Has CNN been listening to us? They sound different today.

[NightOwwl]

I get to work from home today and I've been watching CNN since 8:00am (PST).

Miles O'Brien is pressing the Bush operative to defend Bush's reasons for going to war when evidence shows no Saddam/Al Qeada link.

Both anchors speaking positively about Kerry while showing shots of him on the boat with his vet buddies.

I don't think I've heard any Dem bashing at all this morning.

And best of all, my all-time favorite editorial cartoonist, Mike Luckovich making snarky comments about Bush and showing his cartoons on-air.

Uh oh, Judy Woodruff is on now, I might have to take back my positive comments.

[samsingh]

1. what did judy say?

[eleny]

8. gotta run, but...

she cited a poll that puts kerry ahead. those polled said kerry "cares about people like me" and that bush was the more arrogant. WOW!!!

[samsingh]

42. thanks for the update

[lottie244]

31. No they don't sound different. Still shilling for Bush

McGovern sure handled Judy on the flip-flop issue. Wish the rest of the Dems would do as well.

[NightOwwl]

33. My original comment was posted before WoodHuff was on-air.

However, I did just call CNN to report her comment, "The country doesn't want to believe John Kerry and what he thinks" when she was talking to McGovern.

I'm keeping a list with time, anchor, comment and any other applicable information for my hourly calls to CNN.

[calimary]

37. Great idea, and GREAT WORK!

Not only are you calling them (and calling them ON this), but you're documenting the examples so you can cite them to support your argument. EVIDENCE. EXCELLENT!

Could you share some of your notes? It would help others here if they care to mobilize as you did, but haven't had time to watch carefully. This is MOST helpful!

If we don't STAY ON THESE PEOPLE, they'll think everything is JUST FINE AS IS.

They'll think they're doing their jobs properly.

They'll think, somehow, that they're being fair and balanced.

They'll think we don't care.

AND IF THEY THINK WE DON'T CARE, THEY WON'T, EITHER!!!

[Cha]

2. Thanks for the report..I'm sitting here with my jaw

dropped just reading your comments!

[tridim]

3. Maybe Michael Moore got to them?

He went after them hard yesterday. If I were a media-whore I'd feel really ashamed right about now.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

4. What are Mr. Lukovich's political leanings?

[NightOwwl]

20. Proud liberal.

Here's a link where you can look at a couple of weeks worth of his political cartoons. Two of my favorites are 'Ralph Nader' and 'I Approve.' He's not vicious, but he gets his point across. FYI, his home paper is the Atlanta-Journal Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/luckovich/2004/072504.html

Back when CNN had balls he used to be on Talk Back Live all the time. In a couple of minutes he could sketch out incredible scathing cartoons, always anti-GOP.

[Brotherjohn]

5. Maybe they got a WHOLE LOT of e-mails complaining about the coverage...

... of Kerry's clean-suit, and Teresa's "shove it", and other non-stories.

Maybe even they realized they went too far.

One can hope...

[NightOwwl]

21. From DU'ers alone

they must have gotten somewhere around 1000.

[Nay]

36. I fired off a nasty email to CNN last night. Bastards.

Maybe they got the message from a bunch of us.

[KittyWampus]

29. They Jumped Shark Yesterday Showing Photoshopped Pix Of Kerry

the pix in the clean suit was fine... AS IS.

But to show the Republican's photoshopped version that was ONLY meant to harm Kerry was UTTERLY depraved

[LTR]

6. Saxby Chambliss was on split screen with the Kerry boat ride

Still cynical.

[Blaukraut]

7. You're right

The pundits are probably getting caught up in the excitement despite themselves and are forgetting to stay on message. I'm sure they realize the republican convention will be one big snore fest, so this might be the only chance they get to enjoy themselves.

[KharmaTrain]

9. No Change Here...

Earlier there was Myles Mindbender joking around with Neil Boorish, and they had Mike Lukovich as the "lone liberal". I didn't know Lukavich was anything more than a cartoonist who took shots at both sides. Where was Mike Malloy, who usually faces off against Boortz? It was pathetic. Attacks on Kerry's looks and cheap Clinton/Teresa jokes.

The overnight ratings show CNN killing Faux. No surprise since Faux is the fox in this henhouse and its coverage outright sucks...(however I did love when someone shoved a sign in front of Carl Cameron's face saying "Fox Lies"). The surprise for CNN is the strong numbers for MSGOP...whose been far more aggressive at this event than I can ever remember. Tweety's little booth in the Boston Market is drawing as much interest as CNN's treehouse on the convention floor.

The other day I was reading an interesting report...sorry in print and not linkable online...that says there's a noticeable shift going on in market testing on interest in politics, news and talk radio among 18-34 year olds. This is starting to ring bells at advertising agencies who are looking at these numbers to see which network is getting those younger viewers...viewers who these reports are showing to be predominately Anti-Bush and "leaning Kerry".

