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"Conservative" CNN Report Breaks Stupidity Record

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Media
Posted on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 12:18:18 PM EST
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From Media Matters:

A December 19 report on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight featured the graphic "Do-Nothing Dems?" But, as the report noted, Democrats will not actually assume control of Congress for a little over two weeks. . . . But rather than showing a clip of a Democrat presumably affirming Sylvester's lead-in, CNN cut to Rep. Tom Price (R-GA).

CNN also demonstrated their conservative bias, at least if you believe this "academic" I discussed, since they only cited the conservative "think" tank the Heritage Foundation.

The stupidity of the Media seems boundless.

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    Almost... (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by Edger on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 12:58:26 PM EST
    ...as boundless as the stupidity of those who think CNN keeps them well informed.

    Well then (5.00 / 1) (#34)
    by eric on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 09:53:44 AM EST
    Two things:

    First, I watch CNN and find it pretty conservative.  It could be that it is only my perspective.  It could be, as some have suggested, that it is only a profit seeker and that means putting stories on that appear to be conservative.  It could be a number of things.  But the truth is that I really do see CNN as conservative.

    Second, for those that disagree with me that CNN is conservative, do you at least agree that it is not appropriate to label the new Congress "Do-Nothing Dems" when the new Congress has yet to convene?  Even if not a product of what I perceive to bias, it is wrong to do, isn't it?

    Lou Dobbs from what I get (1.00 / 1) (#26)
    by bx58 on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 11:42:54 PM EST
    seems to care about the middle class more than most of the so-called "liberals" in this country. His main reason for being anti-illegals  is the impact these illegals have on the wages of the middle class.

    You don't hear nary a peep out've these  so-called "liberals" when it comes to the obscene amounts of money being paid to the elites in this country while the middle class struggle to heat their homes and fill their cars with gas.

    Don't pick on Lou Dobbs.

    Are you f*cking joking? (none / 0) (#27)
    by scarshapedstar on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 01:47:32 AM EST
    You don't hear nary a peep out've these  so-called "liberals" when it comes to the obscene amounts of money being paid to the elites in this country

    Oh, yeah. We think that it's totally cool how Paris Hilton gets to have more money than entire nations for her entire life for no discernible reason. Yes sir, you've got us pegged. Liberals for a permanent American aristocracy.

    Oh, right. You expect us to focus on the millionaires instead of the billionaires, like you guys do. We're supposed to ignore the Waltons and complain about the Baldwins because you just know Alec and Stephen are rewriting the goddamn labor laws to make unionizing impossible.

    Yeah. I reiterate, your insight astounds. We liberals bend over backwards to support a Hollywood "elite" that, in addition to having no real power, none of us ever voted to support. The same cannot be said for conservatives and the ultrawealthy corporate scions, unfortunately. But somehow I doubt you consider that a problem, even though the Hiltons and Waltons have more money than everyone you're calling "elite" combined, times a hundred.

    Funny, that.

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    a bit of caution (none / 0) (#28)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 08:18:45 AM EST
    Oh, yeah. We think that it's totally cool how Paris Hilton gets to have more money than entire nations for her entire life for no discernible reason. Yes sir, you've got us pegged. Liberals for a permanent American aristocracy.

    Off with their heads, eh scar? But remembering the French revolution I counsel a bit of caution.

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    Okay (none / 0) (#38)
    by scarshapedstar on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 11:45:18 AM EST
    Could we bring back the estate tax as a compromise?

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    I agree on Dobbs, but (none / 0) (#31)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 08:52:15 AM EST
    these people are paid because they are performers who make money for their employers. When the ratings go, they go.

    That's the reason why they scream "censorship" whenever people start saying, "don't buy" their product, whatever it is.

    That, of course, is hogwash, but is the Left's position.

    Sometines I suffer from too good a memeory. When I see Danny Glover, hear the Dixie Chicks, et al... All I can think about is their outrageous statements. So I just don't spend any money on them.

    Join me.

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    No, thanks (none / 0) (#32)
    by aw on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 09:02:21 AM EST


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    heh (none / 0) (#39)
    by scarshapedstar on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 11:47:03 AM EST
    When I see Danny Glover, hear the Dixie Chicks, et al... All I can think about is their outrageous statements. So I just don't spend any money on them.

    Join me.

    You and about 12 other people, judging from the Chicks's massive commercial success in spite of - nay, bolstered by - the pedantic calls for boycotts.

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    Oh, really?? (none / 0) (#41)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 01:35:12 PM EST
    AP 08/08/06 Dixie Chicos Cancel 14 shows on tour......Kansas City, Houston, St. Louis, Memphis and Knoxville are among 14 cities no longer on the original schedule released in May, according to a revised itinerary posted Thursday on the Dixie Chick's Web site.

