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2019-03-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
‘We’re not investigators’: CNN chief ridiculed over defending coverage of Mueller probe
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Posted by Fred 2019-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 Then why do you call your hit pieces "Investgative reporting'?
Posted by CrazyFool 2019-03-27 00:48||   2019-03-27 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 We are journalists

To steal a line from The Untouchables, who would claim such a thing, were it not so? Your mothers must be proud.
Posted by SteveS 2019-03-27 00:56||   2019-03-27 00:56|| Front Page Top

#3 We are journalists, and our role is to report the facts as we know them, which is exactly what we did,

Rumors are not facts. Opinions are not facts. Your wishes are not facts. 'The Dossier' was not facts. Simply reading the Donk Socialists' daily talking points are not facts. Fake News! Now they are artifacts of your destructive behavior towards the institutions of the republic.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-03-27 07:41||   2019-03-27 07:41|| Front Page Top

#4 No, you are propaganda agents.
Posted by DarthVader 2019-03-27 08:16||   2019-03-27 08:16|| Front Page Top

#5 ‘We’re not investigators honest and viewers are idiots’: CNN
Posted by Woodrow 2019-03-27 08:27||   2019-03-27 08:27|| Front Page Top

#6 We’re not investigators

Obviously.
Posted by gorb 2019-03-27 09:17||   2019-03-27 09:17|| Front Page Top

#7 They are Rumor mongers and propagandists, certainly not journalists or investigative journalists....
Posted by 49 Pan 2019-03-27 11:14||   2019-03-27 11:14|| Front Page Top

#8 You are not Journalists. You are the propaganda arm of the Clinton Foundation.
Posted by 3dc 2019-03-27 12:33||   2019-03-27 12:33|| Front Page Top

#9 No, you are propaganda agents.

Nail 'em to the wall, DV. Exactly right.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-03-27 13:29||   2019-03-27 13:29|| Front Page Top

#10 Propaganda agent implies ability to disseminate and persuade/dissuade.

These are infomercials without a product to sell.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-27 16:26||   2019-03-27 16:26|| Front Page Top

#11 These are infomercials without a product to sell.

I'd argue that that they are selling to people who already bought the product and want more - more validation that they're the kool kids, more buzz about new features. Like Apple fan-bois, they've bought the brand and want to have their status confirmed and hear about the latest product release. It's new, it's thinner, it's sleeker, with even less headphone jacks. Woo Woo!

In this case, the product is TrumpHitler/NeverTrump - Now with Moar Mueller. Oops, that was yesterday's product. Tune in next week for Impeachment 2.0!
Posted by SteveS 2019-03-27 17:13||   2019-03-27 17:13|| Front Page Top

#12 They need to be careful. They said yesterday that the majority were not news but commentary shows, so they cant be held liable for content. OK, but then the narrative, buzz words, and language across the networks were identical. This take them from commentary to propagandists. Creating propaganda on our media, across the networks in an effort to change an election or sway the public politically is a RICO event.
Posted by 49 Pan 2019-03-27 17:28||   2019-03-27 17:28|| Front Page Top

#13 The Classic Colbert/Maher Defense™: "Take me seriously at all times except when I could be sued for libel and slanderous statements --- that's (quote) humor (un-quote)!"
Posted by magpie 2019-03-27 17:40||   2019-03-27 17:40|| Front Page Top

#14 Good point SteveS.

"I used to hate going to the dentist, then I found one who has CNN playing in the waiting room. Five minutes later, I am excited for my procedure!"
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-27 18:55||   2019-03-27 18:55|| Front Page Top

#15 #11 - I wish I'd said that
Posted by Frank G 2019-03-27 19:12||   2019-03-27 19:12|| Front Page Top

#16 "I received my exam results the other day; I missed more correct answers than I have ever received. I was feeling bad until I watched some CNN. Now I feel better about my results."
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-27 21:16||   2019-03-27 21:16|| Front Page Top

#17 "On the first leg of my flight I became violently airsick. I didn't know how I would complete my trip. After a layover at the lounge with CNN on, I was ready to get back on a plane!"
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-27 21:20||   2019-03-27 21:20|| Front Page Top

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