CNN's Cafferty Makes Art Out of Ire

[newsguyatl]

thought many of you would enjoy this.
it's a TERRIFIC article...
please pass around.



CNN's Cafferty Makes Art Out of Ire
- By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

(06-28) 13:50 PDT Los Angeles (AP) --

To watch Jack Cafferty in action on CNN is to see a 1930s celluloid character fitted improbably but neatly into the 21st-century TV news model.

Whether condemning the actions of politicians, Democrat or Republican, or calling out what he sees as government incompetence, Cafferty evokes the old movie version of an aggrieved newspaperman trying to slap sense into his town.

But Cafferty, a Pied Piper for viewers who are as mad as hell and have the Internet capability to tell us, is truly a modern electronic journalist.

On CNN's daily political news program "The Situation Room," Cafferty lays his opinion on the line right next to that of online correspondents who respond, sometimes in the thousands, to his topical questions and complaints.

He leaves the loud baying to other TV commentators, instead favoring a world-weary growl that approaches soothing. But his refusal to hew to a consistent partisan checklist on issues is startling; this guy would probably defy a label instructing "dry clean only."

And he has style. He's dour, he's dyspeptic, he's any choice of words that describe a chronic dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and he knows how to convey it.

...more at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/06/28/entertainment/e135025D38.DTL&type=printable

my favorite quote: "I tend to be independent. I went from cheering George Bush on to thinking he's one of the great failures to ever occupy the White House."

[roguevalley]

1. Jack Cafferty is a wonder to watch. I enjoy it so much.

[givemebackmycountry]

2. check this out - it's classic - and the e-mailers!! sweet.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/06/28/cafferty-bush-and-his-signing-statements-hes-the-decider/

[Frustratedlady]

3. Cafferty is great!

Thank you for the clip. I don't always catch him, but SO enjoy watching him. He has a delightful dry sense of humor and I'm glad he's on the same side I am. Go Jack.

[newsguyatl]

4. kick

[RedTail Wolf]

5. Jack is The Man! nt

[Rose Siding]

6. "I thought (anchor) Wolf Blitzer was going to eat his script"

Ack ack ack -so did I :D

"I thought (anchor) Wolf Blitzer was going to eat his script when I asked if Tom DeLay had been indicted yet, because he hadn't been," Cafferty recalled, adding: "If he hadn't been indicted he probably should have and I hope he goes to prison and sits there for the rest of his life. He's a jerk."