    Other shows, including Nashville, Los Angeles, Denver and Phoenix, have been pushed back to later dates.

    The North American leg of the tour kicked off July 21 in Detroit. Billboard magazine and other trade publications have reported lackluster sales in some markets, particularly in the South and Midwest.

    But either way, unlike many on the Left, I do not need to wait for what's No. 1 on the Talking Point Hit Parade!!


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    LOL (none / 0) (#42)
    by scarshapedstar on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 02:19:34 PM EST
    But either way, unlike many on the Left, I do not need to wait for what's No. 1 on the Talking Point Hit Parade!!

    Yeah. That's why you're the #1 source of "I don't remember the Democrat Party raising a fuss when Clinton (fill in the blank)" comments on TL. ;)

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    Every post consistently trollish... (none / 0) (#40)
    by Bill Arnett on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 12:50:30 PM EST
    ...and demonstrative of totally @$$ backwards thinking.

    Think reality then expect it to be turned upside down and backwards by bx58.

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    Six years with their collective heads up... (none / 0) (#1)
    by Bill Arnett on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 12:26:17 PM EST
    ...bush's @$$ has a way of clouding the MSM ability to think logically or rationally. if they ever did.

    Heh (none / 0) (#3)
    by roy on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 01:06:01 PM EST
    I guess the MSM envies Stepen Colbert's popularity and wants to learn from him.  Did anybody explain to them that it's a joke?

    I guess... (none / 0) (#4)
    by Edger on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 01:08:23 PM EST
    ...somebody has to tell the viewers what they are supposed to think they think they think.

    I think I think, therefore I think I am. (none / 0) (#6)
    by Bill Arnett on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 01:13:49 PM EST


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    A joke? A joke? Don't need no stinkin' jokes! (none / 0) (#5)
    by Bill Arnett on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 01:12:30 PM EST
    When the media itself has relegated themselves to permanent absurdity.

    I've often wondered if any of the "personalities" on any of these networks have recorded their own shows for later review. If so, then they are beyond abysmally stupid and enjoy being a caricature of a newsperson more than actually being one.

    It's ok , paperbrain (none / 0) (#8)
    by Edger on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:15:21 PM EST
    No one expects you to get it.

    No Namecalling please (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by Jeralyn on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:23:30 PM EST
    Even of paperhead.  Please keep it civil.

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    You're right, JL. (none / 0) (#14)
    by Edger on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:25:20 PM EST
    My apologies, paperhead.

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    My goodness! (5.00 / 2) (#20)
    by scarshapedstar on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:56:16 PM EST
    Somebody alert David Broder! There are uncivil liberals about!

    We'd better tone it down, guys. Let's restrict ourselves to non-insulting terms that Paperhead can agree with. Terms like:

    Major League A**hole
    Go F*ck yourself
    Treason
    Godless
    Liberal Fascism
    The Enemy At Home
    The Party of Death
    On The Other Side

    That's the way Serious people talk while they're Civilly winning Thoughtful arguments in the Arena of Ideas.

    Also, on a serious note, does anyone suspect that Paperhead's pearl-clutching performance today was actually penned by Jon Swift or Nancy Beth Eczema?

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    See? (none / 0) (#13)
    by Edger on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:24:31 PM EST
    they had to do something to bring back a few viewers from Fox.  But, you have to admit CNN is very berry liberally biased

    heh.

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    i'd suggest that as a television network... (none / 0) (#25)
    by Dadler on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 06:01:44 PM EST
    ...CNN's bias is toward, um, profit.  And big money doesn't take stupid risks with its own bottom line.  It acts, quite clearly, in a conservative manner.  

    There isn't a network in the U.S. that is truthfully and unflinchingly showing the reality of Iraq or Afghanistan.  Overseas it's another story, but here, our mass media boils down to a dwindling few corporate news divisions, and they almost entirely tilt, for perceived bottom line reasons, in a generally conservative direction.  

    You've no idea what a genuinely "liberal" press is if you think CNN represents such.    

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    This is a joke, right (none / 0) (#15)
    by HeadScratcher on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:27:16 PM EST
    The network of Ted Turner fame is conservative?

    BTW, you can have nine conservative stories and still be liberally biased if there are 10 liberal stories. So picking one or two doesn't really count.

    Next thing you know you'll say Keith Olbermann is conservative because GE owns the network.

    Geez, even people who work in the industry know there is a left of center bias. The only reason you'd think it was conservative is if you were left of the left-of-center story.

    The question you raised is interesting in terms of accuracy and reputation. That's actually a bigger problem than the bias...

