CNN: News or Propaganda?
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Posted by Aaron Ortiz | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 07-09-2009
A glance at CNN’s headlines recently show how much the network has abandoned impartial reporting. Headlines include:
- “Could George W. Bush end up behind bars?” when it is the CIA operatives who are being investigated
- “Anti-Chavez marches fail to draw crowds”, when there were thousands of people marching.
- “More Radio Closures Coming in Venezuela”, according to CNN’s report only “critics” are calling it a “crackdown on freedom of expression”, where is their outrage?
I am not smearing CNN because of personal dislike. Like most of my readers, until a few months ago, CNN was my favorite news source. I am merely drawing attention to the lack of balanced reporting on their part. Perhaps the good side of all this hypocrisy is that more people now read the news with their guards up, and take all things they say with a megadose of salt.
Image by Alejandra Quiroz, used with a Creative Commons license
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It is incredible, isn't it? Makes you wonder what is really going on in Iran. But if you said that to most people, they would think you are paranoid. It's frightening to me.
I noticed CNN (Esp) gave equal billing (videos side by side) to the anti- and pro-Chavez marches. I don't know how many cities had pro-Chavez marches, but I'm going to guess that there weren't any outside of Venezuela.
At least one march in Spain was HUGE. The Colombian marches were huge. I think that the Tegucigalpa march beat all of them.
This is a better alternative: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1E4JM9o1-zvbhx8AKLlGiG9TIMwD9AGOJ2O0
Back in late July CNN declared the US recession was over.
Their ratings in the US are so dismal they might as well make stuff up to get some attention.
kman