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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 09:50 PM
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CNN Quotes Michael Moore's Letter; Arianna Huffington Defends
 
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 09:51 PM
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1. They're still trying to make it all about Moore
and not the viciously corrupt system they embrace and support.
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ooglymoogly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 10:50 PM
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3. Spinning, red herrings, straw men and propaganda
Edited on Sun Jul-15-07 10:50 PM by ooglymoogly
is what the pugs are all about.
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 03:44 PM
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22. I Was Thinking The Exact Same Thing
All they have are tactics. They don't have a plan. They cannot govern. They cannot fix any problems. All they can do is attack the people who challenge them with lies and smears.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 09:48 PM
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34. that's right Republicans cannot govern
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 06:35 PM
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31. And the corporatemediawhores which
for some reason would rather go with the spin, red herrings, strawmen, and propoganda than investigate and unfold the truth.

They better watch out..they might end up like their bushit boy.
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 10:30 PM
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2. The woman on the right was trying to deflect the discussion on tangents all the time. nt
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booley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 04:45 AM
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9. And even as she accused Moore of lying...
She used that tired lie about that "poll" where supposedly 9 out of 10 journalist give to Democrats.

Uhh, not quite.

Seems actually it's like out of 100,000 people who work in newsrooms (not all of them journalists), about 144 donate (Less then a third of 1%) and of that most give to Democrats. But really, who gets thier political news from the theatre critic at the New Yorker or the guy who does sports stats at the Boston Globe? And need I mention that it's not Journalists that act as gate keepers for what gets into the news?

It doesn't bode well for the right when they can't accuse somebody of lying without lying themselves.



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rainy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 06:50 AM
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11. This lie is repeated by the right constantly and no one ever challenges them
on it. I'm so sick of it. A long time ago that study was done and reported on. So much has changed since then and even then the facts were probably segued.
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 06:03 PM
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29. You've got that right
The editors are the gatekeepers for the reporters.

The publishers are the gatekeepers for the editors...

The owners (right-wing, capitalist fucks nearly every one) are the gatekeepers for the whole shooting match.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 07:28 PM
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32. That's all they do all the time.
Its what Glenn Beck did to RFK Jr. When they're wrong they change the subject quickly.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 11:34 PM
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4. I'm Just Tired Of The Lying
There's nothing subjective in Moore's facts - they're facts, plain and simple. For CNN to "refute" them by simply making stuff up is astonishing.

Gupta's head should roll, as should everyone else involved in this utter bullshit. They are killing real people with this, and have abrogated their job as journalists.

I'm glad Arianna stuck to her guns.
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eden Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 12:17 AM
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5. so does anybody else think...
Arianna Huffington is sexy? hahahaha
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 01:20 AM
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8. Welcome to DU! and
yes, of course she's sexy. Bright and sexy.
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liberalmike27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 07:33 AM
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12. Moore is Great
I did catch one thing in the interview that needed the hypocrisy police. They were talking about Vitter, and Arianna said something to the effect that she didn't think we should drag politicians personal life through the muck. Hey, is it my imagination, or was she up there bustin' Clinton's balls and curved penis for ten years?

But she has returned from the dark side. I guess she isn't the only one who has started saying that, since it seems the Republican Party holds most of the perverts these days. All of a sudden they want to have private lives. They just don't seem to understand the concepts of hypocrisy, and double standards.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 05:38 PM
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28. Welcome to DU! Yes. I find her an extremely elegant, attractive,
articulate woman. I'm female myself so I look at her as more of a front-of-the-line person who has become a really terrific spokeswoman for the rest of us, from a pulpit much higher and more prominent than we have. I'm glad she's stepping up and mouthing off! She's OUR Zsa Zsa Gabor, only she's saying things that are of great consequence and extremely meaty. She's saying things that need to be said, and she's distinctive, so that makes her memorable. And if she is memorable, herself, what she says will also be memorable. And since it comes in a nice, attractive package, it will be received better and judged more favorably, also. She's gonna get attention because she's media-savvy, and thus, her message (which also happens to be OUR message more often than not) will get out there and reach people.

