OMG, CNN did something right!

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Thursday September 18, 2008 · 9:04 AM PDT

2008/09/18 · 09:04

I've been a pretty harsh critic of CNN's pathetically sloppy journalism, particularly their habit of using claims from political ads as their headlines without mentioning that they are from an ad. But good behavior should be rewarded, and to my surprise, they did a good job covering McCain's latest ad.

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 2:43 PM PDT

2008/08/21 · 14:43

I've volunteered to be a Neighborhood Leader for the Campaign for Change, which means I'm responsible for canvassing a few precincts for both voter registration and GOTV. I've organized a registration drive for this Saturday afternoon and well... I'm not getting too many volunteers, which is disappointing to say the least since I've invited all of the precinct's Obama and Clinton delegates and alternates. I'm looking for 12 volunteers, and have gotten one response so far.

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Friday August 15, 2008 · 9:15 AM PDT

2008/08/15 · 09:15

Not that it's really a surprise, but during this election season, CNN is really accelerating their long slow decline into Faux News journalistic ethics. Headlines on the front page of CNN.com are consistently misleading or just patently biased. What got my boxer-briefs in a bunch was this headline "Ticker: Obama plan called 'economic disaster'". Worried that some panel of economic experts had concluded that Barack's plan isn't up to snuff, I read the article only to find out that the source of the quote was the McCain campaign. Would it really have been so hard to use the Headline "McCain: Obama plan is an 'economic disaster'"? It makes me wonder if the requirements for their editor positions is just attending journalism school for two weeks before flunking out.

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CNN Headline Writers:

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CNN Headline Writers:

Stupid

35 votes

Slanted

90 votes

Job outsourced to Faux News

89 votes

Status Quo you don't even have to Photoshop

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 2:04 PM PDT

2008/08/01 · 14:04

So in response to the McCain campaign's increasingly juvenile and desperate attack ads that photoshop Obama on the $100 bill, Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty, I've decided to outline my own response ad...

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Monday July 28, 2008 · 9:04 AM PDT

2008/07/28 · 09:04

I just finished watching a story on CNN this morning about the flap over a Jerusalem newspaper publishing Barack Obama's private prayer that he offered at the Wailing Wall last week. The reporter on the scene in Jerusalem gave a very good report about what happened, and included comments from Rabbis explaining how this is incredible sacrilege. But at the end of her story, she stated that "CNN has decided not to publish the prayer".

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Saturday July 12, 2008 · 9:14 AM PDT

2008/07/12 · 09:14

Near the end of McSame's comedic gold interview where he was asked about the fairness of insurance companies covering Viagra but not birth control, he said that "I will get back to you" on it and "I usually don't duck an issue, but I'll try to get back to you". Well, as a wise green muppet once said, "there is no try... only do".

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What's a maverick to do?

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What's a maverick to do?

Cover birth control

3 votes

Not cover birth control

2 votes

Not cover birth control OR viagra

1 vote

Stare blankly at the wall for 10 seconds

24 votes

Have Phil Gramm say the question is all in his head

25 votes

Well, it only took 3 minutes to see McSame lie/get confused

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Wednesday June 04, 2008 · 9:19 AM PDT

2008/06/04 · 09:19

I caught about 3 minutes of a John McSame town hall meeting and that's all it took before seeing his first lie. I understand that the right and the left are going to vehemently disagree about the effectiveness of the surge and whether there's legitimate progress in Iraq. But Iran? That's a different story.

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Tuesday May 27, 2008 · 10:46 AM PDT

2008/05/27 · 10:46

I guess I should stop being in a constant state of amazement about every little thing Bill or Hillary says these days, but once again, the Clinton campaign is showing tremendous chutzpah. In South Dakota this weekend, Bill is making the argument that he's never seen a candidate disrespected like Hillary has been. Well, I've never seen anyone disrespect our intelligence, our math skills, and our memory as much as this campaign.

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Thursday May 22, 2008 · 2:19 PM PDT

2008/05/22 · 14:19

Well that's stupid... would I do something like that? Oh yeah, because I live in Washington State and we have a fracking caucus here. It was on February 9th. I know this because I went to it, voted for Obama, ran for precinct delegate and won, went to my Legislative District caucus, ran for delegate and lost (couldn't figure out how to answer the phone at 3am). Turnout was massive. The crowds were spilling out the door.

But, Washington State also has a primary election. It was on February 19th.

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 10:42 AM PDT

2008/05/08 · 10:42

For what it's worth, here is the letter I've sent to Washington State's uncommitted superdelegates... and a few of the ones who've declared for Hillary, including both Senators Cantwell and Murray, and King County Executive Ron Sims, urging them to declare their support for Barack.

For the record, Ron Sims can be flipped! He has made some public statements indicating that he's rethinking his very early (premature, I'd say) support for Hillary. If anyone else is sending letters to superdelegates, and especially if you live in King County WA, please focus some attention on Ron Sims.

The text of my letter is below the fold. Much of it is distilled from some of the great points made here at Dakly Kos.

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Monday April 14, 2008 · 10:06 AM PDT

2008/04/14 · 10:06

Who would you rather have a shot of whiskey with? Personally, I'd rather have a shot with someone who knows how to drink a fracking shot of whiskey! I'd heard about the infamous HRC "look at how blue-collar American I am" shot of Canadian whiskey, but had not seen the footage until this morning. I'm sorry, but you do not sip a shot of whiskey. You're not drinking cognac or single malt scotch. You throw the shot back. Especially when you're trying to show how you're not some elite, out of touch with the working man, latte-sipping liberal. Well, congratulations Hillary! You've shown that you're an elite, out of touch with the working man, whiskey-sipping liberal.

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