CNN Stock Report
You know, I just have to comment on this. Right now, I’m sitting on a Delta plane, watching CNN on the seatback satellite TV screen. About a half-hour ago, the network showed the Dow Jones Industrial Average snapshot reading on the big board at the New York Stock Exchange. The DJIA was, at that moment, up by 38.43 points. The caption on the screen was STOCKS LITTLE CHANGED.
Just now, they showed the same board, this time showing the Dow was down by 36.05 points. The caption: STOCKS TUMBLING DOWN.
Now, who wants to try to tell me that the media, especially the Ted Turner network, isn’t biased, with a preference for spinning to the negative?
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July 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Negativity sells, unfortunately. What I’d like to know is which media group is the least biased at all? Is there one? If so, that’s the one I want to watch.