His CNN segment this morning about the news reporting and commentating on the Cambridge-Obama Never Ending Story (So Far) was exceptional, I believe, and so informative I’m planning to use transcripts of the show for my J-classes.
I also liked an earlier “CNN’s Howard Kurtz Criticizes CNN’s Lou Dobbs For Giving Airtime To ‘Birther’ Conspiracies.” No attempt here to comment or summarize. The serious should go to the source.
Brown, a no-show tonight. John Roberts fills in. Â Race shows up, though not the lead story, but in prime time view:
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From: Saidi, Nicole <Nicole.Saidi@turner.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:05 AM
Subject: Signs of the Times project (re)published – thank you!Hi there! You’re getting this note because you were featured in an interactive multimedia storytelling project called “Signs of the times.” It ran on Tuesday but there were some problems with how the interactive piece displayed on external workstations (outside our newsroom). The problems have been fixed and you should be able to see it now. Check it out, send it around and let folks know! It turned out great and I thank you all for your amazing contributions.
Thanks again, and we appreciate your contributions!
Link: Mena’s video is fourth one down on the left: Queens Hospital.
Mena can be reached at jonathanmena.nyc@gmail.com.
CNN Quashes Watchdog Group’s Ad Campaign
Thursday, August 6th, 2009CNN announced on Tuesday that it would not air ads produced by the media watchdog group, Media Matters. The group’s ads pressure CNN to direct Lou Dobbs away from further questioning the legitimacy of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
The host’s now infamous “birther conspiracy†broadcasts struck a chord with racist paranoiacs around the country when he insisted that Obama produce his original birth certificate for the sake of what Dobbs terms “transparency.†(more…)
Tags:Barack, birther, CNN, Jeffery Toobin, Jon Klein, Lou Dobbs, Media Matters, Obama, Overtone Magazine, Richard Cohen, White House
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