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CNN "X"ed Cheney out
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:34 am
by Massive Quasars
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:50 am
by Foo
Err.. what.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:57 am
by R00k
Did this really happen? LOL.
First off, CNN is perfectly within their rights to fire the dumbass answering the phone, because he was trying to present his personal opinion as the views of the company, and was probably alienating viewers.
But why are people attacking CNN for X'ing out Cheney's face? Aside from the rabid right-wingers, of course. It makes me want to applaud them.
Or as close as I can come to applauding CNN anyway.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:58 am
by Massive Quasars
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:23 am
by mrd
Heh. Cool.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:05 am
by Transient
R00k wrote:Did this really happen? LOL.
First off, CNN is perfectly within their rights to fire the dumbass answering the phone, because he was trying to present his personal opinion as the views of the company, and was probably alienating viewers.
But why are people attacking CNN for X'ing out Cheney's face? Aside from the rabid right-wingers, of course. It makes me want to applaud them.
Or as close as I can come to applauding CNN anyway.
Well I just looked at the clip, and in all fairness it doesn't look like it was intentional. The X didn't flash for very long (maybe 2 flickers in 1 second's time) and there was no mention of it by the announcer. It was probably some sort of an alignment marker that didn't get taken out/turned off before the tape went live.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:27 am
by R00k
Oh, I was picturing it as an X across only his face that stayed there for a bit.
In light of that, it's actually kinda funny the way the guy responded.