Stop the presses. The President of CNN has flip-flopped and has now decided that providing a nightly platform for debunked conspiracy nutcases is "good journalism":
CNN/US president Jonathan Klein is rebuffing the mounting criticism of the network over Lou Dobbs’ continued airing of “birther” theories, saying that Lou runs “his own show” that merely hosts “panels” with birther theorists and asserting that CNN respects viewers enough to let them “make up their own minds.”
“Look, Lou’s his own show, and CNN in general has repeatedly and thoroughly reported on the facts behind this situation,” Klein said to me, adding that Lou had merely hosted “a few conversations with people representing a wide range of opinions.”
This is news? CNN reports facts, then allows people to dispute those selfsame facts with ... opinons?
Apparently the new standard of journalism at CNN is, "Hey, did you hear the one about ..."