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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBalloon-Juice: Some interesting points regarding the Sununu-O'Brien dustup..
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/08/16/all-the-beautiful-sounds-of-the-world-in-a-single-word/<snip>
There are a few things going on here that are worth discussing. First, OBriens show is CNNs version of Today or GMA. Shes not on a political beat, which means that her job doesnt rely on access, and shes not marinated in the conventional wisdom. Its pretty clear that she and her producers were well-prepped with actual facts, and that she didnt give a shit whether she offended the delicate feelings of John Sununu. When he acted like a dick, she pushed back hard without worrying about the next time they run into each other at some DC bar. Second, I really do think the coddling they get on Fox is hurting the average Republican shills ability to appear reasonable on regular TV. Sununu just keeps repeating his weak-ass talking points instead of coming back with a follow-up, because Fox only expects its Republican guests to memorize and repeat whats on the sheet that Sununu was waving around when he was trying to smack OBrien down. Finally, theres some limit to the number of lies the media will tolerate and that limit is probably being reached with the Romney campaign. Theres a general air of disrespect from the Romney people, they campaign almost totally on falsehoods, and they do so arrogantly. I think its the arrogance that finally triggered María de la Soledad Teresa OBrien, and its going to be interesting to see whos next.
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Balloon-Juice: Some interesting points regarding the Sununu-O'Brien dustup.. (Original Post)
Fumesucker
Aug 2012
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nanabugg
(2,198 posts)1. Agreed!!! nt
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)2. Loved her take down of all the repubs crybabies.
Iggy
(1,418 posts)3. Thanks for the Context on This
IMHO, CNN is looking to get their cred back-- after several screw ups in the past few months.
their ratings are in the tank.
I hope Ms. O'Brien keeps on doing this... but as you mentioned, access is an issue. I doubt many more
pols or sad surrogates like old troll Sununu will come on her show-- knowing they aren't going to be
allowed to just spew GOP talking points-- as they typically do on MSM
stopwastingmymoney
(2,042 posts)4. I keep wondering if she is watching 'The Newsroom'
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)5. You know she is--first thing I thought if when reading this
The show is having an effect; you can tell by the amount of complaints you hear about it.