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| Perhaps That Word Does Not Mean What You Think It Does |
| Posted by: dever on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 03:00 AM |
Christiane Amanpour has started beating the censorship drum, saying coverage of the Bush Administration's policies has been skewed because CNN "was intimidated" by the Bush Administration and Fox News.
First of all, this is incredibly amusing. I can't help but picture Walter Isaacson being lured into a black Lincoln Town Car by a couple of Italians outside of CNN's studios. "The President is going to be very unhappy if you don't roll over on Iraq. Very unhappy. Capiche?" Rupert Murdoch sending his best dressed Guido in a white suit to stand around outside CNN headquarters in Atlanta and intimidate workers. "Hey! Nice camera. I said, 'nice camera.' Must be nice to have a camera. A fella should make sure nothing happens to it."
CNN may, indeed, have allowed itself to be intimidated by Fox News, but only because it's slipping in the ratings wars. Fox News has been successful because it has captured the attention of many Americans who are tired of the bias in other news networks. That CNN has decided to move to the right to regain audience is a source of consternation to the far left and a vivid demonstration that their views are out of touch with mainstream America. That's hardly censorship by any intellectually honest definition of the term, but instead a marketing decision by her employer. If Amanpour is so out of touch with CNN's audience and wants to continue as a spokesperson for terrorist regimes and the Palestinian Authority, perhaps it's time for her to move on to NPR or Al-Jazeera.
Amanpour's comments are typical of the reaction many have had to the success programs with a conservative bias have enjoyed on cable television and talk-radio. Liberal journalists crying "censorship" because they're losing the monopoly on the transmission of ideas and opinions rings as hollow as Jesse Jackson screaming about the racism boogeyman every time he desires something. Most people see right through it, and it devalues whatever argument they were trying to present. At best, it looks like nothing more than a cheap attempt to influence the opinions of those too illiterate to use a dictionary. At worst, how delusional the left has become.
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