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To: dixie sass
I spoke in person to the people in the Pentagon that CNN had interviewed and filmed for that report, and they told me how CNN edited what they said to make it seem like they were saying exactly the opposite of what they actually said.

I was in the Middle East when the Somalia conflict started. I was in a unique position of working at a satellite earth station that routed TV traffic to various spots around the world.

To make a long story short, I watched a 15 minute raw video feed out of Somalia (just un-edited video; no sound), then saw the edited and sanitized story on CNN at my hotel room that night--it was the exact opposite of what had happened.

23 posted on 05/10/2003 8:16:39 PM PDT by randog
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To: randog
Believability is the media's stock in trade, without it they have nothing to sell.

To make a long story short, I watched a 15 minute raw video feed out of Somalia (just un-edited video; no sound), then saw the edited and sanitized story on CNN at my hotel room that night--it was the exact opposite of what had happened.

30 posted on 05/11/2003 2:54:05 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: randog
Believability is the media's stock in trade. Without integrity they have nothing to sell.

A quick look at CNN's numbers tells us the market economy is doing it's job: CNN's going down.

To make a long story short, I watched a 15 minute raw video feed out of Somalia (just un-edited video; no sound), then saw the edited and sanitized story on CNN at my hotel room that night--it was the exact opposite of what had happened.

31 posted on 05/11/2003 2:58:13 AM PDT by GOPJ
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