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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Cheney Not Nice?

What does CNN stand for, anyway? This article DovBear pointed to was good and interesting... and then I read it again and saw this: [emphasis mine]

"Ultimately, I'm the guy who pulled the trigger that fired the round that hit Harry [Whittington]," Cheney said in an interview with Fox News, adding that Saturday was "one of the worst days of my life."

"You can talk about all of the other conditions that existed at the time, but that's the bottom line. (Watch why secrecy has been Cheney's modus operandi -- 1:43)

"It was not Harry's fault. You can't blame anybody else. I'm the guy who pulled the trigger and shot my friend. It's a day I'll never forget."

Um, what? "Watch why secrecy has been Cheney's modus operandi" - ? Firstly, what does this have to do with this story; second, what the heck?! That's a pretty biased and leading terminology for anyone to use - let alone a respected world news service.

Can anyone explain this? Can CNN? I'd love to hear what they have to say about this.

28 comments:

  1. Even the Cheney Loyalists agree that employing his trademark secrecy in the aftermath of this incedent was the stupidest thing he could have done which has obviously been the storyu all week which was why they tried to make excuses for the secretiveness and witholding of information, which is the way he has operated regarding everything since taking office. Its not biased, its fact and everyone knows it.

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  2. What secrecy? He chose not to call and make a press conference immediately? Sure, probably wasn't the best decision - but this makes secrecy his "modus operandi"?! This is randomly stuck in to a news report about Cheney's statements? Sorry, not buying it.

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  3. The reclusiveness of the V.P.'s office is well noted. But, you are correct in your point. Lazy HTML guys, that is who I would blame -- and poor oversight of the same.

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  4. Now you know how those of us on the correct side of the aisle feel when FOX News says anything.

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  5. Robbie - find me anything remotely similar. Do they ever say, "Watch why double-talk has been Kerry's modus operandi"? I don't think so, sorry.

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  6. They didn't use the prase "double-talk" but I believe that "flip-flop" was thrown about like a frisbee.

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  7. I don't think Fox interrupted news articles with lines like "See why Kerry is a flip-flopper!!"

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  9. Sorry about that, needed a spell check ...

    This is all part of the great divide in this country. The right has been saying for years CNN is biased. Can anyone even honestly deny it?

    But now, we all know where everyone stands and if someone on the right says CNN is BIASED! Someone like Robbie yells back from the left side of debate .. "Oh yeah, Fox News is even more biased!" … and thus we churn in our own pathetic tit for tat talking points and rhetoric that this country has been stuck in for years ...

    They are both bad ... BUT in all fairness, CNN & the NY Times has been especially biased. They don't even try to hide it.

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  10. At least CNN and the Times are biased to the good side.

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  11. LOL, Robbie... even though you're wrong. :)

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  12. No one disputes that secretiveness is a trademark of Cheney's office. No one disputes that they felt the need to cover up the incident and deal poorly with the information. No one disputes that the GOP's pr machine made "flip flop" a trademark buzz word for kerry's inconsistency tho im not sure what its got to do with this.

    And about cnn and fox - i was qute amused by that whole thing on fox about how no one cares about how all the biased liberal media is talking so much about whittington and about how no cared about how poor dicky is feeling

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  13. No one disputes that secretiveness is a trademark of Cheney's office.

    Examples?

    No one disputes that they felt the need to cover up the incident

    What?! Who covered up anything? That's the first time I've heard that.

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  14. I think the whole thing is out of hand already. CNN, Fox News, and all should be ashamed for taking up so much space on a non issue while they have eased up reporting on more pressing issues, like the continueing protests over the cartoons and that Iran has restarted their nuclear enrichment program.

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  15. Scott, the vice president of the united states nearly killing someone is important too.

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  16. Cheney himself said he didnt tell the media on purpose

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  17. Ez -
    Have you read the press briefing transcripts recently? It's pure comedy - cover up and all.

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  18. TTC, I agree it's an important story, though I think Scott is complaining that the reporting on other, more important issues, has taken the back burner.

    GT - ? I lost you... :)

    TTC - Yes, he felt that Ms. Armstrong was a better person to tell the media. That's not "hiding secrets", sorry.

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  19. Robbie - haven't seen... you got a link?

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  20. Anyone hear a good reason why he waited well over 10 hours (I've heard both 12 and 14) before making a statement?

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  21. Again, Puck - I keep hearing "everyone knows", but I've yet to hear a good example.

    Mordechai - Yes, in the statement he released.

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  22. White House Briefing, Feb 13

    White House Briefing, Feb 14

    Just when you think the pain is over, it just starts up again. It's funnier to listen to, but reading will have to do.

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  23. Lets put this in perspective - in the pre internet days no one actually asked "what does he do all day" about vice presidents gore, quayle, bush , mondale ...

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  24. Robbie - LOL. Honestly, I'd be embarrassed to be a WH reporter... (Let's see if we can ask the same Q in 15 different ways...) Stuck on stupid.

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  25. Or, let's see how the Press Secretary can evade answering 15 different ways - or prove any more that he had no idea what was going on... I'd be much more embarrassed to be Mclellan than a reporter.

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  26. Ezzie: Link please, if you do not mind.

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  27. Puck - The only example of those that's even close is the last one. And I'm not sure why he'd have to reveal any such thing.

    Robbie - All depends on your POV, eh? :)

    Mordechai - Interview, Statement 2/14, Statement 2/13.

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  28. Whoops - the last 2 are nothing. I thought they were formal statements about the shooting. My bad.

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