As debate rages in South Carolina over the Confederate flag on its statehouse property, a majority of Americans see the rebel flag as a symbol of Southern pride, not a reminder of racism, according to a new CNN/ORC poll out … Read the rest
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CNN blames military veterans for Baltimore
While conducting an interview with Democratic Maryland Representative Elijiah Cummings, CNN host Brooke Baldwin questioned whether the violence in Baltimore had something to do with the amount of military veterans in the police department.
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CNN withdraws from Russia
CNN International withdraws from Russian cable networks from December 31, 2014, according to a letter from Turner Broadcasting System Europe (CNN owner) TASS learnt about on Monday.
CNN is broadcast by operators of paid cable and satellite television, including Akado, … Read the rest
US media refuses to report news
Journalists from leading US media working in Russia refused to personally interview Ukrainian soldiers, who earlier in the week crossed the border into Russia asking for asylum, a deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s press department said.
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Another CNN geography goof-up in Ukraine
CNN, already infamous for its embarrassing geography goof-ups, has mistakenly relocated the Eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk in an infographic – all the way to the Crimea peninsula.
The American network was reporting Saturday on the Kiev military forcing out … Read the rest
African-Americans deserve reparations
African-Americans deserve reparations. Discuss.
The idea of reparations — that the descendants of slaves should be compensated by the national government for the wrongs and the legacy of slavery — has always been controversial.
When Ta-Nehisi Coates of The … Read the rest
Bawbawa’s journalistic porn
by Ilana Mercer
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Barbara Walters has promised to retire. But then so did that lip-licking lizard, Larry King. You can’t take them at their word.
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CNN terminates transatlantic talk show experiment
CNN has pulled the plug on the British talkshow host Piers Morgan.
Falling ratings finally took their toll on a transatlantic talk show experiment that brought British conceit to American primetime audiences.
It took three years for the former Daily … Read the rest
The glories of Hussein’s proctology
by Ilana Mercer
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The message that greeted future Obamacare patients who logged on to Healthcare.gov was as follows: “Please wait. We have a lot of visitors on our site right … Read the rest
The silent co-conspirators in military mass shootings
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At Dummies.com you can learn how to “refresh a computer system.” It is hardly a super-specialized IT job.
“Refreshing computer systems” for the Navy Marine Corps’ Intranet … Read the rest
US media completely ignore racist rampage
NewsBusters asked Saturday if the media will report a New York man becoming brain dead as a result of an unprovoked attacked by a black man saying “I hate white people.”
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Why Putin is winning the War of Images
Russian President Vladimir Putin has created an anti-CNN for Western audiences with the international satellite news network Russia Today. With its recipe of smart propaganda, sex appeal and unlimited cash, it is outperforming its peers worldwide.
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Race boycotts loom as Jesse Jackson calls Florida ‘Apartheid state’
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has called to boycott the “apartheid state” of Florida if the Department of Justice does not lodge a civil rights case against George Zimmerman.
“Trayvon is a symbol of a deeper malady,” the reverend said in … Read the rest
CNN uses racial tags for Zimmerman trial
On Wednesday, CNN once again referred to Hispanic defendant George Zimmerman as a “white Hispanic who is on trial for last year’s shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a black teen, in Sanford city.”
The term “white Hispanic” was coined by … Read the rest