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Shame on CNN

Jacob — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:26:28 +0000

I tuned into CNN on Monday night expecting to hear of extraordinary efforts to save livelihoods of those victims of Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana. Instead I found Larry King and guests destroying the life of a teenage girl.

Recently news broke that Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter is pregnant. I tuned into CNN to find a full panel of guests discussing this news item.

Even presidential opponent Barack Obama deplores news coverage of this claiming that “people’s families are off limits, and people’s children are especially off limits.”

Having heard so much about journalistic integrity, I found the fact that CNN chose to cover a story about a teenage pregnancy (remember Palin’s daughter is still a minor) surprisingly horrific. I can only imagine the devastation this might bring to a 17 year old girl as she watches news of her pregnancy being reported on national television.

CNN’s self-proclaimed motto is “The most trusted name in news,” but there is nothing trustworthy about reporting news of a teenage pregnancy, regardless of who her parents might be. Shame on CNN for representing a very low and unethical level of journalism.

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FBI Target

Jacob — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:21:07 +0000

Today I saw this headline from CNNMoney:

Missile aimed at FBI target

I first thought that there was a missile aimed where the target was the FBI. After reading the first little bit of the article I realized that the target was defined by the FBI, not the FBI itself.

Funny how reading something slightly wrong can give it a completely different meaning.

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Dancing Larry King

Jacob — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:27:23 +0000

My roommates were flipping through the channels and were watching a bit of CNN. Apparently they were taking questions via You-Tube, but when I walked by it was showing this movie thing of a dancing Larry King in underwear or something like that. I kind of thought it was a joke, until I heard the audio of Anderson Cooper (from the other room) seem apologetic about it.

Does anyone know what happened? Was it a prank or joke, and if so, from whom? Did CNN get hacked?

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