Rove phones CNN's Schneider = Schneider opens his mouth

[donsu]

http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/000374.asp

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Latest example: A reader clued us in to this piece of expert political analysis from CNN's Bill Schneider. On yesterday's "Inside Politics," Schneider told viewers, "On Tuesday we reported that in our latest poll, President Bush has pulled ahead of John Kerry in the 18 swing states where the Bush campaign has been running ads ... White House political strategist Karl Rove called CNN to say he thinks we're giving too much credit to the Bush campaigns anti-Kerry ads."

There then followed an "analysis" of the cause of Kerry's drop-off. Was it indeed the result of the negative ads, or was it caused, as Rove argued, by the White House's positive ads praising the president, and by the fact that, as more voters get to know Kerry, he becomes less popular? The discussion allowed CNN to play footage from one Bush ad, and a clip of President Bush criticizing John Kerry.

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But something tells us that Karl Rove doesn't much care one way or the other. As long as CNN is "analyzing" why Kerry's hit the skids, it's putting out a storyline the White House likes. That's why Rove called Schneider -- he was trying to milk another day's coverage out of Tuesday's poll results. And Schneider, eager to share with the world the "news" that Karl Rove had called him in person, duly obliged.
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CNN sure has a lot of fun bilking the public

[Leilani]

1. The White House is calling CNN so often

they should have a special CNN direct line.

Makes it easier to tell the "journalists" what they should "report"

[VolcanoJen]

2. I'm pretty sure they've already installed the BatPhone, Leilani.

I wonder which White House flunkie lost his job over Tyler Crotty?

[SoCalDem]

3. They MUST have a direct line to the on-air earpieces

During a 5 minute (or less) interview, Wolfie INTERRUPTED a guest and said "A white house spokesperson, just said that "blahblahblahblah... is untrue..what do YOU say about THAT".. The guest looked a bit stunned, but answered back.. of course his train of thought was derailed, and his point was never really made..

No one could navigate the phone system at CNN and get to speak to a "host" ON_AIR unless they had a direct feed into his EAR...

People need to BOYCOTT all of those "shows".. If the pundits and pols got together and put pressure on them, and stayed away, they would have nothing to air except car chases and nonsense... WAIT.. that's pretty much what they do already...nevermind:)

[peacetalksforall]

5. Aw...go ahead and just call the 'jounalists' by their proper name...

propagandists! Just like in the USSR.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Please call or email CNN and object...

to their "senior political analyst," Bill Schneider, being also a fellow of the American Enterprise Institute (and I assume paid by them). Schneider has a political agenda, and CNN should make viewers aware of that, not just on their website, but on-air, every time he appears.