Fuck CNN!

[Be Brave]

During the joing press conference with Powell, Jebbie, and the Foreign Minister of Thailand, CNN only showed the end of the Thai minister's remarks, and then showed Powell's and Jebbie's remarks in full. And then they dropped the question and answer portion, just when the minister was going to answer. Would it be asking too much to hear what the officials of the affected country have to say? Where can one get any semblance of news nowadays? Aaaaaaarrrrrgggggh! :grr:

[RBHam]

1. Not from New World Order Central...

Of that, you can be sure...

[Be Brave]

42. It is hopeless, it is hopeless. n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

2. Why bother with ANY of the

spreaders of right wing hate propaganda in this country? Meaning ALL the mainstream media. They are all fucked.

[Be Brave]

6. I wish C-Span would get their cameras over there. n/t

[jdj]

27. C-span REALLY dropped the ball with this one.

I think they have slid to the right irreparably.

They had the Thai ambassador on answering questions, but their coverage of this event has been pathetic, and I remember a time when this would not have been true.

[Rockerdem]

35. CSpans mission limits their scope

They are funded under the narrow guise of educating the public about the workings of American government. As such, they stay with inside the beltway doings, and venture out only on such things as the Constitution, election primaries, American political history and the like. Its up to the others to cover international news.

[Be Brave]

37. That's what I thought. I wish someone would do something about it. n/t

[RoyGBiv]

3. CNN?

What's CNN? That some new network or something?

:shrug:

Seriously, though, be kind to your heart. Stop watching that garbage.

[Be Brave]

11. I had stopped watching news after the elections, but I want to follow

the disaster over there, so I'm trapped.

[Goathead]

4. I'd rather not fuck CNN

I might get some nasty veneral disease.

[Be Brave]

16. LOL! n/t

[Dr.Phool]

17. Eeewww, A disease called Wolf Blitzer

[metisnation]

5. CNN

censored news network.

[Downtown Hound]

7. Wait? You mean to say people

outside of America have opinions? When did this happen? And why should it matter unless they have oil?

[Be Brave]

14. Yes, obviously MSM thinks only American officials' remarks are

worth the airtime.

[not fooled]

38. to be more specific...

...only American RETHUG opinions.

[nascarblue]

8. I agree, lets send them all to Gitmo for treason!

Paula Zahn, Wolfie, all of them except the old guy. Outsource man...whats his name?

[Spiffarino]

20. Lou Dobbs

He's more or less fair-minded, especially compared with the rest of media whoredom.

[Neecy]

43. Lou Le Pen

He's fine covering business, but when it comes to the United Nations or immigration (both obsessions of his), he just goes nuts.

[bpilgrim]

9. who CARES what they - the poor people - think!? ------------> LINKS

Indonesia and neighbors to establish early warning system
2005/1/4
By Lely T. Djuhari BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, AP


Indonesia said Monday it plans to establish an early warning system for disasters with its neighbors, as its death toll from last week's earthquake and tsunami jumped to almost 100,000.

Indonesia, which suffered the most death and destruction in last week's disaster, will host a conference later this week of nations hit and major aid donors that is likely to focus on how best to deliver relief efforts.

Participants, including U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and senior United Nations officials, may also discuss ways to establish an multi-country warning system.

Officials say an untold number of deaths could have been prevented if such a system — which exists in the Pacific Ocean — had been in place on Dec. 26, when a massive earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra island sent huge waves surging into coastlines of at least a dozen countries on the edge of the Indian Ocean. The death toll is expected to top 150,000 people.


more...

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asiapacific/detail.asp%3FGRP%3DC%26id%3D56389&scoring=d">see also...

we DO! :bounce:

thank GORE he 'INVENTED' the INTERNETs :evilgrin:

peace

[Be Brave]

39. Thanks! n/t

[mrdmk]

52. But will they use it?

Some of the countries did receive a warning because cries of help came from Sri Lanka, but refused to do anything to upset the tourist trade. The previous time they put out a warning the merchants were upset due to the fact there was no tsunami and people left the coast for a period of time.

[DCdem87]

10. Try dreamland

that's the only place you will find honest and tough-hitting media these days.
Actually you could listen to Air America Radio if you haven't yet, its the best thing we have right now--and it's pretty damn good.

[nascarblue]

13. Democracy now! or BBC and CBC

Those are about the best. Even Air America has become wimpy lately.

[Dr.Phool]

21. Yes I watch Amy Goodman

Every morning with my coffee.

Democracy Now is on at 8:00am every morning on FSTV.

I heard her speak several months ago in Tampa, and I didn't know that she was severely beaten and almost killed by the Indonesian Army in East Timor.

[Be Brave]

25. I wish I got BBC all the time, but it only shows up during the weekends

on my public television channel.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Why would their mouth-breathing 'Merkin audience want to hear

what some brown furriner who probably does't even worship Jesus has to say? Of course they cut hiim off. Only Jebbie and Colon Bowel could possibly be interesting to US; anyhow the furriner prob'ly has an accent, and we don't want to have to actually concentrate on what somebody is saying. 'Specially if he's not one of us. And don't you s'pose CNN already has received its marching orders: start sucking up to the next anointed Pretzeldent?

[Swamp Rat]

23. All hail the next Lizard President!:

[Be Brave]

28. Aaack! Now I have to get that image out of my brain! n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. That is VERY creepy. Yikes!

[Be Brave]

31. You are right, the minister had an accent. But he looked like a

statesman and made Jebbie look like a spoiled brat. Funny, I was waiting for Jebbie to translate what he said into Spanish!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Well, there you are.

Another Bush looking like an asshat while the foreign dignitary looks like a statesman. It might have all started when Poppy puked in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister -- and it's been all downhill from there.

