Reply #5: As Much as I Hate CNN,...

[MarianJack]

...I believe that we have to say yes we do care!

This is another example of the "Liberal" media caving to the demands of the far right. First it was Rather, then a cartoon bunny and Spongebob, now CNN.

Yes, CNN is doing it's very best to out-fox faux. Yes, CBS' election night coverage was such a pathetic example of bush ass-kissing that I had to keep reminding myself that it WASN'T faux (Ed Bradley's almost gleeful pronouncements that it was time for Kerry to concede as early as the 10:00 PM EST segment was as disgraceful as anything I've ever seen on network news since Good Morning America's Lisa McCree era or recent Today Show antics). I find it VERY hard to care about the misfortunes of a CNN exec.

BUT (You knew that was coming, didn't You?), When the far right gets it's way, America loses. NBC now has Rush Limbaugh's favorite anchor. CBS, reportedly, is looking at Katie Couric as Dan Rather's replacement. Maine PBS is getting a ton of very annoyed e-mails from me about their stance on a "Postcards From Buster" episode that they may not air due to the opposition from the fundamentalist right.

This is the most direct assault on the first Amendment in my lifetime, if not ever. IMHO, it doesn't matter that we don't like CNN. It matters that the bully (the evangelical right) is getting what it wants and, as all bullies do, continues to demand more.

I wouldn't urinate on the face of a CNN executive if his/her eyebrows were on fire. Unfortunately, in this battle we can't always choose our allies. We have got to resist the efforts of the far right to punish those who tell the truth, even if it's a washed-up has-been CNN pencil-pusher.