It is well known that CNN is anti-Bush and anti-Republican. Has been since it "slipped out of the Jackal's pussy in 1980." Last night the other cable news channels I flip through had nothing, so I paused on CNN -- a rarity since Aaron Brown tried to sell me on hating the Iraq war.
Meeting with the president, again
CNN was covering the Cindy Sheehan disgrace. The early morning crew (early here in California) said that Sheehan and most of her political backers "want the president to meet with her." Oops, where's the "again"? Does CNN not know that Bush met with her once before? Again should be included, considering accuracy is a fairly important component of journalism. Rather, it is when a news organization does not have an agenda; when it has not taken sides.
Just one mile
Another interesting tidbit was their secondary ticker. I don't know the in-house lingo, so I'll describe it. The secondary ticker, as I call it, is stationary text just above the scrolling ticker, and this text is related to the conversation of the talking heads. The ticker, by contrast, is the scrolling text at the bottom of the screen; it's not usually related to the conversation. Last night CNN's secondary ticker mentioned the Bush neighbor who offered his land to the protesters. CNN chose to say the land is "just one mile" from the present location of the protest.
Just?
Noticing the lack of "again" and the inclusion of "just" is not nitpicking. Do you think Fox would have missed "again" or chosen to include "just"?
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