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You BET I'm boycotting. And my (5.00 / 2) (#6)
by BlueMerlin on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 09:43:10 PM EST
first target was CNN.  Jack Cafferty calling Hillary's concern about MI "unseemly whining" was the last straw.  Now, I'd rather watch the test pattern than CNN.  But ... let me not erupt into flames.  Rather, my purpose is to point to a diary on mydd celebrating Lou Dobbs and his recent segment on the media bias against Hillary (apologies in advance if this has already been covered here):

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/4/2/141926/3908

Dobbs proved that yes, there are still such things as objective reporting and courageous journalism.  He pretty much "had his way" with Bill Schneider, which was fun to watch.  Check it out!

Jack Cafferty is an Idiot (none / 0) (#28)
by IKE on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 10:21:27 PM EST
Could someone please tell me what his job description or title is, all I see this idiot do is read four emails every day. Does he have his own show or does he just pops out read two emails, say something stupid then disappear.

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Cafferty title (5.00 / 1) (#56)
by sas on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 10:59:59 PM EST
Head Gasbag.

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Dunno (none / 0) (#142)
by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 10:08:23 AM EST

He may be a Fox News mole meant to drive away CNN viewership.

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Nope, that's it! Wish I had his job. (none / 0) (#31)
by Joan in VA on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 10:26:26 PM EST


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I watched CNN for awhile (none / 0) (#40)
by nycstray on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 10:41:27 PM EST
just to try and figure out WTF his job was!! I started watching it earlier and earlier thinking he was hanging around after his show.

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His role seems like that of Ed McMahon ... (none / 0) (#93)
by cymro on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 12:06:01 AM EST
... on the Tonight Show -- a bumbling foil for the host of the show.

In this segment, every time Lou Dobbs asked Cafferty a question he got the answer wrong. This created another opportunity for Dobbs to speak and to make the real point -- often the opposite of what Cafferty just said -- which Cafferty then promptly agreed with.

Bizarre! Unless the exchanges were deliberately scripted to seem as if Lou Dobbs was "winning" a "debate" or an "argument" -- which seems more likely.

This line of thought reminds me of the Monty Python Argument Sketch, which is actually a lot more fun to watch than Lou Dobb's contrived concern for Hillary.

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Cafferty... (none / 0) (#101)
by lucky leftie on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 12:46:30 AM EST
...Curmudgeon-in-Chief.

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What I find disconcerting (none / 0) (#44)
by lilburro on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 10:47:11 PM EST
is that it's literally the same 10 people on every show representing our two candidates.  I understand the purpose it serves in some sort of 'media courtroom' but why have we only been listening to A DOZEN PEOPLE over the past SIX MONTHS???  

Why won't the media seek out more interesting and diverse supporters of the candidates?  It just strikes me that I see the faces of the candidates' media crews as often as I do the faces of the candidates.  

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I would have been more impressed (none / 0) (#98)
by halstoon on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 12:37:19 AM EST
had Dobbs provided specific examples. When you refuse to call out individuals and specific instances, you're just bi$#*in'. In fact, Schneider seemed to talk over his head, never really addressing the media thing. Dobbs sounded like Carville or Ickes, not objective.

Just goes to show how differently people see things. Thanks for sharing.

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It was the continuation of a previous (none / 0) (#107)
by nycstray on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 01:25:23 AM EST
report. This has been going on since Sunday. There was what I think was the initial report (for me anyway) Sunday night and they had Howard Kurtz, Lenny and Zogby with Media Matters stats etc.

What bugged me about Schneider in this report was his concept he was pushing about the loser saying they were cheated. He never presented that accurately and skimmed over the delegates being seated didn't mean the votes counted.

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You're right. Neither of them seemed to be (none / 0) (#162)
by halstoon on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 07:23:32 PM EST
doing anything other than reading off his own notecards, ignoring the other, as if they picked up 2 different pages of the script.

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