CNN credibility in question

Yahoshua · 06-21-07, 10:50 PM

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/..._news_net.html

August · 06-21-07, 11:34 PM

So i other words the Clintons are going to control CNN opinion polls ahead of Hillarys run for the oval office?

And they say the Republicans are crooked.

Yahoshua · 06-21-07, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by August

So in other words the Clintons are going to control CNN opinion polls ahead of Hillarys run for the oval office?

And they say the Republicans are crooked.

Nowadays, who isn't crooked?

FIREWALL · 06-21-07, 11:43 PM

If the public can't or won't look at the information available to them today they deserve what they get and what happens to them.

The Avon Lady · 06-22-07, 12:48 AM

I agree with all of the above opinions. Other than the specifics, this is not news. And what's worse are almost all of the major newswire services that feed the mass media.

We've had these chats before.

P_Funk · 06-22-07, 01:21 AM

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If the public can't or won't look at the information available to them today they deserve what they get and what happens to them.

Thats the basic thing isn't it. I mean CNN or Fox News or The Wall Street Journal or any other publication is suspect to many of us. And the vast majority of people around here with strong opinions don't base them on the flimsy propoganda that we go ton most networks, or the shallow coverage of events.

The sad fact is that most people base their vote on the last speech any candidate gives. For many people "tax cut" is more than enough. The lack of political sophistication is the main cause for most of the run away idiocy we have in our democracies. I mean Bush in 2000 I can understand. But the real stupidity comes from the fact that Bush had a negative approval rating in '04 and still he won. Reflexive voting.

If people are too lazy or stupid to be conscious citizens and to vote with intelligence, or hell even vote to begin with (Canada had a poor ~30% turn out last time) then whatever bad stuff happens we deserve.

When I say this tts not just a left wing diatribe, but a universal thing. I don't care if you vote for my preferred candidate. I still think you an a$$hole if you do it for anything other than intelligent reasons.

The Avon Lady · 06-22-07, 01:29 AM

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I mean CNN or Fox News or The Wall Street Journal

Didn't take long to slip in the slant, did it?

dean_acheson · 06-22-07, 12:53 PM

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So in other words the Clintons are going to control CNN opinion polls ahead of Hillarys run for the oval office?

And they say the Republicans are crooked.

Nowadays, who isn't crooked?

I'm not.

August · 06-22-07, 01:12 PM

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So in other words the Clintons are going to control CNN opinion polls ahead of Hillarys run for the oval office?

And they say the Republicans are crooked.

Nowadays, who isn't crooked?

I'm not.

Neither am I.

Tchocky · 06-22-07, 01:27 PM

I am. Wholly corrupted.

It's this power thing

Yahoshua · 06-22-07, 05:06 PM

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So in other words the Clintons are going to control CNN opinion polls ahead of Hillarys run for the oval office?

And they say the Republicans are crooked.

Nowadays, who isn't crooked?

I'm not.

Neither am I.

If you're not crooked are you squiggly or curly?

moose1am · 06-23-07, 09:19 PM

Source of this so called news? Fox maybe or G Gordon Liddy or maybe Rushbutterball is an idiot limbaugh?

Hillary was right... there is a vast right wing conspiracy that's designed to take out the Clintons. This is most likely the same people that shot Bobby and Robert and Martin.

Radical Right Wing Zeolots like Dick (breaking the law) Cheney! Or should I say dick "shotem in the face " Cheney.

This story is about a stupid at they come.

CNN is the only news organization that's not totally controlled by the Right Wing Military Industrial Complex . It's only appears to be uncontrolled by these people. The rich own and control the media and don't let anyone tell you different. Because it takes big money to control the media and the Clintons don't own Disney or GE. But you know who does don't you?

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So i other words the Clintons are going to control CNN opinion polls ahead of Hillarys run for the oval office?

And they say the Republicans are crooked.

August · 06-26-07, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by moose1am

Source of this so called news? Fox maybe or G Gordon Liddy or maybe Rushbutterball is an idiot limbaugh?

Hillary was right... there is a vast right wing conspiracy that's designed to take out the Clintons. This is most likely the same people that shot Bobby and Robert and Martin.

Radical Right Wing Zeolots like Dick (breaking the law) Cheney! Or should I say dick "shotem in the face " Cheney.

This story is about a stupid at they come.

CNN is the only news organization that's not totally controlled by the Right Wing Military Industrial Complex . It's only appears to be uncontrolled by these people. The rich own and control the media and don't let anyone tell you different. Because it takes big money to control the media and the Clintons don't own Disney or GE. But you know who does don't you?

Well yeah actually i do and they are strikingly bad examples for the validity of your argument. Walt Disney Productions went public (sold stock) in 1940 and has remained a public stock ever since. No one person currently owns more than 3% of the company stock. Institutional investors (mutual funds, 401 k, etc.) own 65% of the stock. GE is also a public stock traded company. In short they are mostly the same people who will be going to the polls next year to elect a new president. Not the ones who will be running in the election.

As for the source of the article, perhaps you ought to spend a few minutes finding out. Making wild assed guesses before you launch into your pet conspiracy theory sort of cuts the rug out from under your whole argument before we even get to your Dick Cheney hate fest.

Of course i'll note in the meantime that you see nothing wrong with a single political candidate controlling the offical opinion polling mechanism for a major international news source just before the election. How partisan of you.

The Avon Lady · 06-26-07, 02:03 AM

Actually, there's a real investment connection between CNN and Disney. Can you find it?

dean_acheson · 06-26-07, 11:15 AM

What was it Winston said.....

"Tyrnanny, tempered by lots of assassinations..." I've always liked that one.
here's the quote, from Dean Acheson of course:

"You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, "Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination." People say, "If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better." I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish. You know the Congress is a perfect example, and created to be a perfect example."

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	If the public can't or won't look at the information available to them today they deserve what they get and what happens to them. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I agree with all of the above opinions. Other than the specifics, this is not news. And what's worse are almost all of the major newswire services that feed the mass media. We've had these chats before. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Actually, there's a real investment connection between CNN and Disney. Can you find it? __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	What was it Winston said..... "Tyrnanny, tempered by lots of assassinations..." I've always liked that one. here's the quote, from Dean Acheson of course: "You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, "Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination." People say, "If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better." I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish. You know the Congress is a perfect example, and created to be a perfect example."