From peter
Mitt was right to mistrust CNN and the Snowman. The Youtube clips
selected were from LOONS (the Bible one was especially bad), and
please don't tell me there aren't liberal loons out there as well -
CNN just keeps them off TV. What makes CNN's choice of question
especially egregious is that Anderson Cooper was bragging on how CNN
had gotten 2,000 MORE requests than they had to choose from for the
Democrats! Yet NONE of them were about education, environment, health
care, child care, etc? Just Guns 'n Taxes (the GOP punk rock band)?
selected were from LOONS (the Bible one was especially bad), and
please don't tell me there aren't liberal loons out there as well -
CNN just keeps them off TV. What makes CNN's choice of question
especially egregious is that Anderson Cooper was bragging on how CNN
had gotten 2,000 MORE requests than they had to choose from for the
Democrats! Yet NONE of them were about education, environment, health
care, child care, etc? Just Guns 'n Taxes (the GOP punk rock band)?
Here is a link from Michelle Malkin, demonstrating the bona fides of
four of the GOP YouTube questioners -
This is also all over Druge, Politico.com (Politico actually had the
General's involvement with the Kerry campaign up before the end of the
debate - and since Anderson Cooper used the site as the source of a
non-You Tube question to Rudy, he can't claim he doesn't READ it...)
Nightline reported Gen. Kerr's involvement with Clinton's campaign
last night, but no other MSM seems inclined to report it. Me, I want
Condi Rice and Karen Hughes at the next Democrat debate asking foreign
policy questions.
All told - I love the Internet. Nothing stays buried anymore.
Dan - as a media person, what is your take on this
bias/corruption/small minded-ness?
CNN was obviously trying to avoid the bias accusations by picking questions obviously high on the Republican agenda that didn't focus on Repub failings. Education questions would probably come from teachers complaining about the unsuccessful No Child Left Behind pprogram like they did at the Dem debate. Questions from environments would mean global warming inaction accusations. The impoverished sick people asking for health care were OK for the Dem debate but would look like CNN was trying to make Repubs look heartless. The least comfortable question here was about a Clinton policy - Don't As Don't Tell.
ReplyDeleteThey said before the debate that they don't investigate people who submit videos. I can see that being practical when a small selection committee doesn't have much time to sort through 5000 videos, but they shot themselves in the foot in the attempt to avoid accusations.