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  CNN Student News: January 7th

  http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/2009/01/cnn-student-n...
  1 hour ago in Jeffrey Hill · Authority: 49

  Here's the CNN Student News for January 7th. Click on the links to see a transcript. Congressional Controversy - Learn what challenges the U.S. Congress faces as it begins its new session Class in Session - Hear some students' views about the economy's possible impact on their future. Twitter Over Twitter - Find out how hackers gained control of some high-profile Twitter accounts. CNN Student News: Ten Questions Embedded video from CNN Video
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  CBC in “disproportionate use of” media “force” in “offensive” sympathy-evoking “attack” production

  http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/index/weblog/comments/cbc_in...
  2 hours ago in PTBC: conservative advocacy · Authority: 1

  SYMPATHY FOR PALESTINIANS, SORTIE #7,045 - a disproportionate use of state-owned media force to help engender a particular emotion from viewers Over the CBC Newsworld banner “A FAMILY’S STORY”, what I see as the far-left Palestinian-apologists at the state-owned media in Canada, the CBC, today presented a lovely little bit of Palestinian sympathy theater for Canadians. They set up a conference call of sorts between the news anchor, a Palestinian fellow named Moussa El-Haddad living in Gaza, and his daughter, a “freelance journalist” named Laila El-Haddad, living in North Carolina. It was an almost exact replica of a CNN production from January 4, starring the same father-daughter cast, with the same “well I’m still alive, so far” lines from the father and the same storyline from both about the “genocide” by Israel. The CNN production at left, the CBC production at right In today’s CBC production of the traveling roadshow production, upon all kinds of hilariously, excruciatingly, leading, softball questioning (the likes of just how bad are the Israeli attacks? and how much are you suffering because of the Israeli attacks? and can you describe the Israeli attacks in more vivid detail? and how does that make you feel?) by the CBC’s anchor, Nancy Wilson (with a concerned looking facial expression), each of the “FAMILY STORY” guests took turns informing Canadians about the fact, left unchallenged and unquestioned by the anchor, that Israel is causing a “massacre”, and “terror”, (etc.) in Gaza. At one point near the end of the CBC’s version of the production, the father indicated, de facto, that the Israeli jets were dropping some sort of widely dispersing chemicals over Gaza, hidden within white smoke in cluster bombs being dropped by F-16s and Apaches, leaving the clear impression to me that he meant that the Israelis were deploying some sort of chemical weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein-style. All of this was also left completely unchallenged and unquestioned by the CBC anchor Nancy Wilson. And he then added that the Israelis had instructed Palestinians to leave their homes and get into shelters, only to then purposely bomb the shelters, implying that Israelis had purposely set up the Palestinian women and children to be slaughtered. Again, no questions, no challenge on that account, from the otherwise very curious news anchor, Nancy Wilson, whose trademark is to obsessively end every single interview with the words, “very interesting!”. Even a cursory Google glance at Laila El-Haddad reveals to me that the woman the CBC calls a random Gaza “family” member and a “freelance journalist” would be better described as a professional Palestinian propagandist. This pre-packaged sympathy-evoking journalistic production, which CBC calls “news”, went on for a full nine minutes. NINE. Then, for “fairness” and “balance”, CBC-style, they asked an Israeli Defense Forces spokesman to speak about the latest attacks, and provided that spokesman less than one minute to do so. A few minutes later: another long and thorough report about the latest Israeli (counter) attack from the CBC’s own reporter in Israel. The same Israel where Hamas terrorists and various Arab countries and Palestinian warriors and terrorists have been bombing Israel for decades. She described details about the horror of the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians, followed by a little clip from an Israeli Defense Minister, lasting about eight seconds. A few minutes after that, the CBC engaged an interview with someone they likely hope you will take as a serious and objective observer simply because he’s with UNICEF. As we know, the U.N. is oh so very balanced and objective when it comes to Israel. His name was Abdel-Rahman Ghandour. A few minutes later, a “Canadian” trapped in Gaza, named Moutazz AbuRamadan with a thorough report about the horrors of the Israeli (re)action. Then another few short seconds from an Israeli spokesman who (properly) blames Hamas for the situation. These exact same clips (or clipettes) from the Israeli side are simply dotted over the many fresh, new, and lengthy reports from the Palestinian side, as if to bore us with Israel’s repeated and stale claims of “self-defense”. Apparently the CBC has taken the position that if they present a few seconds of the Israeli side every once in a while, even if they massively dominate their coverage by presenting long minutes of sympathy-evoking Palestinian coverage with families and trapped Palestinian “Canadians”, they can then claim to be fair and balanced. They can claim that they do in fact present both sides, which strictly speaking, they do. So let’s go with that: the CBC isn’t all bad, smirk, wink. There. I’m equally perfectly fair and balanced because I present both favorable and unfavorable reviews of the far-left, state-owned CBC.
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  Video: CNN Interview with FM Livni

  http://www.israelpolitik.org/2009/01/07/video-cnn-interview-...
  3 hours ago in IsraelPolitik · Authority: 107

