One of the more illustrative moments of right wing sycophancy by CNN’s John King was his fluffer interview with Republican John McCain.

John King’s right wing sycophancy was rewarded by Time-Warner-CNN, the same CNN that promoted right wing extremists like Dobbs and Beck.

CNN is right wing corporate media that occasionally reports the news. Even then, it’s often Balloon Boy and entertainment news.

CNN doesn’t get the credit it deserves for launching the careers of both right wing racist Lou Dobbs AND the right wing mad hatter Glenn Beck.

As for Republican Alex Castellanos, he’s a vicious, nasty right wing troll.

That the Republican’s paid messenger is literally given a prominent position on Time-Warner’s CNN isn’t particularly surprising, but it does further illustrate how offensively false the liberal media attacks are.

There has never been any equivalent to CNN’s right wing racist Lou Dobbs nor any equivalent to CNN’s right wing murder fantasist Glenn Beck.

Even CNN’s “straight journalists” have right wing bents.

Zakaria is a fine journalist but he’s undeniably a “conservative”. And CNN’s John King is a right wing sycophant who regularly pushes Republican narratives.

One of the more illustrative moments of right wing sycophancy by CNN’s was his fluffer interview with Republican John McCain.

John King’s right wing sycophancy was rewarded by Time-Warner-CNN, the same CNN that promoted right wing extremists like Dobbs and Beck.

CNN is right wing corporate media that occasionally reports the news. Even then, it’s often Balloon Boy and entertainment news.

I’m even finding the Sunday shows with Gregory and Stephanopolous irritating with all the false equivalency and giving any credibility to discussions of death panels and pulling the plug on Granny when our country desperately needs to have a serious debate on why we spend 50 BILLION a year on folks in the last two months of life…why we are letting 25 specialists look at a dying 85 year old lady and actually billing Medicare for a pap smear!!!
This is outrageous and why do they do it…. because they can and they enjoy the increased revenue.

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/afghanistan/obama-i-will-finish-the-job-in-afghanistan/

Apparently, Castellanos makes enough money doing media work for private health insurance companies and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that he’ll be unpaid for his work as the RNC’s senior communications adviser. And since Castellanos won’t literally be on the Republican National Committee’s payroll, CNN is entirely comfortable paying him to offer “political analysis” on the air.

And here I thought the ethical/professional lines had already been blurred too much. Now, CNN — you know, the network that has positioned itself as above the fray — will feature regular on-air commentary from the Republican National Committee’s new message/strategy guy.

That being said, I think that having any partisan spokespersons on a news show is absolutely bad for America in that it spoon feeds opinions rather than allowing people to think for themselves (let alone the Jon Stewart Crossfire criticism about screaming heads being WWF rather than explanation/reporting on complicated topics).

Obvious example: healthcare is 20ish% of USA GDP. Most people know about Palin’s book and issues with her grandchild’s father, similar #s I would guess as know about the Paris Hilton tape and the like, but how many could actually define what “public option” means compared to how many have a definite opinion on whether they support or oppose it?

My take is that CNN saw Fox market share jump with lots of colors and screaming entertainers and decided to drop substance for show, to the detriment of the majority of America (ie, low information “independents” and “moderates” and “centrists”).

said he would tell the American people about “a comprehensive strategy” embracing civilian and diplomatic efforts as well as the continuing military campaign.

and that it is his intention to “finish the job”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/us/politics/25policy.html?_r=1&hp

Castellanos should have been bounced when it came up that he was still lobbying for AHIP and the Chamber of Commerce and using CNN as his bully pulpit for his clients.

Yet another reason that this center-left nation trusts blogs more than cable and network news. The traditional media has 2 options: (i) do actual investigating and reporting instead of political gossip he said she said which could be performer by middle schoolers, or (ii) tiptoe through the daisies as a profession and have no one shed a tear. There is no third option.