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November 22, 2005
Media Bias Revealed
Real Teen just grabbed off the US News Wire a marketing firm who not only confirmed the X was intentional but that when callers called in, they were told by the CNN newsdesk to "tell Cheney to stop lying". One such call was recorded.
Here is what came across on the newswire.
Sure, news agencies have free speech, but at least they should be honest that they are promoting an agenda and not "objective reporters of news" anymore. The organization is here and has submitted releases in the past, though not of this nature. I have some skepticism of this being the real deal or just someone playing a prank and sticking it to Team Hollywood Inc. at the same time. If they have the tape, they should post it.
But if this is true, I think we can safely skip past all the mindless debates about CNN being objective.
Posted by John Bambenek at November 22, 2005 6:00 PM
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Anyone who's been in TV for 5 minutes knows that the giant X on CNN is a black key frame the technical director uses to set the black level for animated keys and a cue point for animated keys. The X is at 7% black level and the background is at 0%. This is how the TD sets his key and how the tape op knows where to cue the tape. The mysterious text in black at the bottom says "Transition begins after 5 frames of black". There's also a mouse-cursor visible in the upper-left corner of the screen.
It was more likely an act of God than an act of malice...which just goes to show that God feels the same way I do about Cheney :)
RESPONSE:
Maybe, but the CNN news room behaving as they did indicates something else. I'm waiting on the tape... if it turns out to be a hoax, I'll correct.
Posted by: Random Visitor at November 22, 2005 7:33 PM
The Right can get all of its news from Preska Thomas and Kevin Finn at Team Hollywood, Inc., which describes itself in the press release you cite as an "international marketing consulting firm" "responsible for a database of over 11 million Americans, both Democrats and Republicans from across the country" and we can get our news from C-SPAN and CNN and we'll see who ends up more well-informed at the end.
Are YOU calling for "investigation [of CNN] by the FCC, the FBI and the Trilateral Commission"???
[Snipped, sorry no blasphemy allowed]
My government has been taken over by loonies.
RESPONSE:
I'm not the government, I'm just someone who disagrees, and you call it lunacy. More unpatriotism.
No I'm calling for no investigations, but the tape proved true, as shown by the firing of that operator.
Posted by: Cassady at November 28, 2005 10:21 AM
The guy who made the comment was a telephone operator -- not exactly the executive suite guys.
Have you also demanded the same of Fox News for putting out a slanderous newsstory on their web site last year? They said it was a "placeholder" though it called John Kerry all kinds of...what you'd call [blasphemy deleted] stuff.
RESPONSE:
Yeah, I know it was an operator, that's why I haven't gone all conspiracy black-helocopter theory like some others have.
I also have made no demands in regards to this. Just interested in the truth, I pretty much was satisfied when I got the text out of the picture. The operator got fired, as far as I'm concerned, case closed.
Posted by: Ronald Reagan at November 28, 2005 1:15 PM
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