  CNN’s Christiane Amanpour has an exclusive interview with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on the Gaza situation. Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> If you cannot see the video, please click here to the original page.
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  the new first wheels

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  4 hours ago in patrickandlydia.com · Authority: 1

  Embedded video from CNN Video
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  Obama’s new ride

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  4 hours ago in Age of internet · No authority yet

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  Harry Reid: It’s Time For Norm Coleman To Give Up

  http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/harry_reid_its_time_for_nor...
  5 hours ago in Say Anything: North Dakota's Most Popular Political Blog · Authority: 593

  Watch as the weasel claims that there’s been accusations of unfairness from either side (pregnant pause) that he’s aware of. Embedded video from CNN Video Of course, there is evidence of plenty of unfairness in the recount process. And there are more than enough grounds for the lawsuit Coleman just filed contesting the election results. I’m not a fan of these post-election legal maneuverings, and I’m not especially enamored with Coleman as a member of the Republican caucus in general, but it’d be a real travesty to see Franken awarded a seat in the Senate based not on actual votes but rather on counting technicalities bullied through by his lawyers and political allies involved in the vote counting process.
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  Ratings At A Glance- Week of December 29

  http://www.allthingscnn.com/2009/01/ratings-at-glance-week-o...
  5 hours ago in All Things CNN · Authority: 15

  Ratings for the week DECEMBER 29, 2008 - JANUARY 2, 20098PM^Adults 25-54FOX339,250 3CNN232,000 2MSNBC351,500 1HLN432,4009PM^Adults 25-54FOX292,800CNN241,200MSNBC360,000 1HLN183,40010PM^Adults 25-54FOX339,500 1CNN303,500 3MSNBC176,333 2HLN339,800 HLN comes out on top again this week with the highest weekly average in the Adults 25 -54 demographic during the 8PM and 10PM hours. They only won the 10PM timeslot once last week, but because special programming was not included in the averages, it was enough for them to claim the hour. MSNBC had the highest rating during the 9PM hour , but was only using a 2 day average compared to the 5 day average that was used for CNN, FOX, and HLN. MSNBC’s special programming during the 9PM and 10PM hours on Thursday and Friday won the timeslots. CNN didn’t have a great week. The high points were on Wednesday with Tom Foreman’s look at the best and worse of 2008 at 8PM and Larry King at 9PM with both programs winning their timeslots. 1 2 day average. FOX & MSNBC special programming on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday nights excluded. 2 3 day average. CNN special programming on Wednesday and Thursday excluded. MSNBC special programming on Thursday & Friday excluded. 3 4 day average. FOX & CNN special programming on Thursday excluded. ^ Courtesy Nielsen Media Research; Demographics where noted; Live + Same Day (LS) Fast Track Nationals. In other ratings news, this was released by CNN: Blitzer Leads The Situation Room to No. 1 Among Younger Viewers in 2008 Throughout a record-breaking year for CNN, more viewers in the 25-54 demographic turned to CNN during the 5 p.m. hour than to any other cable news channel. Additionally, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,was No. 1 among 18-34 and 18-49 viewers in 2008. For the three hour block, The Situation Room attracted, on average, 81,000 viewers in the 18-34 demo, as compared to the 61,000 viewers who turned to Fox News and the 53,000 viewers who turned to MSNBC. In the 18-49 demo, an average 219,000 viewers watched The Situation Room versus 209,000 and 129,000 who turned to Fox News and MSNBC, respectively. At 5 p.m., The Situation Room averaged 245,000 viewers in the 25-54 demographic, compared to the 243,000 for Fox News’ Election Headquarters and 197,000 for MSNBC’s Hardball. According to Nielsen data for the year, The Situation Room also beat its competitors in the 5 p.m. hour in the 18-49 demo with 213,000 viewers, versus Fox News’ 190,000 and MSNBC’s 146,000, as well as in the 18-34 demo with 77,000 viewers, compared with Fox News’ 57,000 and MSNBC’s 58,000. “I attribute 2008’s ratings to The Situation Room’s incredibly hardworking, talented team who tirelessly wrote, booked, produced, directed, anchored and performed countless other tasks to craft the most comprehensive and fair newscast every weekday,” said Sam Feist, CNN’s political director. “Viewers trusted Wolf Blitzer and this team during 2008, and we promise to not disappoint in 2009 and beyond.” The Situation Room airs weekdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eric Sherling is the program’s executive producer. Could Sanjay Gupta be leaving CNN? This from the CNN Political Ticker: Chief CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been approached by the Obama administration about the U.S. surgeon general's post, according to sources inside the transition and at CNN. Watch: John King on Dr. Gupta The transition team is impressed with the combination of Gupta's past government experience, as a White House fellow and a special advisor to then-first lady Hillary Clinton, along with his medical career as a neurosurgeon and his communication skills, the transition source said. Gupta has declined comment on the matter. CNN released a statement saying, "Since first learning that Dr. Gupta was under consideration for the surgeon general position, CNN has made sure that his on-air reporting has been on heath and wellness matters and not on health-care policy or any matters involving the new administration." Here is the video clip from John King's report that aired on The Situation Room:Embedded video from CNN Video Howard Kurtz also filed this report for the Washington Post: The offer followed a two-hour Chicago meeting in November with Obama, who said that Gupta could be the highest-profile surgeon general in history and would have an expanded role in providing health policy advice, the sources said. Gupta later spoke with Tom Daschle, Obama's White House health czar and nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, and other advisers to the president-elect. The Michigan-born son of parents who were born in India, Gupta has always been drawn to health policy. He was a White House fellow in the late 1990s, writing speeches and crafting policy for Hillary Clinton. His appointment would give the administration a prominent official of South Asian descent and a skilled television spokesman. Gupta, who hosts "House Call" on CNN, has discussed the job offer with his bosses at CBS and CNN to make sure he could be released from his contractual obligations, the sources said. His role as journalist and physician have sometimes overlapped. During the 2003 Iraq invasion, Gupta was embedded with a Navy unit called Devil Docs and, while covering its mission, performed brain surgery five times, the first of which was on a 2-year-old Iraqi boy. Gupta's only hesitation in taking the post is said to involve the financial impact on his pregnant wife and two children if he gives up his lucrative medical and journalistic careers. But he is expected to accept the position within days. All content, unless otherwise cited, is © All Things CNN and may not be used without consent of the blog administrator.All content, unless otherwise cited, is © All Things CNN and may not be used without consent. Notice: If you are viewing this content from from a website other than allthingscnn.blogspot.com or www.allthingscnn.com, then the content has been republished without the consent of the blog administrator. Please visit us at: http://www.AllThingsCNN.com.
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  Uninformed Liberals Clap Over Panetta, Creator of "Extraordinary Renditioning" Policy They Hate So Much

