CNN Confesses Sin of "Unfortunate Omission", Did Not Give Full Disclosure on Carville Post-Debate!

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Sat Nov-17-07 02:32 PM
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CNN Confesses Sin of "Unfortunate Omission", Did Not Give Full Disclosure on Carville Post-Debate!

This debate just blew up in Hillary's face in the NY Times. Jonathan Klein, the CNN president just admitted that Anderson Cooper's introduction of Carville had an "unfortunate omission"! But why was Carville selected with Gergen in the first place to do post-dabtae analysis!?!?

Carville painted a picture of a victorious Clinton of course.

That is the real fix that's going on here and I hope this continues so that people criticize CNN not for the omission but for the selction of Carville in the first place as he is too obviously biased to do post-debate analysis.

Clinton Friend�s Role Sets Off Intense Criticism of CNN and a Re-examination

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton prepared for a battle with her Democratic rivals at the CNN-sponsored debate on Thursday night. She did not have much to fear from the postdebate round table.

Candidate Topic PagesMore Politics NewsAmong the experts trotted out by CNN to comment was James Carville, a Democratic strategist and CNN commentator who is also a close friend of Mrs. Clinton and a contributor to her campaign.

Mr. Carville�s presence aroused the fury of rivals and bloggers. They called it a conflict of interest and criticized CNN.

�Would it kill CNN to disclose that James Carville is a partisan Clinton supporter when talking about the presidential race?� Markos Moulitsas wrote on his liberal blog, Daily Kos. Mr. Moulitsas drew hundreds of comments.

Tom Reynolds, a spokesman for Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who is also seeking the Democratic nomination, said: �What you saw last night lacked full disclosure. The average viewer out in middle America may not know the inside-the-Beltway connection.�

A CNN executive conceded that the cable channel should have more fully disclosed Mr. Carville�s past and that it was discussing how to handle such situations.

The criticisms were among a series against CNN for how it managed the debate, a two-hour event in Las Vegas that ran nearly 15 minutes late. Viewers criticized segments like the opening, when candidates bounded onto the stage in a style reminiscent of a sports event.

Voters and commentators wrote online about how the audience cheered and booed, the way the CNN hosts reframed audience questions and whether it was correct to demand yes-or-no answers to complex questions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/us/politics/17cnn.html?_r=1&ei=5090&en=b62c3708e23a70cc&ex=1352955600&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1195326986-4AkfqaNC9I62uMm+Wir4QA

CNN executives said they routinely reminded viewers of Mr. Carville�s affiliation in his segments. On Thursday, Anderson Cooper, the CNN host who moderated the round table, said, �I should point out David Gergen was an adviser in the Bill Clinton White House, as, of course, was James Carville.�

That was not enough for Jonathan Klein, the CNN president who said in an interview that the disclosure fell short.

�He�s not on the Hillary payroll, but he�s on the Hillary bandwagon, and that should be disclosed as much as we can,� Mr. Klein said. �I wasn�t comfortable with it myself as I watched it.

�He has disclosed all of this previously and repeatedly on our air,� he continued. �He happened not to last night, and it�s an unfortunate omission.�

http://www.dailykos.com/

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