After Castellanos controversy, CNN vows to be ‘vigilant’ in the future about disclosing conflicts of interest
Apparently one of CNN’s contributors, Alex Castellanos, has been in the employ of AHIP and the Republican National Committee for some time. According to reports, the GOP paid Castellanos $434,336 in four installments, and AHIP paid Castellanos for placing advertisements critical of Democratic health reform efforts. In other words, the man was a MOLE as well as a SHILL. Paying a so called news “contributor” on the sneak doesn’t speak well of the GOP either.
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CNN: World watches odyssey of 'Balloon Boy' in real time
BBC: 'Balloon boy' found alive at home
I was flipping channels at about 6:00 pm and caught both versions of this story. Wolf Blitzer of CNN was hyping the story as if the balloon was still flying and the drama still ongoing. Meanwhile, the BBC reported that the balloon had landed, that the boy had been found hiding in the attic of his parents’ house. I flipped the channel to Deutsche Welle: Same report as the BBC.
Is this possible? The BBC and Deutsche Welle actually reporting the event in real time and ahead of CNN by an hour? Or is something else happening here? I have reason to believe CNN was deliberately hyping this story for a primetime audience long after the story had concluded. If true, the BBC and Deutsche Welle reported the story while CNN prolonged and embellished it, i.e. more theater than news.
CNN calls itself the “most trusted name" in journalism. Perhaps they should change their slogan from “trusted” to “busted.” Anyone disagree?
Of course, there is still CNN's Lou Dobbs problem.
Octopus is tired and really wants to take a break for a few days.
CNN: World watches odyssey of 'Balloon Boy' in real time
BBC: 'Balloon boy' found alive at home
I was flipping channels at about 6:00 pm and caught both versions of this story. Wolf Blitzer of CNN was hyping the story as if the balloon was still flying and the drama still ongoing. Meanwhile, the BBC reported that the balloon had landed, that the boy had been found hiding in the attic of his parents’ house. I flipped the channel to Deutsche Welle: Same report as the BBC.
Is this possible? The BBC and Deutsche Welle actually reporting the event in real time and ahead of CNN by an hour? Or is something else happening here? I have reason to believe CNN was deliberately hyping this story for a primetime audience long after the story had concluded. If true, the BBC and Deutsche Welle reported the story while CNN prolonged and embellished it, i.e. more theater than news.
CNN calls itself the “most trusted name" in journalism. Perhaps they should change their slogan from “trusted” to “busted.” Anyone disagree?
Of course, there is still CNN's Lou Dobbs problem.
Octopus is tired and really wants to take a break for a few days.
Take a break Octy...I am leaving for a three day holiday in a matter of hours...
ReplyDeleteAny news channel that is 24/7 is nothing more than entertainment because when you have to fill that much time you sometimes have to improvise to fill up an hour.
When the market demands sensationalism or shock and awe you have to give it to them...
That is true of Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC...
So, while in the 60's people had the catch phrase, "turn on, turn in, drop out" now we can go with
TURN OFF, TURN OUT, AND DROP IN...
So, turn the television off, get off the internet and go and visit with real people....
I'm late to this post -
ReplyDelete- if you are right HOW SHAMELESS! Blitzer is not above such things.
CNN ought to take care that they do not build a glass house at which the currently-spotlighted-for-bad-journalism FOXNEWS would gladly toss a few bricks.