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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Mon Dec 16, 2013, 03:06 PM Dec 2013

When Will CNN Start Being Honest About The ACA?

Another Sunday full of talking heads concerning their empty little selves with how Politifact’s ridiculous Lie of the Year determination might hurt Democrats.

…. If only Politifact had been around when George W. Bush was lying to us about Iraq and WMD. Maybe we could have saved thousands of lives by opposing that war before they sent troops into that godforsaken place for no specific purpose other than settling the score and Dubya’s Daddy issues.

Meanwhile, our panelists completely ignore the true liars in Politifact’s lie of the year: Insurers. Once again, I urge them to read the transcript of an actual telephone call which took place in 2010 luring an insured in a grandfathered plan out of that plan and into one that wasn’t grandfathered.

More here: http://crooksandliars.com/2013/12/when-will-cnn-start-being-honest-about-aca

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/16/rise-and-shine-700/

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When Will CNN Start Being Honest About The ACA? (Original Post) Playinghardball Dec 2013 OP

Never???? nt COLGATE4 Dec 2013 #1

When they decide that truthful, accurate, balanced reporting can be profitable BlueStreak Dec 2013 #2

where the media have failed ----> napkinz Dec 2013 #3

Thanks napkinz.. Cha Dec 2013 #7

Honesty is not required to be in media in these modern times liberal N proud Dec 2013 #4

. tularetom Dec 2013 #5

When it's more beneficial to them than lying about it. n/t winter is coming Dec 2013 #6

Ever get the idea that "Politifact" is full of RW shit? Cha Dec 2013 #8

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

1. Never???? nt

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Mon Dec 16, 2013, 03:28 PM

Dec 2013

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

2. When they decide that truthful, accurate, balanced reporting can be profitable

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Mon Dec 16, 2013, 03:29 PM

Dec 2013

which is to say, never. When "news" was a 30-minute program each weeknight, there might have been some incentive to tell things straight up. But in this cable world, you cannot hold the average public. Therefore, you have to shape your "news" to match the demographic that is willing to sit there and watch the ads that play between the gibberish you shove out as "news". That demographic wants stories that reinforce what they already believe and want to keep believing. If you don't give them that, you have no business.

And here's the thing, there just aren't a lot of progressives sitting around waiting for Wolf Blitzer to tell us how the world works.