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09/18/2003 Archived Entry: "So, how dishonest is CNN?"
So, how dishonest is CNN?
If you click on this page on CNN's web site, you'll see this picture:
So, that's an image straight off Al Arabiya's video feed, right? Well, no... If you click through to this page, you'll see this image:
So the pic that is supposed to be of Al Arabiy's video feed turns out to actually be a 1998 file photo from AP.
CNN - the most trusted name in news. My ass.
Replies: 3 people speak up
cnn IS the most trusted name in news, and that says something really bad about the rest of the news channels, because cnn is not at all trustworthy. of course, if fox can claim to be fair and balanced, why the hell cant cnn claim to be trusted?
Posted by justin @ 09/18/2003 05:45 PM NY
I'm not one to defend tv news mediums, but I think the reason it's an old photo is because Al Arabiya was streaming audio feed only. They didn't have video.
Posted by juneaugirly @ 09/18/2003 08:29 PM NY
The link you have above the first photo (the one with the blue background and the newsbar at the bottom) is the same as the link above the "plain" image, so both of those links give the same CNN page -- which contains only the second of the above images. Please double-check your links.
Posted by Tim Maddog @ 09/20/2003 06:21 AM NY