    Lou Dobbs - right of center.
    Glenn Beck - right of center.
    Larry King - Left of center.
    Anderson Cooper - Left of center.
    Wolf Blitzer - Left of Center.
    Nancy Grace - Out of center.

    Seems more balanced. Now, if they could just report accurately...

    Or if they just shared a brain between them! (none / 0) (#17)
    by Bill Arnett on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:48:51 PM EST


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    Pssst (none / 0) (#18)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:52:24 PM EST
    "at least if you believe this "academic" I discussed." It had a link and everything.

    Even put quotes around "conservative."

    I do not think CNN is conservative, rather incompetent.

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    Head-counting is neither here nor there (none / 0) (#21)
    by scarshapedstar on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:59:42 PM EST
    Seriously, I don't think BTD's complaint had much to do with what the newsroom would look like if you drew a line down the middle and told people to stand on the left or the right of it.

    I think it has more to do with the media's unwillingness to question a single word that comes out of Bush's mouth. For example, they're describing the unanimous opposition of the Joint Chiefs to Bush's LBJ plan as a "difference in opinion" when the proper term ought to be "denial of reality". As they have for the past six years.

    Discuss.

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    Image (none / 0) (#24)
    by squeaky on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 04:23:37 PM EST
    Controlling the image is what this administration does best. They've  got the both the media trained as their lapdog and the public mouthing back their empty slogans:

      'The media has left wing bias' is one of them.

    Very skillful, works like magic.

    Hardly can tell that there is a bloody war on these days. Must be all that left wing bias in the media.

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    Okay, Here's some. (none / 0) (#29)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 08:36:45 AM EST
    Well, yes. There is a great deal of Left Wing bias. Did these photoshopped pictures happen on there on?

    This is my personal favorite. It hs it all. Misleading photo editing leading to a mislading conclusion.

    And we have WaPost editor Phillip Bennett's revealing comment.

    I don't Think US should be the Leader of the World

    Do you also need to see the NYT sniper photo? The CNN video.

    Guess they forgot theu were under control by the administration..

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    That proves it (none / 0) (#35)
    by squeaky on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 10:29:02 AM EST
    two birds with one stone. The media is controled by the right and ppj is an idiot.

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    Heh. You're much too kind to him ;-) (none / 0) (#36)
    by Edger on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 10:36:45 AM EST
    Merry Hanukkah and Happy Christmas and have a great weekend and a nice Monday too. :-)

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    Huh? (none / 0) (#23)
    by eric on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 04:09:23 PM EST
    The network of Ted Turner fame is conservative?

    and then

    Next thing you know you'll say Keith Olbermann is conservative because GE owns the network.

    What?  First, in the context of CNN, we CAN impute bias because of ownership, but then, in the context of MSNBC, it doesn't mean a thing?

    Headscratcher, indeed.


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    Uh, I think Ted Turner no longer controls CNN. (none / 0) (#30)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 08:38:41 AM EST
    Hope that fixes your itch.

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    nope (none / 0) (#33)
    by eric on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 09:44:06 AM EST
    No it doesn't.  I know that Ted doesn't currently run CNN.  My point was that the comment above mine implied that his involvement with CNN was somehow important while at the same time implying that the ownership of MSNBC was not.  The merits of whether ownership really matters is irrelevent.  I was just pointing out the inconsistency.

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    how does reporting news ... (none / 0) (#16)
    by Sailor on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:37:34 PM EST
    show their 'liberal' bias? They show anything they have footage of, if it bleeds it leads.

    The golden rule rules (none / 0) (#19)
    by jondee on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 02:55:53 PM EST
    How many left-of-center on the corporate board, or   on the coporate boards of the sponsors?

    "Follow the money" is so outdated (none / 0) (#22)
    by scarshapedstar on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 03:01:13 PM EST
    After all, it's not like CNN is run for profit.

    Oh, wait...

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    aw jim, you softy, you! (none / 0) (#37)
    by cpinva on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 11:17:57 AM EST
    All I can think about is their outrageous statements. So I just don't spend any money on them.

    and that's your right, of course. for the same reason i would never directly contribute to the coffers of bill "the war on christmas that never was" o'reilly.

    oh, wait a minute, bill o'reilly's a liar, and mr. glover and the chicks were merely expressing their opinions. damn, now i'm really confused!

    i don't know that cnn is as blatantly "conservative" (and i use the term in its loosest possible sense here) as say, fox is. i'm also a tad confused by paperhead's "showing terrorists killing americans" comment, to support his assertion that cnn is, in fact, liberally biased. someone want to clue me in on that one please?

    cnn's a business, a "for profit" venture, whose primary concern is the bottom line. they'll do what's needed to keep that in the black.

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