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Posted: 11/23/2005 11:06:34 AM EDT

[#1]

Hoax.

Next?

Posted: 11/23/2005 11:07:57 AM EDT

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We will likely never know the truth, but it does (perhaps) serve one useful purpose: Even the most asleep-at-the-wheel sheeple may use an accumulation of such things to begin to realize there is something amiss with the media.

True, very true.

(asleep-at-the-wheel sheeple- "Didn't you know the media was extremely right wing?")

Posted: 11/23/2005 11:33:00 AM EDT

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We will likely never know the truth, but it does (perhaps) serve one useful purpose: Even the most asleep-at-the-wheel sheeple may use an accumulation of such things to begin to realize there is something amiss with the media.

True, very true.

Not so much.

You can dress the ignorazzi up in a red tie and they're still ignorazzi - in other words - the misled are still misled regardless of which side of the playground they end up on.

Posted: 11/23/2005 11:45:00 AM EDT

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We will likely never know the truth, but it does (perhaps) serve one useful purpose: Even the most asleep-at-the-wheel sheeple may use an accumulation of such things to begin to realize there is something amiss with the media.

True, very true.

Not so much.

You can dress the ignorazzi up in a red tie and they're still ignorazzi - in other words - the misled are still misled regardless of which side of the playground they end up on.

Please explain the "Republican Revolution of 1994" then.

Posted: 11/23/2005 11:45:43 AM EDT

[#5]

Holy shit.

Posted: 11/23/2005 12:04:41 PM EDT

[#6]

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Please explain the "Republican Revolution of 1994" then.

Once upon a time, there was a magical land that had a two party system.

On one Election Day, the party that was in the majority switched places with the minority, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Or am I over simplifying things?

Personally, I found the "Contract with America" to be more Words than Action.

Also, the Revolution skipped Wisconsin.

Posted: 11/23/2005 12:43:51 PM EDT

[#7]

tag

Posted: 11/23/2005 12:55:40 PM EDT

[#8]

This might get interesting, but FOX wil really have to run with it to get any coverage.

Posted: 11/23/2005 2:10:56 PM EDT

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Please explain the "Republican Revolution of 1994" then.

Once upon a time, there was a magical land that had a two party system.

On one Election Day, the party that was in the majority switched places with the minority, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Or am I over simplifying things?

Personally, I found the "Contract with America" to be more Words than Action.

Also, the Revolution skipped Wisconsin.

You think so?
Even though the house ended up passing 9/10 of the resoutions they said they would?

Posted: 11/23/2005 2:14:52 PM EDT

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It's not like a huge black X button is standard equipment on the control room console. Somebody thought it up beforehand and did it. Nothing accidental about it.

+1

FWIW -- I'm sure you read this too, but apparently the X is there we just usually don't see it. Whether or not it could be an accident is something I couldn't comment on. Seems so unlikely that it was an accident.

Taken from the Reauter article below.
"The "X" image, a place-holding marker used by technicians to cue up graphics, is not supposed to be visible to viewers but was inadvertently projected onto the screen by a malfunction in a "switcher" device, they explained."

today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2005-11-23T143942Z_01_MCC303600_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-CNN.xml&rpc=22

Bullshit.

I work in both graphics AND Broadcast video, there is no such thing.

Posted: 11/23/2005 2:30:10 PM EDT

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I work in both graphics AND Broadcast video, there is no such thing.

Explain: "Transition begins after 5 frames of black"

CNN says it was a standard graphic noting the beginning
of a segue. I'm not a video guy, but that phrase sure seems
like something that would appear to cue a segue.

I'm just having a hard time figuring out what this actually
accomplishes if it were intentional. My tinfoil just does not
crank down that tight, I guess.

Posted: 11/23/2005 2:35:02 PM EDT

[#12]

Where is this call from? Does it have a reputable source?

Posted: 11/23/2005 2:36:45 PM EDT

[#13]

So the minimum wage complaint taker was in on the CNN strategy move to X the VP. OK. Hey, I have these magic beans for sale or trade cheap - PM me and we can work out a deal.

Posted: 11/23/2005 2:49:34 PM EDT

[#14]

www.drudgereport.com/flash3cnc.htm

Posted: 11/23/2005 3:00:10 PM EDT

[#15]

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Please explain the "Republican Revolution of 1994" then.

Once upon a time, there was a magical land that had a two party system.

On one Election Day, the party that was in the majority switched places with the minority, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Or am I over simplifying things?

Personally, I found the "Contract with America" to be more Words than Action.

Also, the Revolution skipped Wisconsin.

My point was a response to this:

You can dress the ignorazzi up in a red tie and they're still ignorazzi - in other words - the misled are still misled regardless of which side of the playground they end up on.

The same "ignorazzi" that kept the same party (Dems) in power for many decades suddenly made a monumental switch to the right and elected the Repubs in both the house and Senate. There had to be a reason for that. I'd opine it was the huge gallop to the left, initiated and orchestrated by Clinton and the Dems in Congress who suddenly felt like kids in a candy store. The "ignorazzi" noticed and reacted accordingly.

The Contract With America was successful in a number of ways. For instance, welfare reform came from it. Several items failed due to the filibuster ability of the Dems. No fault of Repubs that.

Oh, I'm a Cheesehead too. You say it "skipped Wisconsin"--well, let me tell you, having lived in both states for over twenty years each, I can tell you that state is every bit as liberal overall as this one. Blech!

Posted: 11/27/2005 7:54:40 PM EDT

[#16]

Well, folks, it looks like it WASN'T a hoax after all:

From Drudge:

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN NOV 27 2005 17:05:23 ET XXXXX

CNN OPERATOR FIRED AFTER SUGGESTING 'X' OVER CHENEY WAS 'FREE SPEECH'

A CNN switchboard operator was fired over the holiday -- after the operator claimed the 'X' placed over Vice President's Dick Cheney's face was "free speech!"

"We did it just to make a point. Tell them to stop lying, Bush and Cheney," the CNN operator said to a caller. "Bring our soldiers home."

The caller initially phoned the network to complain about the all-news channel flashing an "X' over Cheney as he gave an address live from Washington.

"Was it not freedom of speech? Yes or No?" the CNN operator explained.

"If you don't like it, don't watch."

Laurie Goldberg, Senior Vice President for Public Relations with CNN, said in a release:

"A Turner switchboard operator was fired today after we were alerted to a conversation the operator had with a caller in which the operator lost his temper and expressed his personal views -- behavior that was totally inappropriate. His comments did not reflect the views of CNN. We are reaching out to the caller and expressing our deep regret to her and apologizing that she did not get the courtesy entitled to her. "

Developing...

Good for them. Asshole deserved it.