The top two stories on CNN US right now

[kpete]

The top two stories on CNN US right now
by yuriwho

Sun Aug 01, 2010 at 07:46:02 PM PDT

Story 1: Cheney out of intensive care after heart surgery last month

Liz Cheney said on "Fox News Sunday" that her father planned to resume fly-fishing and hunting after the operation more than three weeks ago in which doctors implanted a small pump in his heart.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/01/cheney.recovering/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Story 2: Military airstrike video leak suspect in solitary confinement

Manning's legal future is complex. He has already been charged with leaking a 2007 airstrike video and downloading documents from classified military systems. And he is suspected in the latest leak of thousands of Afghanistan field reports to the Wikileaks.org website.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/31/wikileaks.manning/index.html?hpt=Sbin
.................

Am I the only person scratching their head?


WTF is wrong with the US? Why do they celebrate warmongers and jail the truth tellers? What is wrong with this country and our media?

Land of the free?

I think not, anymore.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/1/889521/-The-top-two-stories-on-CNN-US-right-now

[HEyHEY]

1. Well, I fail to see how these reports champion either of these stories

They are just saying they've occurred.

[lpbk2713]

2. Good news in a way.

I hope Darth goes hunting with rethuglican lawyers again.
That is one activity that has worked out good before.

[daleo]

3. Permanent war corrupts political cultures

Your contrasting news stories are a very good example of that.

[daleo]

4. Permanent war corrupts political cultures

Your contrasting news stories are a very good example of that.

[Triana]

5. bassackwards...

...that's U.S.