Via Hot Air.
The guys at CNN are unbelievable.
Here's Wolf Blitzer (the man who went -$4600 on Celebrity Jeopardy) and crew fact checking an SNL skit about Obama. Talk about sticking up for your guy. Fact checking a negative comedy skit about a politician? CNN's more transparent than a window.
At the end of the clip, they find time to pull out SNL's take on Sarah Palin, which they call..."dead on."
My favorite CNN/YouTube clip is underneath this one.
Fast forward to 1:23 to see your Fact Checker in all his glory:
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Showing posts with label CNN. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
CNN Screws Up. Blames Everybody Else.
The righteous indignation in this piece from CNN is a joke. They got caught reporting a story that wasn't a story, and boy are they angry:
I agree with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs: "Before we report things like this, checking would be good," Gibbs said.
Responding directly to a CNN reporter's question about whether the public should have been notified about a training exercise, Gibbs was harshly sarcastic: "If anybody was unnecessarily alarmed based on erroneous reporting that denoted that shots had been fired, I think everybody is apologetic about that."
When another journalist noted that the Coast Guard was holding a news conference to take questions on the morning's events, Gibbs jabbed: "Hopefully CNN will go."
I've seen some pieces asking why the Coast Guard would hold such an exercise on the anniverary of 9/11. Oh, I don't know, maybe because it's a Friday. Maybe they were due for a refresher. Maybe they just felt like it. Point is, it's good to have the military work on their training no matter what day of the week it is. The only reason this story made the news is because CNN reported that shots had been fired - and they hadn't.
I agree with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs: "Before we report things like this, checking would be good," Gibbs said.
Responding directly to a CNN reporter's question about whether the public should have been notified about a training exercise, Gibbs was harshly sarcastic: "If anybody was unnecessarily alarmed based on erroneous reporting that denoted that shots had been fired, I think everybody is apologetic about that."
When another journalist noted that the Coast Guard was holding a news conference to take questions on the morning's events, Gibbs jabbed: "Hopefully CNN will go."
I've seen some pieces asking why the Coast Guard would hold such an exercise on the anniverary of 9/11. Oh, I don't know, maybe because it's a Friday. Maybe they were due for a refresher. Maybe they just felt like it. Point is, it's good to have the military work on their training no matter what day of the week it is. The only reason this story made the news is because CNN reported that shots had been fired - and they hadn't.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Jump Spin
Drudge points out a pretty good way of making sure that something turns out all right in the end. Here's CNN:
Two out of three Americans who watched President Barack Obama's health care reform speech Wednesday night favor his health care plans — a 14-point gain among speech-watchers, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll of people who tuned into Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress.
14 points in one night? That's a hell of jump. Must have been a killer speech. But wait. What's this fine print at the bottom of the page...
The sample of speech-watchers in this poll was 45 percent Democratic and 18 percent Republican.
Oh.
It's been a while since I had fun with pollsters, and so, some more Poll Vaulting:
Two out of three Americans who watched President Barack Obama's health care reform speech Wednesday night favor his health care plans — a 14-point gain among speech-watchers, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll of people who tuned into Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress.
14 points in one night? That's a hell of jump. Must have been a killer speech. But wait. What's this fine print at the bottom of the page...
The sample of speech-watchers in this poll was 45 percent Democratic and 18 percent Republican.
Oh.
It's been a while since I had fun with pollsters, and so, some more Poll Vaulting:
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