Let's see how CNNservative covers the Repugnican Whorefest before we make judgements. Let's see if their coverage is the same as this convention and who their commentators are. Let's also see how much coverage Faux gives. If they carry any of the speeches outside of the 10-11pm primetime slot (something they haven't at the DNC) there's a textbook case of media bias no one can refute.

[NightOwwl]

22. Luckovich makes no bones

about being a liberal. Re-posting link to his cartoons in case you missed my previous post. He's definitely not a Ted Rall type, but sometimes his humor can be very cutting.

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/luckovich/20...

[apnu]

10. could be... I sent them scathing emails yesterday

at the Repellent coverage of Day 1. This morning was much more positive for Dems.

[PA Democrat]

12. Me too. 2 emails and 1 phone call

complaining about all of the negative coverage.

I watched the convention last night on CSPAN and it was liberating not to have to listen to Karl Rove's talking points interspersed with convention speakers.

[apnu]

16. cspan is the way to go.

I've been watching it on that channel since day one. I've only picked up CNN (and its like) in the mornings to see what the GOP damage control is over the convention.

[democrat_patriot]

11. I have emailed, faxed and

even (type)written letters.

My fax program sends 1 every 60 minutes. To Faux, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC.
I simply edit the message. When I don't have a clear issue, I use a boilerplate: "Please I implore you to just keep it equal, no partisanship = a stonger America" or "How come I haven't heard about Bush's lack of national guard duty?" etc. etc. Any other suggestions?

My email does the same, from hotmail, yahoo and googlemail. I try and differ the message. I've also added congress and House emails, as well as every email I glean from DU. 157 email addresses so far.

It's automatic. Does it even while I sleep.

Imagine if 25 of us did the same thing. Every hour.

Keep the faith people, and keep up the good work!

[apnu]

17. what scripting are you using for all those emails?

[democrat_patriot]

26. A friend of mine

wrote it.

It's a combination macro/keystroke reader. That I run through task scheduler every hour. Actually pops open IE - goes to hotmail, yahoo, googlemail - 'types' in messages, loads address book group, hits send. Takes a while.

It's annoying so I have it running on a PC in one of our storage/test rooms. No monitor, keyboard or mouse. Even if I were to leave, it would probably still run for a few months to a year. It's behind some boxes, with it's own UPS.

We should create a DU download page for software that we can use.

[faithnotgreed]

28. that post has my head spinning with its intellect - welcome to du!

im not the most computer savvy but it sure sounded good to me (whatever it meant)!

[gratuitous]

18. Here's a question series

It's easy, everybody understands it, and it's never been asked of Stupidhead:

Has George W. Bush ever been arrested?

Has he ever been convicted of a crime?

What happened to his original Texas driver's license?

[calimary]

39. You are a Marvelous Human Being! Welcome to DU!

This sounds BEYOND WONDERFUL!! THIS IS GREAT!!!!

kkkarl rove has a blast fax? SO SHOULD WE!

This is JUST SUPERB! Hammer them. POUND them. NAG them til they nearly go blind. HOUND THEM til they cry for Milk Bones.

Sheesh, I called the comment line three times on Monday and thought I was hot stuff. YOU RULE.

Other suggestions:

--What happened to the Valerie Plame scandal?

--Why did you make such a big deal out of Sandy Berger when the White House has outed an undercover CIA operative, and still hasn't provided any answers?

--Why did Candy Crowley use so many REPUBLICAN-MANUFACTURED talking points in her profile of John Kerry? How much longer will you let her shill for the GOP? Has she NEVER heard of objective reporting?

--Why does Judy Woodruff hate John Kerry? She has YET to give him a fair shake.

--Why does Wolf Blitzer hate John Kerry? He has yet to give Kerry a fair shake.

--(The above could also apply to Paula "Monica" Zahn, but I'm not sure how much convention coverage she's provided. I've only watched bits of CNN and haven't seen her - such a refreshing change! She sickens me.)

--What is happening with Abu Ghraib?

--What's happening with the Abu Ghraib scandal - Seymour Hersh says he's seen more pictures and that they're horrible.

--Why haven't we gotten to the bottom of the Abu Ghraib situation? Seymour Hersh says he's seen photos of children being tortured there!

--WHY is Robert Novak still on the air? Isn't he the one who outed Valerie Plame, and isn't that a CRIME? Why are you keeping him on your payroll?

--Do we HAVE to hear Republican talking points during a DEMOCRATIC convention? You issue Republican talking points around the clock. Can't you at least back off of them THIS WEEK?

--Are you going to offer the Democrats as much response time during the GOP convention as you've freely given to Republicans this week?

