[Timesink]

No careful viewer can trust CNN's reporting on international affairs.

Why should I trust their reporting on domestic affairs any more? If they're willing to break the most basic rules of human morality in order to score some cheap media hype in one area (ooh, look, we got a bureau in Baghdad and you don't, nyah!), then they're willing to break the rules in any area.

[FirstFlaBn]

Oneupsmanship is the only reason to prostitute themselves for a liefest interview with some Iraqi big shot. They say women really dress for the approval of other women; well, media types sell out to top their competitors - who don't seem to mind, until now, that they got beaten out by cheaters.

Other than this the only thing to gain from this is a live shot of downtown Baghdad. Shoot, it'd be less dishonest to use the Cokie Roberts method of standing in front of a picture of the Capitol and calling it a live shot.