Sure glad she's come over to OUR side!
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 01:13 AM
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6. Moore embarrassed their stupid asses & they are still tying to recover
by putting chicken shit biased assholes from CNN on CNN. Who are they kidding?
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 01:14 AM
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7. I love how Kurtz mumbles through his admission that the news media failed ...
... in the run-up to the Iraq war. Yeah, Howard, let's ignore the validity of Moore's position and focus on a smattering of media-driven pseudo-controversy. Nice that CNN is making themselves the story, rather than focusing on the issues.
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Tyler Durden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 05:30 AM
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10. They will NEVER admit their failure.
The PIMPED for The Pig Bush, and that is the FACT of the matter. It's like watching the media whore on "V for VENDETTA."
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Nunyabiz Donating Member (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 07:55 AM
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14. That's right, they never will admit it
Because if they do they know they will be admitting that they were COMPLICIT in all the cover ups of War Crimes, Treason and Election Fraud.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 07:46 AM
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13. CNN slammed by blogs
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/15/moore.gupta/index.html

beyond CNNs whiney response... blog comments at
the bottom of the page give CNN the thrashing they deserve
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JAbuchan08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 01:15 PM
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20. That's changed
The blogs I found linked were going on about how great it is to see liberals bashing one another.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 01:26 PM
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21. The rats !
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HonorTheConstitution Donating Member (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 08:32 AM
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15. K & R - Arianna was a bit calm, but I loved her comparison: "Mixed bag..."
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 08:53 AM
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16. who was that witch?
she had that glazed look of a young reagan republican fresh out of college, ready to spread the word.

Reminded me of a glazed donut. Especially with the hole in the middle representing her logic.
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The Count Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 09:17 AM
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18. she was from Townhall - which is the internet home for Coulter, Novak and the like...
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The Count Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 09:16 AM
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17. "Shiny hair and a brain tumor" = mixed report" - Arianna was great!
Freepers will be freepers - answer facts with personal attacks.
"If you make a mistake in a 3 minutes report, you lose credibility" - especially when that 3 minutes report was meant to challenge someone else's credibility.
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pingzing58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 10:52 AM
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19. CNN has disappointed me. I hope their hear loud and clear that we expect better from them.
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PurgedVoter Donating Member (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 03:53 PM
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23. Mary Catherine Ham, cute, shiny hair, and a brain tumor.
It is interesting, when Arianna brought up the doctor saying your child has shiny hair and a brain tumor, I had to laugh because Mary so clearly is a lovely child, but oh so damaged. Her arguments were straight line talking points. For such a sweet looking child to be aligned with forces that promote terror, torture and congressional abuse. For her to be in lock step with the forces that value selfishness over environment or peace. I bet she thinks she is serving Jesus. So sad, really.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 04:21 PM
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24. CNN embedded with Army's PsyOps
http://www.counterpunch.org/cnnpsyops.html

That was at election time in 2000 and they're probably worse now. BTW, the Army's Signal Corps Ft Gordon is not too far away from CNN's Atlanta HQ/Studios.
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Dean Corso Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 04:25 PM
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25. Moore
Moore does very few interviews,except when his movies come out.But that doesn't stop people from saying he just does things for attention.He hasn't been on CNN for years,he turns down interviews.Why doesn't someone say this?It drives me crazy!
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One Sweet World Donating Member (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 04:34 PM
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26. hilarious
I'm not confident this segment does anything to help our situation in Iraq or fix healthcare for that matter but at least its some more good publicity for sicko. (It is such a good movie!) We have the potential for dialogue but our challenge is, how do we elevate it?
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HootieMcBoob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 04:35 PM
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27. CNN just continues to muddy the water
How many reports has CNN done about the horrific state of our health care system? How many reports have they done on the plight of the 48 million people in this country who have no health insurance at all? How many reports have they done on the number of bankruptcies as a result of medical bills?

The first thing they do is run an inaccurate report attacking the one person in the country who is standing up for Americans by taking on the behemoth that is the insurance industry.

How dare they. They should all be ashamed of themselves. Worthless fecks that they are.
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 06:06 PM
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30. I was pissed at the first sentence out of that
Edited on Mon Jul-16-07 06:07 PM by ProudDad
"anchor persons'" mouth.

He said "SiCKO is an indictment of the Health Care industry".

TOTAL BULLSHIT!!!

SiCKO is an indictment of the "for profit health insurance mafia."

So this fucking show was biased from the first breath...

Pretty much two against one...but since that one was Huffington I think we won on points!!!
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kaygore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 07:34 PM
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33. so, Mary Katherine Ham is an ignorant slut...Or is whore more accurate
Who the hell is she anyway. She appear brainless. Nice smile though. Is her dad a dentist?
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johnnyrocket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 09:58 PM
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35. Bwahaha, that stupid women quoted a SATIRICAL STORY ABOUT THE IPHONE!
Edited on Mon Jul-16-07 09:58 PM by johnnyrocket
Stupid bitch. That story about Moore and the iPhone is a total phony baloney joke page...

here's the source...

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/rumormill/iphone_moore.html


And I noticed a blurring of truth and kidding around from right wing sites trying to smear Moore, and linking to this page.

These people are pathetic.
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