CNN is now a real danger to democracy. Everyone knew FOX was biased while

[blm]

most people innocently ASSUMED that CNN was just a news outlet.

CNN is proving to be more than just a mouthpiece for the Bush administration. It has become one with them. Just about every process story is spun against Kerry. His overwhelming crowd support is never reported while Bush is made to appear as the exalted leader with his lesser crowds.

Kitty Kelley was used often as a panelist on CNN shows. Watch how little you see of her on CNN after next week. I submit there will NOT be any indepth interviews of any serious length.

Psychics will get more airtime.

They will refer to her book only as a point of controversy while ignoring the substance of the revelations.

We just have to fight them back and WIN IT ON THE GROUND GAME.

We're smarter and we're RIGHT. They're WRONG.

[liveoaktx]

1. Plug for *News Flash* by Bonnie Anderson- CNN is infotainment NOT news

and has been blocked from my list of stations.

[liveoaktx]

14. 'Nother book recommendation- Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants

by James Wolcott (writes for Vanity Fair)
Real hoot!

[pmbryant]

2. Not if none of us watch it

Fortunately, it's ratings have been in the toilet. Probably not coincidentally.

--Peter

[BootinUp]

3. Ya know I watched them

do this to General Clark not too long ago. :(

Cable news channels are bad for democracy me thinks.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. What was the thing about Dole giving away they had a direct WH phone?

has that been documented?

[TheDebbieDee]

13. Ask newsguyatl about this................

I also read on this site several months ago that there was an NSA or Department of Defense staffer assigned to CNN who looks over and approves their newscopy before it is broadcast.

I wonder if the other networks have or know about the gov't censorship staffers.

[SayitAintSo]

26. It's my understanding it's SOP will all major networks

I know for fact it's the case at CNN - one of my siblings retired from there (pretty high up) and confirmed this years ago ... I understood that major network news had to do this.

[demvoterforlife]

5. Watch CBS if you want both sides of the issues.

CNN now leans too far right. Not as far right as Fox, but definately right of center. CBS gives by far the most balanced viewpoint.

[DeepModem Mom]

7. Hi, demvoterforlife -- welcome to DU!

[tom_paine]

18. But even CBS has fallen into infotainment and he said-she said

The est of a bad lot, though I would say that PBS still holds that pathetic title.

Of course, lost in all of this is not so much the left-right fight but the simple fact that "journalism" in Amerika has undergone negative sea changes regarding ethics, fact-checking, reporting methodologies and so much more.

Yes, it was driven by the Bushevik Sub-Media but THAT is the rub here, that and the death of the FCC regs that prevented the rise of Totalitarian Media inthe first place which is what they were designed to do and why the Busheviks have fought so long against what was preventing their dream of a docile, stupid and slavish bunch of Imperial Subjects of Amerika.

They still aren't fully there but they are close.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. Cable "News" Channels need to be SHUT DOWN!!!

They are a threat to American Democracy!

[cthrumatrix]

25. well said.... they are not a news organization

[deutsey]

8. Corporate media in general are a threat to democracy

[wakfs]

9. I no longer watch CNN

The other night I had on Headline News and they did a story about recent polls in battleground states. The only states they mentioned were the ones in which Bush was ahead!!

How bad does it have to get before people wake up and reject these media monsters?

[tom_paine]

19. Much, much worse, I am afraid

History suiggests that Imperial Amerika will indeed sink to the bottom.

The paradigm of the Superpower gone mad (like ancient Rome) suggests that no one will be daring enough and powerful enough to step in from outside as we did in WWII and stop the slide.

Bad times are most likely ahead. Times that make these seem like The Good Old Days when even a small sliver of Old America still remained.

[mzmolly]

10. Well if the media didn't take down Dean, they certainly can't take down

Kerry? :crazy: ;)

Your claim is sad but true. The media must be broken up if we are to have real democracy again.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. NOVAK IS DEMANDING CBS REVEAL ITS SOURCES!!! ROTFLMAO

ROTFLMAO Bob Novak is on Crossfire right now demanding that CBS reveal the sources for its documents.

Can it get any funnier?

[liveoaktx]

12. What a putz

[democrank]

15. CNN is barely a half step above Entertainment Tonight.

If I want to watch empty-headed Barbie and Ken dolls I`ll visit the toy aisle in a department store. I`ve had enough of CNN`s rah, rah, rah-ing for the Bush administration, especially now that one of their morning anchors, Daryn Kagan, is Rush Limbaugh`s new beau.

What we should do is have a massive email campaign informing them that we`ve all decided to hit the OFF button. Just wish them well in their effort to outfox Fox, then find another news source that at least attempts to report the truth.

[Freddie Stubbs]

16. Why is Kitty Kelly necessary?

Do you lack confidence that Kerry's stances on the issues of the day are not compelling enough to convince a majority of the voters that he is the best choice? Have we learned nothing for the Monica Lewinski episode?

[blm]

20. CNN doesn't address any of Kerry's stances on the issues. They only repeat

the soundbites from the process stories. Issues be damned.

[MoonRiver]

17. I agree.

I've written off CNN and MSNBC. I've never watched FAUX. Don't miss any of the whores a bit!

[Cogito ergo doleo]

21. AOL Time Warner CEO, Jack Parsons

CEO Levin to retire from AOL Time Warner (Dec. 2001)
...
"Speculation during this time heightened that Parsons would take a position within the Bush administration, possibly as his commerce secretary. Parsons was passed up for the position, but nonetheless remained in service of President Bush by co-chairing his effort to overhaul Social Security."
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-276617.html?legacy=cnet&tag=tp_pr

[bringbackfdr]

22. This is the greatest danger to our country

Even more than Shrub's continuing in office for four more ugly years. Fox, CNN and the rest. Shrub will go, hopefully sooner rather than later, but the right-wing assembly line will keep churning out more of the same. First they bullied the TV networks into submission, now they have them on a leash. I know this creates a sort of helpless feeling; I write e-mails and letters to these spineless clowns and come away feeling generally frustrated. But, as blm said in his original post, we just have to win it on the ground.

[KoKo]

23. When they start using Drudge for news and Kagin is dating Rushball...

then we know the depths are in the "sewer level." Won't even get into Whore Woodruff...and the rest of them...

Glad you posted this. Some newbies might need a "clue in."

[Trajan]

24. You are SO right ....

I think this instance, the Bush memo 'Forgery' debacle put me over the top ....

CNN has WIDELY dismissed the memos as forgeries: Based on what ? ...

Wish ? ...

desire ?

CMon ! ... you are SUPPOSED to I N V E S T I G A T E ...

EVERYTHING that has gone wrong in our nation, can in one way or another be tied to our MEDIA failing to do it's job ....

CNN MUST do it's job of investigating FACTS ....

Our democracy depends on it ...

SOMETHING must be done ...

Ignoring them will not do ....