Back to CNN. Clearly, if the U.S. should ever get serious about winning wars, they must first boot out the media out. Don’t let these bozo journalists be used as enemy propaganda tools, such as CNN so poorly misjudged and recently displayed. If the Bush administration wants to win in Iraq, the tide will turn over night with a forced AWOL media .

I do not think anybody that gives a damn about our soldiers lives should watch any show that network airs. Air America suffering bankruptcy, NYT with a 39% drop in revenue, NBC having to drop 700 employees, this is what happens when a network doesn’t….

I’ll agree more with Philmon’s post that CNN wants the Bush administration to lose the war.

Is CNN wrong on this? Absolutely. But lose the war? I don’t think so.

THANK YOU!!!!

I think KP started the ball rolling in this conversation and Michelle nicely pushed it along.

If one follows the logic that Americans have a right to know and a responsible reporter is attempting to provide the material that he or she is given and did not take part in then… There is a way to do it. You can do as CNN does and jam it in peoples faces or you could go another route. For instance “after a great deal of work under cover we were able to bring out this horendous video. beware what you are about to see is disturbing etc.” This stated by a responsible reporter sitting at a news desk and behind him is flying the American Flag. Guess what that is alot less objectionable.

My first impression came before she even opened her mouth. Her face reminded me of one of those old Looney Tunes cartoons where there’s a thundercloud hanging over the character’s head. In other words, Michelle looked sour to me, not serious. I felt that weakened her message.

Second, even though I know what the context is, I felt like Michelle didn’t clearly articulate what that context is. IMHO, that context is this: This video shows terrorists prevailing over Americans. But CNN rarely, if ever, shows Americans prevailing over terrorists, and certainly not in proportion to the actual events in Iraq. Where are the videos of Americans taking out those terrorists snipers? Where are the videos of Americans training Iraqi troops and of those troops’ successes?

In short, CNN chooses to show only (or mostly) those videos which make it appear as if we are losing, when that is far from the truth. That is what reduces moral and support for our troops at home. That is also how CNN is showing that it has sided with the terrorists. The Eason Jordan thing only shows that this is a conscious decision on their part, not merely the happenstance availability of video footage.

Michelle, please practice the 15 second elevator pitch version of CNN’s context and work on avoiding the Bob Dole (as candidate) look.

This video also left me with two other impressions. First, I was somewhat surprise, but pleased, that KP also agreed that CNN should not have shown it, and that her reason was that it was terrorist propaganda. Second, it felt like Bill O. was playing devil’s advocate just to stir up conflict — and thus ratings — because he knew that KP and MM basically agree with each other, and agreement can be boring to watch.

As Citizen Duck and others have mentioned, CNN has no problems at all showing beheadings, snipers, all manner of pure evil. They won’t, however, show Mohammed cartoons, or any of the good things going on in Iraq. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Doesn’t CNN have a brain in its head? What happened to them? In GW1, they were the shiznit! Now, they are an almost anti-american shadow of itself.

When he asked if she really thought CNN wants us to lose this war, she should have begun her response with an unapologetic and very clear

“Yes I Do!”

Actually, the truth is they want the BUSH Administration to lose this war. Because, as we all should be painfully aware by now, it’s not about the war. It’s about Bush.

These people are wearing blinders.

Bill did have a point about the potential anger rallying these things could have, but as Michelle pointed out — only if presented in the right context.

/sigh need more coffee…

The always lovely but oddly subdued KP put up little resistance tonight, exhausted perhaps from the week she’s spent wrestling with Rick Ellensburg and his half dozen alter egos.

Hey AP – Yeah, she does seem to of stepped into a patch of pit vipers… repeatedly lately. She’s been having to use the cluebat to knock around the rabid lefty trolls on her blog.

I guess the left has forgotten that she’s (technically) her their side.

Congressman Duncan Hunter is mad. As a result of CNN’s willful submission of its network as a propaganda arm for enemies of the United States, Representative Hunter, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, “asked the Pentagon on Friday to…..

As regards O’Reilly: I think here he was acting as a devil’s advocate. Ms. Powers was opposed to the airing of the video and I think O’Reilly wanted to act as a foil for Ms. Malkin.

As regards the apparent political evolution of Ms. Powers: Since I don’t know her, I can’t really speak for her–all I can do is draw off my own experiences as a Democrat who has become disenchanted and disillusioned with that political party. When I see the latest stunts pulled by Reid/Pelosi/Rangel/Conyers or the latest bile spewed forth by the Kos Kids or the DU or Code Pink, I have to ask myself, “Is this the party of Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, JFK and RFK, Hubert Humphrey, LBJ, Scoop Jackson, and countless other “Old School” Democrats who truly did love their country?” Again, I can’t speak for Ms. Powers, but I can’t help but wonder if something similar is going through her mind when she reads the email and left wing blogger bile that she does. The main reason I stay a Democrat, and probably the reason she does as well, is that I hope that those of us who are still reasonable and sane–those of us who hold to the values of Humphrey, Truman, Stevenson, and those other classical Democrats, can retake our party from the lunatic left. For our country–for democracy–to work, we need a strong, viable two party system. We need voices of loyal opposition. Thesis + Antithesis=Synthesis.

Michelle: McAfee Site Advisor blocked Americansniper.org and warned it made Brower Setting Changes when they tested it. Please have someone check it. You don’t want to subject your readers to possible Malware infections.

Michelle Malkin has a great blog entry today. I can’t come up with anything that even comes close to this:
As you can tell from my O’Reilly appearance tonight, I am not in a good mood.I
am not in the mood to hear about how CNN is justified in …

I’m sick to my stomach over this and they should remove ALL CNN embeds, though Im quite sure some of them are certainly finding themselves unwelcome amongst the troops.