CNN Scoff's at WH abuse of power hearings: "Stagecraft". Your blood will BOIL!

[chill_wind]

No, this Bush shilling by anchors across the networks is not new, but this is IN YER FACE media corruption at some of its most blatant:



"Warrantless wiretapping of Americans; torturing and kidnapping and detaining numerous prisoners, foreign enemy combatants, prisoners, whatever they could be classified as; the fact that we have become a severely surveilled population now with the abuses of the Patriot Act--all done under the cloak of government secrecy. Political spying; the attacks on academic freedom; the politicization of the Justice Department; selective prosecutions--so many areas fertile for inquiring by this Congress."

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), responding to the sentiment that impeachment would be "overzealous partisanship":


"....a real waste of taxpayer money and Congress' time."

Campbell Brown

CNN Scoffs at White House Critics
Anchor with Bush ties dismisses abuse-of-power hearings as 'stagecraft'

7/31/08

CNN's Election Center program devoted a July 25 report to mocking a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee investigating White House abuses of power.

"Believe it or not, there was a congressional hearing today about impeaching the president," scoffed host Campbell Brown, who added: "It was all stagecraft, though." Brown went on to introduce the report by CNN correspondent Erica Hill by saying, "Tell us about this piece of Kabuki theater, Erica."

(see full article)

Host Campbell Brown closed the report by saying: "All right. So this is really just stagecraft, not to mention a real waste of taxpayer money and Congress' time." Needless to say, the suggestion that looking into the weighty matters addressed by the hearing is a "waste of taxpayer money" is a remarkable statement from a supposedly unbiased anchor.

It is worth noting that Brown is married to Dan Senor, who was a deputy press secretary for George W. Bush before becoming the chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. (He's currently a Fox Newsanalyst.) Given that much of the discussion of executive malfeasance concerns the Iraq War, it is inappropriate for Brown to even be covering an investigation of abuses of power that involve her husband's former associates--let alone for her to dismiss such inquiries as a waste of time and money. If CNN had been around in 1974, would it have allowed the spouse of a former Nixon spokesperson to report on the Watergate hearings?

more: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3584

(bold emphasis mine)

[mediaman007]

1. waste of money? waste of time? too bad Bush* can't get a blowjob,

then Mrs. Senior would be willing to spend the time and the money.

[chill_wind]

2. You got that right! n/t

[grasswire]

3. my jaw dropped at Brown's comments

This is the most outrageous bias ever displayed on CNN by a purported news reader.

My blood is boiling.

ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Donate to FAIR, if you can.

[chill_wind]

5. They are pulling out all the stops against Dems.

MSM Media mouthpieces and surrogates for Bush ARE PART of his abuse of power.

[marmar]

4. CNN is a disgrace.....They're like the BTN in "V for Vendetta".....

Actually, Faux IS the BTN in "V for Vendetta"

[grasswire]

6. please take the actions recommended by FAIR

write Campbell Brown (I blistered her)

telephone the head of CNN (he's taking messages)

leave comment on CNN



We can only stop this if we assert our democratic powers.

[smoogatz]

7. B-b-b-b-ut CNN's the librul nooze!!!11!!

Does not compute! ACCCKCKCKcckckspllooooorrrttt!

[AndyTiedye]

8. The Mighty Slime Machine In Action

K/R

[AndyA]

9. Send nasty messages to CNN, Campbell Brown, and left a message at the number provided.

I told them CNN would be programmed out of my televisions tonight, and that it was no longer welcome in my home.

I also told them that acts such as this are exactly why we need a Fairness Doctrine of some type in America, and that these Gestapo tactics cannot be tolerated any longer.

I told them they covered up for Bush for years, and they continue to do so, to the detriment and ruination of this country. I said they should be ashamed of themselves, and that I was certain Ted Turner was very disgusted with the direction his former network had taken.

[grasswire]

10. kick!

Good work.

[chill_wind]

11. You rock! Thank you! n/t

[grasswire]

12. another kick

This is important.

[Solly Mack]

13. Afraid her husband could be investigated perhaps?

lolol

[chill_wind]

16. Great point!! n/t

[MadrasT]

14. Campbell Brown is a joke.

:kick:

[spanone]

15. campbell brown is to jounalism what phyllis diller is to beauty pageants

[chill_wind]

17. There should be a disclaimer about her indirect ties to the Bush admin scrolling across the screen

on CNN every time she opens her mouth.