Well, I don't think that it's any secret, but CNN's stature as a "news" outlet has fallen significantly in recent years. A prime example of this can be found in an election "story" linked near the top on the front page of CNN.com right now.
This story, titled "CNN survey: Bush maintains Electoral College lead", is frankly a total piece of trash. Written by John Mercurio and Molly Levinson of CNN's political unit, they discuss Bush's current huge lead in the electoral college (which apparently is 301 Bush-237 Kerry, for everyone who wasn't aware that all the too-close-to-call states have finally made up their minds!). Wow, great work guys! I bet it took a lot of difficult nose-to-the-grindstone journalism to throw this analysis together. I bet they even took the time to visit www.electoral-vote.com or 2.004k.com for all the latest polls and EV totals. So smart of them! ... Wait though, both those websites show a Kerry lead in the electoral college. Oh well, let's just call it a beginner's mistake...
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