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pokerfan

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Wed Sep 5, 2012, 01:23 PM Sep 2012

CNN's ‘Reality Check’ Based On A Lie

From mediaite....

If you’re looking for a better study in contrasts between CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention and the just-beginning Democratic National Convention, look no further than Out Front host Erin Burnett. In the moments following GOP running mate Paul Ryan‘s speech last week, Burnett dismissed the litany of falsehoods that she herself noted, and called his speech “Precise, clear, and passionate.”

On Tuesday night, faced with Democrats who passed fact-checking with flying colors, Burnett and Tom Foreman invented a “Reality Check” based on a lie of their own.

Convention anchor Anderson Cooper tossed to Burnett with an innocent-sounding “Let’s go to Erin Burnett and Tom Forman for a reality check.”

More: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fact-wreck-cnn-subjects-democratic-convention-to-reality-check-based-on-a-lie/
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CNN's ‘Reality Check’ Based On A Lie (Original Post) pokerfan Sep 2012 OP
Burnett is just a Wellstone ruled Sep 2012 #1
I don't know why anyone watches CNN. Who is their audience??? If you want moderate politics than jillan Sep 2012 #2

jillan

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2. I don't know why anyone watches CNN. Who is their audience??? If you want moderate politics than
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 02:20 PM
Sep 2012

watch msnbc during the day.

I just don't get what CNN is doing and who their target audience is.

When they hired Erick Erickson, I turned them off once and for all.

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