Reply #152: re: Hmmm. That wasn't what CNN was reporting LAST year.

[siztnarf]

Carolab, I remember that Carnegie report last year. It was a very important report. So important that even Fox had to at least mention its findings a few times. Any news medium that was self-conscious about trying to appear fair and balanced would do the same. At this time, CNN certainly wasn't challenging in any way the administration's justifications for war in light of the report done by the respected CEIP. On the contrary. CNN was giving a defiant Powell the opportunity to refute the claims of the report.
Your quote on the bottom of the page isn't CNN's views on the matter. It's the author of the report's view. Again, CNN was not questioning Powell's WMD assertions in this segment. They were reporting that the CEIP was. There's a big difference.
You might say that a news medium's responsibilty is to allow for both sides of the argument to be heard. I would agree but add that it alone is insufficient. CNN and others must question whether the information they are broadcasting is factual. That requires research, critical thinking and investigative reporting. They did no such thing in the leadup to the Iraq war. Instead CNN and almost all the other American MSM amplified whatever the White House, Pentegon etc., was saying.
I'm afraid that if you tune in Sunday night you'll see more of the same from CNN. It'll be CNN telling you that the intel was bad and that Powell only deserves blame for not questioning the intel. As I've said in a previous post, I believe that the main players including Powell knew the intel was fabricated and I think CNN knew it then as it does now.
I guess your point is that CNN has challenged Powell's claims. I see that article that you've linked to as weak if not contradictory evidence of it.