Monday, December 12, 2005

CNN is just plain ridiculous

So, after Bush's speech today, I was watching CNN to see how they covered it. During one segment they had one of their reporters on location in a diner in chicago. First mistake: illinois is a strong democratic state, and chicago is its stronghold. The reporter at the end of the segment even admitted this saying what I just said and "its hard to find a bush supporter here." The reporter interviewed three people, all of which were definitely anti-war, pro pulling our troops out. Second huge mistake: in this segment, they were trying to get reaction from bush's speech. None of the three even saw it!!!!!!! They were all in the diner eating and working! Haha. So, first they interviewed a woman about in her 40's who was working there. The first question went something like this: "Even though you didn't see the speech today, has the speech Bush gave changed your mind at all on the events in iraq?" Hahaha, you cant be serious....The woman answered that, we should have never invaded Iran (yes, she said iraN not iraQ, lol). She went on to argue that we're not making progress in iraq and she doesnt think people are swayed by the Presidents speeches. Then the reporter went over to a table and interviewed two people. The first guy he interviewed didnt really say much except that we shouldnt be in iraq. The woman they interviewed said washington has been trying very hard to "sell the war in iraq to her." But, she said, she is not swayed in her opinion. She went on to say that this is a war about religion, and wars over religion never win. Oh, and she also said it was a war for oil. That's interesting, because our highest gas prices ever have been after the war. This is why that argument has mostly died down as a reason for us going to war. Even the crazies dont believe that anymore.
So, then the reporter wrapped up the segment by saying "Even though these people didnt get to see the speech, I think their insights into this question over iraq are very interesting." Keep in mind this was supposed to be all about people's reaction to the speech. Haha, now I know why I dont watch CNN (I do like to watch it every once in a while to remember why its so ridiculous). I also know now why CNN's ratings are absolutely awful compared to Fox.

2 Comments:

At 2:34 PM, Blogger Kent said...

CNN is the poster child for Liberal idiocy.

 
At 11:41 AM, Blogger M. McKain said...

I'm a moderate-liberal Democrat, but when I saw that segment, I had the same reaction you did. I have no idea what they were thinking. Very poor journalism, and obviously not thought out ahead of time.

Nice blog, btw. I saw you linked from JokersToTheRight and thought I'd check it out.

 

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