  http://chicagoray.blogspot.com/2009/01/uninformed-liberals-c...
  6 hours ago in Chicagoray's Views and News · Authority: 59

  The good policy by the way that enabled us to snag ragheaded Khalid Sheik Muhammad, which oddly enough was created during the Clinton administration by Panetta, a story American media will shy away from as much as possible, although credit CNN with at least publishing the truth on this matter. Thanks should also go out to Media Matters (sarc on) for their 4 years of misinformation on this issue where they outwardly lied to their ignorant readers that this was not true when reported years ago by Bill O'Reilly and 60 minutes, as liberals simply dismiss the truth when it interferes with their often warped worldview. Here's the lie right here...Had they reported it more often this would have resulted in less criticism of George Bush over the past 4 years, and we couldn't have that now could've we?So therefore many liberals will never know this information about Obama's choice of Clinton hack Leon Panetta because they simply will want to believe it . This is nothing more than a cave in to the left that opens America up to immediate attack.This guy rips the choice wide open on CNN, he gave another more scathing report to Bill O'Reilly minutes ago on his show tonight, you can see it again at 10 central in the talking points leading off the show.Embedded video from CNN Video if the video disappears which it keeps doing find it here, it's called Ex-agent criticized Panetta*...Did Leon Panetta know about 'extraordinary renditions' under Clinton? Alex Spillius: "Liberals might be in for a nasty shock with Leon Panetta, the man Barack Obama wants to lead the CIA.The selection of the former White House chief of staff to Bill Clinton has been welcomed by many Democrats for his denunciations of torture and all round management abilities.But according to one former agent, Michael Scheuer, the extraordinary rendition programme that has so tainted the agency during the Bush administration actually began in the Clinton administration, when Panetta would, or should, have been fully aware of it.Scheuer is a curious beast. An opponent of the Iraq War, he was the head of the CIA's get-bin-Laden unit from 1996 to 1999, and he should know what he is talking about. But he is very pro-rendition and was critical of the choice of Panetta on US networks today, mostly because he is an outsider. His claim that Clinton/Panetta started/knew about the outsourcing of torture was repeated by William Kristol and others.Criticism of Panetta's selection has centred on his lack of spook experience, though that didn't help George Tenet deliver accurate intelligence on Saddam Hussein.At what promises to be a lively confirmation hearing, senators might be well served to ask Panetta what he knew abo"

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