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X Marks the Bias III: Freedom of [Interfering With Coverage of the Vice President's] Speech
A CNN employee (who at least seemed to feel he was empowered to speak on behalf of the network) maintains the X'ing of Cheney's face - that "technological malfunction" which resulted from a non-replicable computer bug - was simply an example of CNN exercising their own 1st Amendment rights to make a point about Cheney and the Bush administration.
"The point of it is: Tell them to stop lying... If you don't like it, don't watch."
Curiouser and curiouser.
Bill Quick at Daily Pundit has the audio of the phone call. Must listen.
Update: Daily Pundit reports CNN has confirmed the authenticity of the call and fired the employee.
Previously: X Marks the Bias Revisited, X Marks the Bias
Elsewhere: The Political Teen, Wizbang, Argghhh
Handcrafted by Flip on November 23, 2005 |
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I'm not sure who comes off more unintelligent in that phone call. Sure, the CNN guy was rightly fired, but the person conducting the interview seems to have no idea at all what exactly "freedom of speech" and "freedom of the press" mean. It's hilarious, really - that you're trying to spin this as CNN's official stance from what is obviously some call monkey's blunder. Flip, this is a complete non-issue.Posted by: Nor | Nov 24, 2005 12:55:59 PM
This call monkey (apt label) never even suggested the possibility of a technical glitch. Right or wrong, he clearly believed the X to be deliberate. If it was indeed intentional, even if only the work of a lone control room prankster, CNN has adamantly claimed "technological malfunction" and "computer bug", specifically stating it was not "operator error". If someone did it deliberately, it will inevitably surface, and CNN will have stepped into a much deeper pile having insisted on a technical glitch.Posted by: Flip | Nov 24, 2005 1:15:43 PM
