Is CNN A “Corrupt News Network”?
This is from a post by Kim Pearson at BlogHer.
Did you watch the CNN/Youtube Debate for the Republican candidates last week? More than 4,000 videotaped questions were submitted online; about three dozen made it to air. The result? Instead of a offering greater insights into the Republican candidates, CNN found itself dubbed the “Corrupt News Network” by LA Times columnist Tim Rutten.
What got Rutten’s back up? The columnist charged CNN with weighing the debate down with several questions on illegal immigration — an issue he says Americans don’t care that much about, according to recent polls. Candidates were also asked whether they believed every word in the Bible, and what the Confederate flag meant to them. At a time when surveys show that the Iraq War and the faltering US economy are primary concerns,
