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| Wolf Blitzer apologizes for 'Dept. of Jihad' text on CNN |
| 2010-03-06 |
| CNN's Wolf Blitzer has apologized for using chyron text that seemed to question the loyalties of the Department of Justice. On Thursday, CNN broadcast text that read "HAPPENING NOW, DEPARTMENT OF JIHAD?" and "Are Justice Department Lawyers Disloyal?" as part of its coverage of an ad by Liz Cheney that suggests that because the DOJ hired lawyers who have represented accused terrorists, the department is sympathetic to terrorists. On Friday, Blitzer apologized for the graphic and called DOJ lawyers "patriotic." "CNN had no intention of suggesting that the Justice Department supports terrorism. Lawyers at the Justice Department are patriotic Americans and we certainly regret any confusion that may have been caused by our graphic." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 So it looks like they think it but don't want to say it. Interesting. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-03-06 23:07 |
| #4 Glad you noticed Wolf but why apologize? DOJ AG and lawyers are suspect. How about some hard-hitting honest to God reporting? That would be unique and novel and would boost your ratings. Most people have bailed out of watching CNN, MSNBC, and whatever the other networks are because they don't trust them to tell the truth about anything. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-03-06 17:22 |
| #3 Yeah, had to read that a couple times myself to make sure the coffee wasn't weird. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-03-06 11:07 |
| #2 Geez, even CNN is wondering??? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-03-06 09:55 |
| #1 all seven of their viewers will sleep better tonight |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-03-06 07:31 |