Proud to say that CNN hasn't been is this home for years!
Posted on 11/22/2005 5:56:28 PM PST by ianschwartz
I don't get ads anymore and I'm using Mozilla with no plugins. I think after a while Mozilla trains it self to expect and block pop ups.
But honestly I think he has cut down on them .. On IE they would appear every time I came to his site, now it's like once or twice a day. Perhaps he has found out feature of "hours".
Find a new browser. I have a Win laptop and a Mac desktop, and I sure can't stand Drudge on the Win with IE. The Mac with Safari blocks all of that junk.
I think there are Win browsers that also block the junk, but I haven't looked since I can always use my Mac for sites like that.
CNN has deigned to offer a rare explanation and apology. Just a technical glitch here. Moo along, little doggies.
They're DemonRATs to me.
The X is centered in the frame, as is Cheney's face, IAW standards for shooting a talking head. The most natural place to put an X in a placeholder is in the center of the frame.
There's a lot to dislike about the libs and about CNN, but I have seen stupid mistakes happen before and this looks like one of them.
I'm not sure why you're not sure.
New info??
Really? That's comforting. Best thing I've read all day to read old Wolfy was about ready to cough up a hairball.
Okay then, the minute one of those ads plays one of my local stations, I'm going to pick up the phone and call them. Then I'll send emails to them at the local level. Much better way to get a response...... Want to give them some pain, send it to the locals who depend your viewership.
This looks like new info to me:
http://www.rightontheright.com/real/index.php/?p=515
MARKETING FIRM CONTACTS CNN; X WAS INTENTIONAL
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ — The following statement concerning CNN’s airing of an ‘X’ over live video of Vice President Cheney was released today by Team Hollywood:
Monday morning, Nov. 21, 2005, at 11:00 AM, as CNN aired Vice President Dick Cheney’s speech live from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, the cable network flashed onscreen, repeatedly, a large black ‘X’ over the Vice President’s face, while a headline at the bottom of its screen read, “CHENEY: I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS WRONG TO CRITICIZE.”
Unfortunately for CNN, a large number of their demographics also participate in Internet communities and Blogs, representing a large portion of their viewership and posing a threat to news cable and newspaper subscriber’s fees.
Millions from across the country telephoned CNN to alert the network about an accidental “X” over the Vice President’s face, only to be told that the “X” was intentional against the present administration. CNN callers flooded the Internet and online communities with calls to boycott the network.
Likewise, the international marketing consulting firm Team Hollywood Inc., responsible for a database of over 11 million Americans, both Democrats and Republicans from across the country, was consumed with the calls. “The volume of calls to our company became an issue that could not be ignored,” stated Joan Friedman of Team Hollywood. “We needed a statement on behalf of the Internet community callers and their newsworthy Blogs, so we made the call.”
When the founders of the company, Preska Thomas and Kevin Finn, made contact with the network, to their surprise they were bullied and harassed in the same way by the Headline News desk. Callers were repeatedly told by CNN, “Tell the President and Vice-President Dick Cheney to stop lying.” Team Hollywood’s conversation with the newsdesk was recorded. When the tape is played back, amongst political statements being made by the network were the words that the “X” was intentional, as an act of free speech by CNN.
Kevin Finn said, “The Vice-President is a symbol of the United States, much like the American flag. For CNN to desecrate the image of the Vice President is the same as the Iranians burning the U.S. flag at a rally staged for the whole world via television. It is a slap in the face to all those who serve and have served in the armed forces”.
A Democrat caller, Tricia Rosenberg of Beverly Hills, Calif., compared the big “X” across the Vice President’s face to the markings of a serial killer’s hit list. “I can’t believe that CNN resorted to such a tacky object”.
Preska Thomas said, “Fair and balanced? I am certain that we have all heard those words before. Not exactly smart as a FOX! News should be non-partisan.”
CNN was caught off-guard at the company’s headquarters in Atlanta by the recording. The statements that were made through their Headline News desk are not acceptable and there are calls on the Internet for investigation by the FCC, the FBI and the Trilateral Commission.
I guess this means that despite the technical message that appeared below the desk, the X itself was intentional. This violates laws against subliminal messages, and casts a grim shadow on CNN. This is a strange story, but if it proves to be true, CNN has some explaining to do.
"Blitz looked ready to totally lose his mind and they suddenly called the interview over and went to commercial. Kerry won't be on again."
Larry King had Bob Woodward on and same sense of disbelief set in and permeated the air waves. CNN really tips their hand.
Proud to say that CNN hasn't been is this home for years!
Thought so but wanted fact....thank you!
Soros - explains so much.
He should never have been granted citizenship if his intent was to interfere with our government.
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