WTF CNN?

[arcadian]

Talk about biased reporting. Check out the URL. Now you can plant propaganda directly into weblinks. Why weren't they asking if Bush was a fascist for 8 years? Or how about questions like "Is ex-President Bush a war criminal?"

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/14/Obama.socialist/index.html?hpt=C2

Ask the card-carrying socialists: Is Obama one of them?

[Echo In Light]

1. .

[Ian David]

2. At the Boston rally yesterday, there were people with signs that said,

"Obama is not a socialist, but I am."

Also, Thom Hartmann interviewed the head of the Socialist Party who also said Obama is not a Socialist.

[EFerrari]

3. It's a good debunking piece, though. n/t

[arcadian]

4. Yeah but it's written in doublespeak

It's the way I've been noticing stories like this in the media now a days. If you were a teabagger you could look at it and discern that the country is filled with socialists.

[EFerrari]

5. It is and we eat teabaggers for lunch. They better be very afraid!

lol

[arthritisR_US]

6. they need to stop pretending to be a news organization. n/t

[pinstikfartherin]

7. "To be honest, the most socialist candidate in the 2008 election was Sarah Palin."

[Truth2Tell]

8. I think it's a pretty decent piece actually.

The headline is very poor (and likely written by someone who didn't write the article), but the piece is fairly honest. For CNN.

[arcadian]

9. It's not honest when their intention is to distort.

as you pointed out with a misleading headline.

[Truth2Tell]

11. I was pointedly referring to the article apart from the headline.

Who knows, maybe the headline will draw in people inclined to believe Obama is a socialist, and then when they read the article they'll take a second think. :shrug:

And sure, at some levels CNN is always trying to deceive. That's their raison d'etre.

[arcadian]

12. I doubt it.

here is what a teabagger will take away from this article. "Obama is a socialist! Says so in the Title and URL!!!" "CNN gives interview to Commie socialist to talk about socialism and then lie about Obama not being a socialist! It's all a prt of THEIR plan!"

[Xenotime]

10. It's not 100% socialism. America has had small bits and pieces for a while.

They balk at it but eventually warm up to it and get used to it.