Monday, December 03, 2007
CNN's Virtual Reality, Part 2
Who knows how ludicrous this will get?
A caller to Rush Limbaugh's radio show, claiming to have been invited to the CNN/YouTube debate, has essentially accused Anderson Cooper of lying about having no foreknowledge of the "gay general" (NTTATWWT) Keith Kerr's political affiliations. According to the caller, he watched Cooper greet the retired officer as an old friend when Kerr arrived at the pre-debate briefing.
CNN has still not acknowledged, and Rush was the first to point out, that the general had previously appeared on CNN to discuss gays in the military. Now comes the revelation that he was treated like an old pal by Cooper and other CNN staff upon his arrival.
It's utterly unbelievable that CNN, a worldwide television cable, satellite and internet news organization, was not aware of the political leanings of a previous on-air guest who is so obviously familiar with its anchor and his staff, especially as he was invited (expenses paid) to put a loaded question to the candidates and then allowed to moderate his own discussion with them.
It's getting to be a cliche, but imagine the howls of protest were the tables turned and this had been Fox diddling its audience this way.
A caller to Rush Limbaugh's radio show, claiming to have been invited to the CNN/YouTube debate, has essentially accused Anderson Cooper of lying about having no foreknowledge of the "gay general" (NTTATWWT) Keith Kerr's political affiliations. According to the caller, he watched Cooper greet the retired officer as an old friend when Kerr arrived at the pre-debate briefing.
CNN has still not acknowledged, and Rush was the first to point out, that the general had previously appeared on CNN to discuss gays in the military. Now comes the revelation that he was treated like an old pal by Cooper and other CNN staff upon his arrival.
It's utterly unbelievable that CNN, a worldwide television cable, satellite and internet news organization, was not aware of the political leanings of a previous on-air guest who is so obviously familiar with its anchor and his staff, especially as he was invited (expenses paid) to put a loaded question to the candidates and then allowed to moderate his own discussion with them.
It's getting to be a cliche, but imagine the howls of protest were the tables turned and this had been Fox diddling its audience this way.
