Posted on 09/12/2005 9:45:17 AM PDT by slowhand520
CNN PRODUCERS TOLD ON-AIR GUESTS:Ê GET ANGRY Mon Sep 12 2005 12:42:11 ET
After weeks of over-the-top Katrina coverage from the mainstream media, LA TIMES'S oped guru Michael Kinsley divulges that CNN has been coaching guests to artificially enhance their on-air emotions!
The TV news networks, which only a few months ago were piously suppressing emotional fireworks by their pundits, are now piously encouraging their news anchors to break out of the emotional straitjackets and express outrage. A Los Angeles Times colleague of mine, appearing on CNN last week to talk about Katrina, was told by a producer to "get angry."
Developing...
I like Fox, but sometimes there are interviews on CNN that never make it to Fox. Today they interviewed a couple who were stopped from crossing the BRIDGE to Gretna. The Gretna Sheriff blocked it with policemen and cars and shot over people's heads to keep them on NOLA side. I was so surprised, because I did not know that bridge was open to use....I had spent two summers at Chief of Naval Reserv in NOLA in 82/83 and I knew the bridge was there but 'ASSUMED' it must have sustained damage, NOT SO....the Chief of Gretna would not allow them to cross into his city...WHY HAVE WE NOT HEARD THAT BEFORE...all this blame on Pres, FEMA, and NOONE REPORTED A ROUTE OUT OF NOLA?????THIS IS ABSURD.
"WHY HAVE WE NOT HEARD THAT BEFORE..." (?)
Maybe because you watch too much CNN with their "it's all Bush's fault" agenda. They are 3 days late with this story because they are just now starting to catch up. Here's a thread with almost 800 posts from 9/9/05.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481211/posts
Rush spoke about it 3 days ago, too. Shep reported on it Live when he told Geraldo that people couldn't just walk out because they were being turned back.
You think that the nitwits who elected these lying clowns will see the light? I doubt it.
Am I surprised? No....
All their news is a lie so why not some fake acting to go along with it.
Actually, it is. Watch them three hours and you'll still be seeking serious news.
Now, if you want to become a serious news finder.....
proves CNN is just a staged news network with boring overbearing dorks like Wolfie.
Bert Convy acting school
"he heard in his earpiece one of the shows producers egging him on, to get aggressive and chime in"
I often hear those same voices....
I watch far more FoxNews than CNN, however I am very busy and cannot be glued to the TV 24/7 so I missed coverage from Fox, yet Fox keeps acting as if it never happened in their other coverage.
Thanks for the link
"Thanks for the link"
If this was to me, you're welcome.
WOW! Michael must have suddenly realized how journalism has gone to hell! He wrote an op ed for the LA Times that bordered on criticism of the left, resigned his job there, and now this?
CNN LIES! ( My bumper sticker that attracts so much attention! )
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