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Friday, January 30, 2009

CNN sells Obama t-shirts emblazoned with opinion--media in the tank, so what?

"The never-ending campaign of President Barack Obama finds a cornerstone in 24-hour television network CNN.

CNN, home of Wolf Blitzer and Larry King Live among other talking heads, now leads the

“Apparently CNN, having
  • selling T-shirts that commemorate Obama’s newborn presidency,”
reader Fred Dardick wrote in a Canada Free Press (CFP) letter to the editor yesterday.
  • CNN T-shirts include slogans such as

“How is it possible for a major news organization to get away with this?” asks Dardick.

CFP would answer Dardick’s question in this way:

  • In those days, the news was quickly morphing into--”Entertainment”.

During the presidential election campaign, television networks were joined by members of the print media, who jumped into the tank with Obama paving the way for the reality: “2008 the Year the Mainstream Media Died”.

Eason Jordan would have expected nothing less. (sm)

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