[nascarblue]

15. What show was it? I missed it

[Be Brave]

19. Paula Zahn was hosting. I dunno, you might catch it again

11 PM at the west coast, but I'm not sure. You didn't miss much!

[Spiffarino]

Cable news is pure swill

Sensationalist garbage, propaganda, entertainment masquerading as news, etc.

I've quit watching anything but Olbermann, and him only a couple times a week. I'm through with RW whoring. I'm doing like the wingnuts and getting all my information from sources that reinforce my beliefs. I stay focused and completely pissed off. If it works for them, it can work for us.

[paulie5]

26. F U cnn

Well, you know what? They all freakin stink to high HEE DOUBLE HOCKY STICKS. With Fox coming in first on the SH-t meter followed by a tie between cnn & msnbc. Thank God for the internet (or was that internets as our Prez Chimp (sorry all you real chimps out there) says).

I've been reading this board for over a year. I've just been keeping it quiet. Well, the lion is getting ready to roar !

Lets take back our party and especially our country.

P.A. 3immon

[Be Brave]

36. You go, paulie5! There is strength in numbers! Especially if the

numbers have brains! :)

[FM Arouet666]

18. You just have to quit

The Faux phenomenon has coerced all the major news agencies, motivated by economics, to alter their programming along a more streamlined approach, e.g. least common intellectual denominator. Hence, the lack of traditional journalistic integrity. I have given up, I do not watch any network or cable news. With the Internet I can choose what distortion to view or not to view.

The dumbing down of America, the GOP agenda.

[Be Brave]

45. Yeah, journalism is vile nowadays. I should probably impose more

self-discipline, maybe cancel my cable and save some money at the same time.

[autorank]

22. I heartily concur but you "Be Brave" enough to do it!

[Be Brave]

24. Actually, I think I'm STUPID to even be watching it!

But I want to get news of the disaster over there.

[jdj]

30. I've relapsed too

I swore off, but when something like this happens I watch, and I watch the BBC at 11:00 for the real truth.

In fact CNN at night has gotten so BBC-ish it isn't funny, they are trying to compete, scaled the set down and have a British and Asian anchor, it feels like going from a coffee klatch during the day to real news (but I'm wise to it, I'm not fooled).

[Swamp Rat]

33. Good. Never forget that it *IS* the Opium of the masses.

[Be Brave]

41. Thank goodness they turn it over to the British edition at 11 PM for the

disaster coverage! It does look like real news so I watch it, too!

[autorank]

55. Hi, my name's auto and I'm a recovering CNNaholic.

I'll admit I relapse 1-2 x's a week for about 60-120 seconds each, that's about 1/2 hour a month. I'm overcome with shame and I get the shakes. It's all over about 5 minutes after I turn off the TV. It's like the survivor said in "Dawn of the Dead 1" when one of the people asked why the living dead zombies kept coming back to the shopping center, "They've always come here, they think there's something here they want."

[Be Brave]

56. (chorus) Hi auto!

That's a funny confession. :)

[Cymbaline68]

32. Stop watching CNN

Try Democracy Now!, BBC, Free Speech Radio News

[Be Brave]

40. Democracy Now, I don't get it here (but I will try website).

BBC only shows up on weekends on public TV station. Free Speech Radio News, hadn't heard of that one -- thanks for letting me know.

[Cymbaline68]

44. I listen to Free Speech Radio News

on my local Pacifica station (KPFT).

Here is the link:
http://www.fsrn.org/

Edited to add link (I hope!)

[Be Brave]

47. Well, I like the title (Free Speech) of the radio show.

:)

[Acryliccalico]

46. CNN and MSNBC

are the biggest soaps on the network. Can't live without finding out whats going on with Peterson or Martha. GIVE ME A BREAK!!! When will the population of this country wake up :-( Those stations tend to have a numbing quality on the brain. Kind of like lulling an animal before the slaughter.:puke:

[Be Brave]

48. LOL! I think that's the right technical term -- soap!

:)

[Acryliccalico]

49. Well I know they had that effect on me

when I watched them and it reminded me of back in the 60s when all the mom's had to get in to see their soaps. They just had to find out who was sleeping with who or who killed who, the same thing as CNN. TMHO
:eyes: It's just another way to dumb down the population.

[0007]

50. Why watch it? 'Tis just another White House hot line!

Give it up - write 'em a nasty letter and then hang it up.

[Be Brave]

53. Nasty letter, good idea. Or better yet, maybe

a reasonable letter. They might not read nasty letter. :)

[0007]

57. A reasonably nasty letter - still won't change a thing. junior rules.

[Pithy Cherub]

51. cnn not worth the time or the effort!

* hack central - and they have to have it * approved first!

[Be Brave]

54. Yes, it's very disappointing. n/t

[mmonk]

58. Welcome to sound bite news with a purpose

[malaise]

61. MSM will never get it

As I watch and compare their coverage with coverage from the rest of the world, I wonder if they will every understand why there is this view of 'the ugly American'. It's all about what the US rather than the world is doing. I saw one general last night and you'd believe he was totally unaware that the UN and several international NGOs in devstated countries were on the ground and up and running from day one. US, US, US...ad nauseum rather than 'us'the entire world.

How come other media networks are more sensitive to the fact that the world is united in this and that there are several agencies, NGOs and governments working together to help a region in crisis.

It is not that the rest of the world does not appreciate the critical US help in terms of helicopters and so on - it is just the non-stop boasting that makes people puke.

[OneTwentyoNine]

59. No shock....This is the news Network that changed exit poll numbers

at two in the morning to favor Bush in Ohio after being for Kerry all of the previous voting day.

You expect fair and balanced out of these guys??

[secedeeconomically]

60. CNN is a joke. I usually read BBC wesite for most of my news