NOW THAT KATIE COURIC HAS BEEN AT THE HELM OF THE CBS EVENING NEWS, FOR A SHORT PERIOD, I FEEL A CRITIQUE OF THE PROGRAM IS WARRANTED.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2006, KATIE INTERVIEWED (ON THE SET, ACROSS THE DESK) RICHARD HAASS, DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, RHODE SCHOLAR, LONG TIME ASSOCIATE OF BUSH 41, PREVIOUS DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING FOR THE U.S. STATE DEPT., AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE CFR. HE STATED THE FIASCO (NOT WINNABLE) THAT THE WAR IN IRAQ HAD BECOME, SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT BUSH REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
HERE A PRESIDENT OF THE CFR, WAS INTERVIEWED AS IF HE WERE A BENIGN, NEUTRAL PARTY IN THE IRAQ CONFLICT. HOW CAN A PERSON AT THE HEAD OF SUCH AN ORGANIZATION BE CONSIDERED AN UNBIASED OBSERVER OF THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN IRAQ? WHEN MOST PEOPLE "KNOW" THAT THE CFR AND OTHER SUCH ORGANIZATIONS DICTATE AND IMPLEMENT MEASURES IN WORLD AFFAIRS? AND THIS IS A FEATURED AUTHORITY TO INTERVIEW AT COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, AND THEN DRESS IT UP AS NEWS? ARE THE PEOPLE THAT IGNORANT NOWADAYS? CFR COMMENTING ON THE NEWS? WHEN THEY SHAPE THE NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006, KATIE INTERVIEWED ZALMAY KALILZAD, DOCTOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (AFGHAN EXCHANGE STUDENT), CFR FELLOWSHIP WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT, CARTER ADMINISTRATION CRONY, SIGNER/MEMBER OF PNAC: PROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY,ADVISOR TO RAND CORP., UNOCAL CORP. ADVISOR, CURRENT U.S. AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ. AMBASSADOR KALILZAD EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE IRAQ CONFLICT, AND THE AL-MALIKI ADMINISTRATION'S FAILURE TO END SECTARIAN VIOLENCE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER "INSIDE" MAN APPEARING AS AN NON-ALIGNED OBSERVER OF THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN THE IRAQ. CAN ANYONE DOUBT THAT THIS GENTLEMAN IS BEHIND THE EXECUTION OF MOST MEASURES THAT HAVE PRODUCED THE CONDITIONS THAT NOW EXIST IN THE MIDDLE-EAST? CAN CBS PORTRAY THIS MAN AS AN IMPARTIAL EXPERT, WHEN HE POSSIBLY DREW THE PLANS THAT HAVE BROUGHT CHAOS TO SUCH LEVELS? HAS CBS, CHANGED ITS NAME TO COMATOSE BRODCASTING SYSTEM? AND IS NOW CATERING TO SUCH AN AUDIENCE; LACKING AWARENESS OF WHO IS WHO ON THE WORLD STAGE?
KATIE COURIC, THE BABY BOOMER SOLUTION FOR ACQUIRING THE LION'S SHARE OF THE EVENING NEWS RATINGS, IS NOT PROVIDING "THE NEWS". KATIE IS SPINNING A SANITIZED VERSION OF NEWS FOR MASS CONSUMPTION. IF WHAT IS INTENDED IS A GENTLER AND KINDER NEWS FORMAT? YOU HAVE A HIT. BUT, NEWS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT, ITS A SERIOUS AND SOLEMN SUBJECT. PEOPLE WANT THEIR NEWS UNADULTERATED AND UN-BIASED. THAT INCLUDES THE "EXPERTS" PORTRAYED ON YOUR "SHOWS".
WHEN WE SEE CLARK KENT ON THE SCREEN, WE ALL KNOW HE'S "REALLY" SUPERMAN!
P.S. ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS CBS NEWSCASTS ARE ROUTINELY PREMPTED BY FOOTBALL, GOLF, BASKETBALL, OR CBS SPORTS.
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