CNN Stimulus in Paradise

[peterb]

I got the impression from this that CNN thinks that the USVIs are quaint little islands that aren't really part of the U.S. and not entitled to a share of the stimulus money. We could debate whether the stimulus program is wise or not but to imply that residents of the USVI are somehow not true Americans or entitled to a share of is just more of the lame drivel I've come to expect from CNN lately.



http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politi ... =allsearch

[Diana2]

This is one reason that I don't watch CNN during the daytime. Their coverage is too often "dumbed down" and light on actual facts.

Everyone's a critic these days it seems. If there's a better way to do things why don't these people with all the great ideas actually DO SOMETHING?? It's easy to say "NO" and lots harder to actually serve the people who voted these politicians into office. Even 'throwing the bums out' only gets you another group of 'bums'. I wish there was an answer.

[toes in the sand]

Vote the bums (CNN) out with your remote. I have not watched CNN since Columbine.

[tipsy]

CNN is still on the air? guess I skip over those channels.

[Cid]

Just curious here. If you're not watching CNN, where are you getting your news? I try to watch a little bit of several news sources and of course read on the net. I like to make sure I'm getting to hear all sides of any given subject. Remember when news was just the facts without all the opinions?

[Wakey]

Just curious here. If you're not watching CNN, where are you getting your news? I try to watch a little bit of several news sources and of course read on the net. I like to make sure I'm getting to hear all sides of any given subject. Remember when news was just the facts without all the opinions?

PBS

[tipsy]

Just curious here. If you're not watching CNN, where are you getting your news? I try to watch a little bit of several news sources and of course read on the net. I like to make sure I'm getting to hear all sides of any given subject.

Remember when news was just the facts without all the opinions?

Thats what the problem is, there is no unbias/factual news anymore. Not reporting the "facts" as they are. Watch the movie "Wag the Dog" and see what can be done by the news persons at any time. It's scary.

[toes in the sand]

Just curious here. If you're not watching CNN, where are you getting your news? I try to watch a little bit of several news sources and of course read on the net. I like to make sure I'm getting to hear all sides of any given subject. Remember when news was just the facts without all the opinions?

NEWS is the keyword here. Not sensationalized drivel. Not events staged for the camera to keep someone on-air 24/7. Not manufactured, plagurized, formulated events. I do not wish to recieve information from an organization that admittedly agreed with Sadam Hussein to censur what was reported just so that their reporters were allowed to stay in Iraq. When CNN made that pact they made worthless any information coming out of Iraq through them. Who knows how many such deals have been made by them? When they made Columbine a 24/7 event they did this country a dis-service by all but encouraging and writing a how-to booklet for copy cats.

In answer to your question about where I choose to get my news from: StL Post Dispatch, local TV, NBC, (notice the absence of CBS thanks to Dan Blather and Katie only furthered their biased reporting) FOX, PBS, Washington Post online. NY Times is good only for their crossword puzzle.
Yes, I remember when the news was just "facts". At least that is my memory of the Huntley - Brinkley Report. That was a nightly event at our home. Unfortunately the "facts" being reported were often easily colored by those who were making the news. The War Department as it was known during the Vietnam War is a prime example. We received only the information that they felt we needed and it was worded as they wished.