We here at MediaWhoresUSA have long noted that the top- and bottom-of-hour 'news' that CNN pimps on radio (as aired by ClearChannel radio) is the perfect exposition of the "Mainstream Media's" touting the corporate/right-wing agenda: FEAR of foreign terrorists and domestic rapists, all to create an atmosphere where the public demands MORE AUTHORTARIAN government control and "protection" for Americans - despite the fact that the corporate media doesn't care a whit for the millions of Americans who can't afford health insurance, or are poisoned by environmental toxins, etc. For example, CNN has toped even Fox "news" in HYPING the "TUBERCULOSIS groom INFECTING fellow passengers!" story as presented by the (US government) CDC.
NO WHERE do ANY of CNN's anchors and reporters ask THE OBVIOUS QUESTION: "Does ANYONE ELSE on planet earth harbor that SAME TB virus, and if so - WHY ARE NOT THEY, as well, a NATION-SHAKING CRISIS??"
Clearly, CNN is PIMPING or WHORING the "FEAR the TB passenger" story - "HE VIOLATED CDC government quarantine/defacto house arrest!"
Paul Rieckhoff at HuffingtonPost.com catches CNN whoring other, even more GARBAGE 'news'
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As The Turkish Army Storms Into Iraq, CNN Is Stupider Than Usual
Paul Rieckhoff
Posted June 6, 2007
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/as-the-turkish-army-storm_b_51064.html
Yesterday, when I heard that thousands of Turkish troops may have crossed the border into Iraq, I was extremely concerned. Turkey has been building up its military forces on the Iraqi border for some time. There has been intense debate in Ankara among political and military leaders about whether to attack separatist rebels of the PKK. When I heard of Turkey's latest move, I feared that the Iraq war was quickly spilling into a larger regional conflict, so I turned on CNN for the latest. And here's what I saw:
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That's right, CNN's headline: "Teen, Sex, Prison." I guess the producers couldn't find an excuse for "Live XXX Girls."
This story, about a teenager imprisoned for statutory rape, repeated throughout the morning. It wasn't until mid-afternoon that CNN provided any substantive coverage of the situation in northern Iraq. The coverage lasted for maybe five minutes - before CNN returned to footage of...yet another missing teenager.
It was just as bad at CNN.com. There I found a brief story on the incursion between headlines including "Man tries to jump onto popemobile," "Jumbo squid swarming off California coast," and "Jericho' fans assail CBS with 25 tons of peanuts." I really, really wish I were kidding.
Of course, Turkey has sent limited numbers of troops into Kurdistan before, as a part of its anti-terrorist policies. And, since reports are conflicted, it's not clear how many Turkish troops are in Iraq right now. But the possible consequences of foreign forces in Iraq are dire, according to the Iraq Study Group Report:
• "A broader regional war."
• "Humanitarian catastrophe... as more refugees are forced to relocate across the country and the region."
• "Ethnic cleansing"
• "A Pandora's box of problems--including the radicalization of populations, mass movements of populations, and regime changes--that might take decades to play out. If the instability in Iraq spreads to the other Gulf States, a drop in oil production and exports could lead to a sharp increase in the price of oil and thus could harm the global economy."
I can only hope that if these terrible (and increasingly likely) events do occur, CNN will break away from the intense coverage of issues like the judge who fixed divorce cases for cigars, and Paris Hilton's latest shenanigans. And I don't even want to know what will be on Fox.
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