Tuesday, May 11, 2004
I was watching CNN as part of my ongoing project to monitor what stories CNN, Fox News and MSNBC cover, and, in the interests of fairness, I have to say that what I saw on CNN was as bad as anything I've seen on Fox.
CNN was covering the Abu Ghraib tragedy, and the title graphic they used, which appeared on the bottom of the screen throughout the various segments was "Shame on Display." This title was particularly insidious because of the various segments that it was displayed on. At first, it seemed a reasonalbe title when the anchors were covering the prison and the pictures of abuse. However, the title was also showing throughout the President's comments regarding Donald Rumsfeld. In other words, as the President was pledging support for the embattled Defense Secretary, the words just underneath him were "Shame on Display." That's not cool.
More later, including some thoughts on war crimes in WWII by Allied troops versus prisoner abuse in Iraq by Americans today.
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CNN was covering the Abu Ghraib tragedy, and the title graphic they used, which appeared on the bottom of the screen throughout the various segments was "Shame on Display." This title was particularly insidious because of the various segments that it was displayed on. At first, it seemed a reasonalbe title when the anchors were covering the prison and the pictures of abuse. However, the title was also showing throughout the President's comments regarding Donald Rumsfeld. In other words, as the President was pledging support for the embattled Defense Secretary, the words just underneath him were "Shame on Display." That's not cool.
More later, including some thoughts on war crimes in WWII by Allied troops versus prisoner abuse in Iraq by Americans today.
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