CNN Gets Hostile about Cheney "X"
Nov 26th, 2005 by Mark
Wow, seems that the left is not so tolerant after all. A caller to CNN was berated by the operator, when calling to complain about the “X” over Cheney’s face during a speech broadcast on CNN.
CNN Employee On Tape: Cheney “X” Is “Freedom of Speech” - “Tell Bush And Cheney To Stop Lying”
Audio here. Amazing.
CNN caught off-guard says usnewswire. Oh please, only the most arrogant of fools would be caught off-guard by this. Wait … my bad.
Millions from across the country telephoned CNN to alert the network about an accidental “X” over the Vice President’s face, only to be told that the “X” was intentional against the present administration. CNN callers flooded the Internet and online communities with calls to boycott the network.
Can they be this crass?
When the founders of the company [Team Hollywood Inc], Preska Thomas and Kevin Finn, made contact with the network, to their surprise they were bullied and harassed in the same way by the Headline News desk. Callers were repeatedly told by CNN, “Tell the President and Vice-President Dick Cheney to stop lying.” Team Hollywood’s conversation with the newsdesk was recorded. When the tape is played back, amongst political statements being made by the network were the words that the “X” was intentional, as an act of free speech by CNN.
I have no clue who Thomas and Finn are, but they seem to believe they are someone who should be listened to by CNN. There was quite a bit of controversy over the recording. It was ultimately authenticated.
Kevin Finn said, “The Vice-President is a symbol of the United States, much like the American flag. For CNN to desecrate the image of the Vice President is the same as the Iranians burning the U.S. flag at a rally staged for the whole world via television. It is a slap in the face to all those who serve and have served in the armed forces”.
Fortunately some Democrats are still real Americans as well.
A Democrat caller, Tricia Rosenberg of Beverly Hills, Calif., compared the big “X” across the Vice President’s face to the markings of a serial killer’s hit list. “I can’t believe that CNN resorted to such a tacky object”.
I can.
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