Wednesday, February 13, 2008

CNN: IF YOU MAKE SOMETHING UP AND REPEAT IT OFTEN ENOUGH, IT BECOMES, NOT ONLY TRUTH, BUT NEWS

It isn't just political parties who have talking points memos circulating. CNN decided last night it would be cool to state endlessly the following position: "The Clinton Campaign had planned to wrap it up on Super Tuesday. That has always been their plan. Because of that, they had no plan for anything after Super Tuesday and they are now adjusting on the fly."

The first problem with that "news" is that it is factually incorrect. The national steering committee used half it meeting time since December pre-planning the movement from completed states to upcoming states, though May and beyond.

The second problem with it is that it trivializes the accomplishments of BObama. The guy's running a great campaign and doesn't deserve to have his success trivialized by some made-up rumor.

Finally, I can guarantee, you that nobody from the National steering committee is leaking this "No Plan" story. CNN folks are getting this from each other.

It's a hell of a way to run a news organization.

2 Comments:

At 9:09 AM, February 13, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This isn't your father's Clinton News Network anymore.

 
At 9:20 AM, February 13, 2008, Blogger UMRBlog said...

It isn't even a News Network. It's a Horse Race, Glen Beck and Dead White Women network.

 

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