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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-16-09 08:39 PM
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25. CNN is owned by General Electric - they do call the shots...
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  -Olbermann & Wolffe getting on John King for softball Cheney interview! jenmito  Mar-16-09 07:22 PM   #0 
  - I'm starting to worry about KO's ratings!! nt  Traveling_Home   Mar-16-09 07:24 PM   #1 
  - Why? n/t  jenmito   Mar-16-09 07:25 PM   #2 
  - Why? His ratings are up 32%  Thrill   Mar-16-09 07:28 PM   #3 
  - I thought these kind of numbers re; O'Reilly were new?  Traveling_Home   Mar-16-09 07:36 PM   #5 
  - I don't expect him to be beating O'Reily right now  Thrill   Mar-16-09 07:48 PM   #16 
  - say what you will but dorkface O'Reily is still beating keiths ratings surprisingly?  Imagevision   Mar-16-09 07:41 PM   #8 
     - Why should it be a surprise? You know the RW hacks watch his show religiously  Thrill   Mar-16-09 07:45 PM   #12 
  - Also, KO and Maddow Are Not On HD, Yet CNBC Is. Coincidence?  Median Democrat   Mar-16-09 07:48 PM   #15 
  - Well, it's a pretty sad state of affairs for broadcast journalism  NoPasaran   Mar-16-09 07:34 PM   #4 
  - Exactly! And it's so true that those two have given tough interviews-  jenmito   Mar-16-09 07:36 PM   #6 
  - John King has always provided a platform for uncontested GOP Talking Points  Supersedeas   Mar-17-09 10:14 AM   #35 
  - Do you really believe this was John King's doing? or CNN's (easy on the Dick)  Imagevision   Mar-16-09 07:37 PM   #7 
  - Both. King could've refused to do the interview if he wasn't allowed to ask what he wanted to ask.  jenmito   Mar-16-09 07:43 PM   #10 
     - King could've refused to do the interview if he wasn't allowed to ask what he wanted- you know this  Imagevision   Mar-16-09 07:49 PM   #17 
        - Opinion.  jenmito   Mar-16-09 07:59 PM   #21 
  - that "interview" was a disgrace  CatWoman   Mar-16-09 07:42 PM   #9 
  - I know. SOTU is one of the shows I watch/DVR on Sundays. They replayed the  jenmito   Mar-16-09 07:45 PM   #13 
  - I'm sure most will agree, nothing more disgraceful then M$M doing no  Imagevision   Mar-16-09 07:54 PM   #20 
  - lol  ErinBerin84   Mar-16-09 07:44 PM   #11 
  - Yeah, he probably WAS just being polite...  jenmito   Mar-16-09 07:52 PM   #18 
     - CNN is owned by General Electric - they do call the shots...  Imagevision   Mar-16-09 08:39 PM   #25 
        - Doesn't GE own MSNBC, too?  jenmito   Mar-16-09 08:45 PM   #26 
        - No it isn't. CNN is owned by Time Warner. Ted Turner started the network and then sold it to them.  4lbs   Mar-16-09 08:48 PM   #27 
           - Thanks for that info. I knew GE owned MSNBC-I didn't think they owned CNN, too. n/t  jenmito   Mar-16-09 08:54 PM   #28 
           - Who owns CNN? MSNBC? ABC? Look who their biggest donations went to...  Imagevision   Mar-16-09 09:03 PM   #30 
              - The following channels and entities and who they are owned by:  4lbs   Mar-16-09 11:27 PM   #32 
  - I thought the same think after that interview. John King is like the new Tim Russert  Mr. Sparkle   Mar-16-09 07:45 PM   #14 
  - I wouldn't insult Russert like that. He would've questioned Cheney's claims...  jenmito   Mar-16-09 07:53 PM   #19 
     - I know what you are saying, but do you remember this from 2007?  Mr. Sparkle   Mar-16-09 08:02 PM   #22 
     - Hmmm...  jenmito   Mar-16-09 08:29 PM   #23 
     - Doubtful...Timmah was Cheney's go-to guy whenever he had propaganda to spread...  truebrit71   Mar-17-09 09:24 AM   #34 
        - did you not think that John King came off the same as russert did ?  Mr. Sparkle   Mar-17-09 09:16 PM   #38 
           - I agree...that was my point...  truebrit71   Mar-18-09 08:25 AM   #39 
  - Rec'd~ This is important.,  Cha   Mar-16-09 08:37 PM   #24 
  - Thanks...  jenmito   Mar-16-09 08:57 PM   #29 
  - M$M sold us the war and they're selling us what Obama can or can't accomplish...  Imagevision   Mar-16-09 09:06 PM   #31 
  - They sold us bu$hit for 8 years and they  Cha   Mar-17-09 01:14 PM   #36 
  - John King sold out any credibility that he had. It was a deplorable exhibition.  olegramps   Mar-17-09 08:51 AM   #33 
     - Cheney is one man that Americans should spit on.  trayfoot   Mar-17-09 01:39 PM   #37 
 

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