--I'm SICK of hearing from the GOP! Give us a break! THIS is the DEMOCRATS' WEEK!

--PLEASE stop jamming GOP talking points down our throats! At least for this week! Give it a REST! Give OUR guys and gals a chance, for a change!

--WHY don't you truthfully label Bill Schneider as being from the American Enterprise Institute? That's a right-wing think tank. How can he possibly not be biased? And why do you hide his affiliation? Why can't you hire a pollster from a LIBERAL think tank?

--WHERE, and WHY does Judy Woodruff get off telling George McGovern "The country doesn't want to believe John Kerry and what he thinks." Does she even realize that there are MORE people like ME out here - who believe John Kerry and know Bush is a liar.

--WHOSE side is Judy Woodruff on, anyway? Her bias is EXTRAORDINARY! Isn't she supposed to be impartial? Isn't CNN supposed to be impartial?

--Why did you report only half the story about the photos of John Kerry in that funny suit? WHY did you cover only the GOP's side? WHY did you end the story without including the Democrats' response - and the funny-looking George Bush photos THEY provided?

--WHY are you taking the GOP talking points as gospel? Why aren't you giving the Democrats a fair shake? Will you be making use of Democratic Party talking points during the upcoming GOP convention?

--WHY did Frank Buckley spend so much of his report about John Kerry talking about Bush's poll numbers - that are SUPPOSEDLY better? Can't he just report on John Kerry?

--Frank Buckley wasted time in his John Kerry piece today by adding several references to the few poll numbers that are favorable to George Bush. Why? To be "fair and balanced?" Then why not even it up when you report on Bush? And when you report on the 9/11 Commission, for example, WHY DO YOU NEVER POINT OUT that the White House fought, tooth and nail, against the very existence of such a commission, to begin with? And that's not all they fought against. Yet you make no mention of it. How come?

--Why do your reporters and anchors put pro-Bush comments into your coverage of Democrats?

--Why does Judy Woodruff favor the Republicans and their talking points all the time? Why can't she be more even-handed? She's certainly been around long enough to know better.

--WHY should we be interested in ANYTHING Bill Bennett has to say? Why do you have him on, criticizing Teresa Heinz Kerry on a character issue? How can he criticize ANYBODY on a character issue?

--Whose brilliant idea was it to hire Jack Cafferty?

--If you continue to have Jack Cafferty's right-wing slant on, regularly, when will you be adding a left-wing commentator for the same amount of airtime also? WHY DO YOU KEEP IT SO SLANTED TOWARD THE RIGHT?

--When you bash Democrats, do you realize you are also bashing ME? I am a Democrat, and I believe in John Kerry. And I've been a longtime viewer. Do you NOT want me as a viewer anymore?

--The Fox network's numbers are DOWN this week. Do you still want to be more like them?

[cprise]

13. You can't exorcise this monster

Next week, it will be pea soup right in the face. And it probably won't stop after that.

[RGBflawed]

14. re

I think the anchors were all over the Republican back-spin early in the convention because their propaganda seemed somewhat more plausable. Now that we have all this positivity and truth coming out of the convention, the republican attack machine just seems a lot more mean.

[Skidmore]

15. Perhaps they realized that their viewers were migrating

to C-SPAN.

[OKNancy]

19. Judy was drooling all over Obama

So sweet, so soft-spokern......she was in awe.

[hatrack]

23. Yeah, and on Friday, Judy's retractable fangs come out again

By Day Three, people aren't really paying much attention. They know that the Democrats' convention is in progress, but they're just waiting for the actual Kerry speech tomorrow.

That way, CNNMSNBCBSABCNBCFOX can flick the foam from their lips, and spend a day displaying their sweet reason and fairness and journalistic "integrity" before the bash-fest picks up again, either tomorrow night or by Friday at the latest.

[NightOwwl]

24. Judy Woodruff just finished drooling over Mathew Dowd

"Sr. Bush Strategic Analyst" letting him go on and on about Bush flip-flops. When he was finished she thanked him profusely. No follow-up questions of course.

Oh, but now she is telling George McGovern "The country doesn't want to believe John Kerry and what he thinks."

Dammit. Time to call CNN.

[kwolf68]

25. Woodruff must go

Here interview of Mary Beth Cahill (Kerry CM) was a complete travesty.

[tblue37]

38. Perhaps my memory is faulty--

But isn't Al Hunt Judy Woodruff's husband, and wasn't he the journalist W verbally and profanely assaulted and threatened when the couple were out to dinner with their 4-yr-old child? It seems that she would have more reasonthan most to want W to get tossed in November.

Maybe she is afraid of his attack machine.

[TWiley]

27. I hope so, the bush bias on CNN has been striking.

The talking heads have been pissing me off. Having wolf, kelly wallace, victoria clarke, aaron brown, bob dole, and tucker carlson in a representative position of authority OVER the convention is an insult.

