04]

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: February 8, 2004


Filed at 12:11 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- It probably means little now to Howard Dean, but CNN's top executive believes his network overplayed the infamous clip of Dean's ``scream'' after the Iowa caucuses.

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Instead, the cable and broadcast news networks aired Dean's Iowa exclamation 633 times -- and that doesn't include local news or talk shows -- in the four days after it was made, according to the Hotline, a Washington-based newsletter.

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Slavin said his only regret was not airing an intriguing Diane Sawyer report on the coverage earlier. Sawyer reported that Dean was using a special microphone that night that filters out crowd noise to heighten his voice; other videotapes taken illustrate that his ``scream'' was barely audible to his live audience.

To Trippi, Sawyer's report felt like a Super Bowl referee admitting -- after the game -- that he blew a call that decided the outcome.

``Unfortunately, no one ran that 633 times,'' he said. ``ABC, to its credit, did it once.''


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-AP-on-TV-Deans-Scream.html

[Supply Side Jesus]

1. 633!!!!!

You got to be f*ckin kidding me!!!
When the media has your number, they're gonna take you out.

They can make up and play Bush saying "There ought to be limits to freedom" 633 times.

[patricia92243]

2. Let CNN begin now to run them saying nice thing about Dean 633 times.

[rock]

3. Yeah

[iamjoy]

4. Oh, Our "Liberal" Media

I am glad CNN has had the courage to play the MoveOn ad, but...

Yet another example of the very un-Liberal media. And speaking of how they have beat up Howard Dean - did anyone see the "Prime Time" interview right after it? I only caught part of it, but really, it seemed like Diane Sawyer was almost disappointed when Dr Judy Steinberg (Dean) said she'd never seen her husband lose his temper. I mean, the question was asked three different ways. What, was Diane hoping Gov. Dean's wife would say her husband beat her for a host of offenses from burning dinner to not ironing his boxer shorts?

Note: I do not know whether or not Dr. Steinberg is a good cook, bad cook or cooks at all and I do NOT know (or CARE) if Gov. Dean wears boxers, briefs or neither.

[truthspeaker]

5. how many times did they run the clip of Bush saying "asshole" in 2000?

Guess: significantly fewer then 633.

[PATRICK]

6. Hah

More like a public apology to Rove for overplaying the hand so much it united the party behind Kerry overnight and turned a whole strategy line into shambles at the same time as Bush was stumbling all over the place.

Have to fire some idiot zealots just to show the other dogs not to wet the carpet the next time they want to please their master.

[interceptor]

7. Way too little ,way too late n/t