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2006/1/19

Why Is CNN Turning Into Fox News II?

@ 08:26 PM (89 months, 5 days ago)

Hopefully this will put a nail into the deceptive coffin (built by many Conservatives) that there is some "liberal bias" in the media.

CNN has hired three conservatives this year: Bill Bennett, Glenn Beck, and Armstrong Williams.

Bill Bennett, who interestingly wrote "The Book of Virtures," said on his syndicated radio show that if you aborted every Black baby, you could watch the crime rate go down.

Glenn Beck has made a string of controversial statements, including saying it took him a year to begin hating the families of the victims of 9/11, and that he was contemplating whether to hire someone to kill Michael Moore, or do it himself. 

Armstrong Williams, as you might remember, was caught up in a "payola" scandal, after it came to light that he was being paid by the Bush Administration to write op/eds praising the No Child Left Behind Act.

If you care about integrity in the media, contact CNN and voice your displeasure over them providing this platform for neocon hate speech.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200601170010

Lawmaker: White House Impeding Armstrong Williams Payola Probe

Commentary: Williams’ Payola Follows George Will’s Path, With Different Results

Bennett under fire for remarks on blacks, crime

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