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2010-07-23 Home Front: Culture Wars

CNN Host Calls for Crackdown on 'Bloggers' in Wake of Sherrod Incident:

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Posted by tipper 2010-07-23 19:56|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Blame the bloggers. Right.

Looks like CNN doesn't understand their own business. Or maybe they do, but prefer not to be responsible.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-23 20:13|| 2010-07-23 20:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe it was the bloggers' attention that got people to dig in and figure out what really happened . . . .

Posted by gorb 2010-07-23 20:14|| 2010-07-23 20:14|| Front Page Top

#3 So I guess the same rules oughta apply for those "anonymous sources" you guys depend upon so much for stories, right?
Right?

Posted by tu3031 2010-07-23 20:42|| 2010-07-23 20:42|| Front Page Top

#4 "If you're in a place like Iran or North Korea or something like that, anonymous blogging is the only way you could ever get your point of view out without being searched down and thrown in jail or worse," said Roberts. "But when it comes to a society like ours, an open society, do there have to be some checks and balances, not national, but maybe website to website on who comments on things?"

So here you'd only be dragged through the civil courts and sued until you haven't a cent to your name, you'd die owing Shirley Sherrod $50 Million. Yeah, big difference. Gatekeeper my ass.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-07-23 20:46|| 2010-07-23 20:46|| Front Page Top

#5 They need to ask themselves why people trust anonymous bloggers more than they trust the MSM.

Posted by phil_b 2010-07-23 20:56|| 2010-07-23 20:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Blogger posts video and commentary stating that the audience reaction is the point. The NAACP laughed that a white guy was denied help because of his color.

The lady in the video is fired because everyone felt her comments (out of context) were terribly racists and failed to even read the blogger's commentary.

So somehow that is the blogger's fault? It boggles the mind.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-07-23 22:02|| 2010-07-23 22:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe it makes more sense when you consider that 90% of folks out there are not aware of this.

Shame on CNN. Again.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-23 22:31|| 2010-07-23 22:31|| Front Page Top

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