Concerning Jimmy Carters speech wolf said "jimmy makes a better ex-president than he ever could as president"

Excuse me wolf, but nobody has tuned in to hear your dumb ass comments. Besides, your man bush would have to study hard for three years to be a better doorknob than he has been for the past four. He may well be at the peak of his stupidity. Besides wolf, Mr Carter was crippled by a slanderous republican attack. In fact, Reagan and Bush (then citizens campaigning for president) conspired against the President of the United States with an enemy (Iran) who had seized 449 American hostages. Reagen and Bush promised them sophisticated weapons in exchange for holding them for over a year until the election was over. Lets discuss THAT point on CNN wolfie.

I keep telling myself that perhaps the DNC has a good plan where these nutbags will be softened, if not won over, but i am skeptical and resent their spin on anything.

I was listening to radio coverage last night (piped in variety) and all I could hear was deafening cheers in the background with republican dipshits talking endlessly as if THEY were the convention and THEIR message was the important one.

I am shocked at how biased CNN really is. I never would have believed it until their anchors got exposed against a democratic backdrop.

[ClassWarrior]

30. OUR CALLS ARE WORKING! CNN's viewer-comment line, 404-827-0234

Press 8 for a live operator and let 'em know what you think!

[TWiley]

46. I left a message

and bitched up a storm. What the hell is Victoria Clark doing at the convention? I told them how disappointed I was with their obvious bias for bush. I asked if they will staff only liberal democrats to cover the re-pukes convention.

Viewers are tuning in to hear the speeches, not to hear their employees dumb ass comments.

[bluedog]

32. Not That witch of a Woodyward.

She has been asking questions to Mrs.Edwards on her "visit to Wades" Grave...I have written a letter to CNN...this should be OFF LIMITS John and his wife always go to their sons grave.my GOD.....this is the most fucking blatant piece of journalism I have ever heard.........what the hell does that have to do with the election....this is the 2nd story I have seen covered on their son..the other one a few nights ago.the Edwards told the reporter it was a personal matter...good for them!!!!

[LunaC]

34. Goodbye, CNN......

Posted this earlier in its own thread but it seems to fit in here as a replay (with typos/misspellings corrected, of course.)


Goodbye, CNN......

There was a time when you reported the news according to basic journalistic principles....."Just the facts, ma'am. Just the facts."

Now, however, your newscasters intentionally shade and shape their semantics towards a right-wing bias that smacks of organized Conservative propaganda. Blitzer, Woodruff and Crowley are the most blatant, egregious and obnoxious examples of this practice.

That you allow the White House to influence your reporting (ala the Letterman fiasco) is simply unprofessional, unamerican and unacceptable.

My days of enduring skewed and distorted news are over! I can no longer - in good conscience - support you as a viewer and am changing the channel to the news agencies that still maintain honesty, integrity and non-bias in their reporting.

Goodbye, CNN. Goodbye!

[Bluebear]

35. Coming up at 5: "Why Bostonians don't like Kerry"

'Favorite son no favorite of locals.' Nope, doesn't sound any better to me.

[calimary]

40. It could just be that our campaign is working.

We just might be having an impact.

I REALLY appreciate the "dual-use" efforts going on here, too. Talk about getting more bang for your buck! To email, or email en masse, or email several times a day, or email AND Call, or email AND write, is JUST EXCELLENT!

That's what gets the job done.

If They Think We Don't Care, They Won't, Either!!!!!

Remember this wise observation from our own grasswire: IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING...make a phone call or send a paper letter. E-mails are quick and cheap and don't carry the weight of a phone call or a PAPER LETTER. Paul Begala says a hundred paper letters would change the direction of a news program. – DUer grasswire, 5/20/04

[Shopaholic]

41. I've noticed it too. . .

they've been much less blatent today than previously. Keep up the e-mails folks! Call them on the hotline. Do not let our voices go unheard!

[calimary]

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1 CNN Center
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Comment line: (404) 827 – 0234 – when you’re connected, dial 8 – to save time/money waiting through the message. During regular business hours, this will put you through to a human.
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[DeepModem Mom]

44. Saw ad Candy's Kerry hitpiece, "Born to Run," will repeat ; call/email....

protesting the unfairness of this outrageous hour-long denigration of our candidate. CNN should cease showing this piece, or make damn sure their Bush doc includes DUIs, cocaine abuse, AWOL, failed businesses, etc.

[NightOwwl]

45. MSNBC - Won't give names of those in charge of News Dept.

Haven't they aver heard of the internet?

MSNBC NEWS CHIEF Mark Effron
fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

MSNBC NEWS DIRECTOR Alison Hawley
fax: [phone]

MSNBC SWITCHBOARD
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]

Call switchboard, they will transfer you.