P.U.-litzer Prizes 2004 CNN Guy Calls Air America - Communist Radio

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Particularly disgusting the exchange on Imus aka I'm An Ass In The Morning Show - but so many more...

by Norman Solomon
There are media awards of all kinds, but none so foul and smelly as these.

The P.U.-litzer Prizes were established a dozen years ago to provide special recognition for truly smelly media performances. As usual, I've conferred with Jeff Cohen, founder of the media watch group FAIR, to sift through the large volume of entries.

And now, the 13th Annual P.U.-litzer Prizes, for the foulest media performances of 2004:

MANDATE MANIA: Too many winners to name

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OUTFOXING FOX PRIZE: Jack Cafferty, CNN

As co-anchor of CNN's morning program, Cafferty had something to report on March 31: "It's a red-letter day here in America," he said. "Air America, that communist radio network, starts broadcasting in a little while." Cafferty was unyielding when CNN colleague Soledad O'Brien responded by saying that the new talk-radio network was not communist but liberal. He replied: "Well. Aren't they synonymous?"

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