BREAKING: CNN Runs Extremely Misleading Obama Headline

[babsbunny]

http://mediabloodhound.typepad.com/weblog/2008/10/breaking-cnns-r.html

The day after the second Presidential Debate, one of CNN's top online headlines was:

Ticker: Obama actions called 'not presidential'


Naturally, readers might think this refers to something Barack Obama did or said during last night's debate. That it's possibly a response from a cross-section of undecided voters in a new poll. Or readers might think, having nothing to do with the debate, the headline refers to something Obama has done in the past, or something he may have even done today.

Whatever readers might think, they would have no idea -- unless or until they clicked on it -- that this egregiously misleading headline was actually referring to a new John McCain attack ad.

Nice.

[Essene]

1. not a bid deal. relax =D

[Loge23]

2. I saw that - very misleading (eom)

[Billy Burnett]

3. Some people say.

Hell, a lot of DUers accept this level of "investigating".

[Nite Owl]

4. Free advertising for McBush

from CNN. Aren't their laws against that. isn't it like a contribution to his campaign?