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posted by n1 on Tuesday June 20 2017, @02:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the make-media-great-again dept.

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A couple of Time Warner shareholders went after CNN CEO Jeff Bewkes Thursday in LA at a Time Warner shareholders meeting [...] David Almasi, the Veep of the National Center for Public Policy Research1, a conservative communications and research foundation, is in LA to question Bewkes. Both Almasi and President David Ridenour are Time Warner shareholders.

[...] “Mr. Bewkes, we have urged you many times to make CNN more objective,” Almasi said in his statement. “You have admitted to us in 2014 the need for more balance. We praised you last year after CNN President Jeffrey Zucker also acknowledged this and acted on the need for more diverse views. But bias is apparently worse than ever. As shareholders, we are concerned about the repetitional risk to our investment in Time Warner as CNN appears to be a key player in the war against the Trump presidency.”

Almasi cited a Media Research Center2 study of CNN programing for 14 hours and 27 minutes of news coverage back on May 12. The report concluded that all but 68 minutes were devoted to Trump with 96 guests out of 123 being negative.

[...] “I’m inquiring about CNN’s bias and our return on investment,” Almasi continued in his statement. “Half of the American public – which includes potential and current CNN viewers – voted for Trump last November and supports his agenda. CNN acts as if it is part of the anti-Trump resistance. Are you willing to lose viewers, possibly forever, because of the bias?”

Almasi even threatened Bewkes, saying that Media Research Center plans to alert advertisers about news programs that “peddle smear, hate and political extremism.”

He asked Bewkes, “Are you concerned about advertisers leaving CNN? Will you continue to ignore our appeals for objectivity at the risk to our investment in Time Warner?”

Source: The Daily Caller

1The National Center for Public Policy Research, founded in 1982, is a self-described conservative think tank in the United States. In February 2014, at Apple Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting, NCPPR proposed Apple "disclose the costs of its sustainability programs" was rejected by 97% vote. The NCPPR representative argued that Apple's decision to have all of its power come from greens sources would lower shareholders' profits.

2The Media Research Center (MRC) is a politically conservative content analysis organization based in Reston, Virginia, founded in 1987 by activist L. Brent Bozell III. Its stated mission is to "prove—through sound scientific research—that liberal bias in the media does exist and undermines traditional American values."


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday June 20 2017, @05:20PM (15 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday June 20 2017, @05:20PM (#528596) Journal

    What the hell are they supposed to do?

    At no point in the history of the Republic have we had a President who was willing to just blatantly lie to the public like this.

    The press would be derelict in their duties if they didn't point that out.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @05:58PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @05:58PM (#528616)

    I don't know what level of insanity conservative types are at now, but the simple fact is that they excuse everything Trump does as "just words" or "just campaigning" or "just tweets" as if nothing he says matters. It is such a huge mental blind spot that there is simply no excusing any Trump supporter anymore. They are disingenuous and/or mentally unstable if they can't integrate the blatant lies into their worldview.

    It is probably the greatest propaganda coup of all time, I bet Trump was having a great time selling obviously contradictory bullshit and having his fanbase just eat it all up. Thankfully most of the country is sane, with a good deal of Trump supporters bailing on him now that they have actionable proof that he is full of shit.

    So, how about the rest of you? Where is your Trumpgret? Gonna double down on bullshit? Can you at least acknowledge the problems while saying "but I like that he is doing this and that."

    I'll stop before answering the question with my own preconceptions.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @11:47PM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @11:47PM (#528795)

      The only thing that sucks is the net neutrality issue... but I knew that when I voted for Trump.

      Everything else is wonderful. Trump is at minimum the greatest president since Reagan. It's possible he's the greatest since Washington. Trump is unashamedly putting the USA first. This is a basic job requirement that many recent presidents have failed to meet. Given that requirement, you can look back at all the people in all the presidential primaries and see that only Trump was really qualified.

      I guess I could also ask that Trump be more Trump-like, kind of like Trump squared or something. He's being too liberal and politically correct for my taste. We need to bulldoze mosques, install a minefield next to Mexico, file felony charges against people who fail to report illegal aliens, tariff the fuck out of China, and require refugees to be in chain gangs as a condition of refugee status.

      We should adjust our constitution, making a special exception so that Trump can serve longer.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @12:34AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @12:34AM (#528809)

        Newsletter: subscribed.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:12AM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:12AM (#528825)

          You got trolllllled son!

          • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:29AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:29AM (#528830)

            No, actually not.

            I resisted the urge to say that we should pass an enabling act. My reason to resist is a mix of "it doesn't seem right" and "don't want to look like a troll". Nevertheless, I do find it tempting.

            Trump isn't perfect. He's only 95% good. He is pretty much saving America, or at least suspending a perhaps-inevitable decline, so I'll gladly tolerate the small issues.

            If you don't love America, uh, maybe you should leave. You could go to some place you prefer. Maybe one of: Germany, Sweden, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Mexico... There are lots of choices. You can have communism, Islam, non-white people, and all that other unamerican stuff you like.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:50AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:50AM (#528841)

              Lol look at the douche trying to piggy back on my trolling. The conservative screwballs just can't face their own mistakes ;)

  • (Score: 2, Redundant) by jmorris on Tuesday June 20 2017, @06:53PM (6 children)

    by jmorris (4844) on Tuesday June 20 2017, @06:53PM (#528648)

    At no point in the history of the Republic have we had a President who was willing to just blatantly lie to the public like this.

    You mean other than Obama's "You can keep your doctor" and "not a smidgen of corruption" and a thousand other whoppers? Or Bush II? Or Bubba Clinton, who was PRAISED by Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey with "Bill Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually good." Or Bush I and his lying lips? And so forth back to before any of us here were born?

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday June 20 2017, @07:06PM (3 children)

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday June 20 2017, @07:06PM (#528657) Journal

      So in 8 years of Obama the best you can come up with is "you can keep your doctor" when 99% of people did in fact keep their doctor?

      • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:11AM (2 children)

        by jmorris (4844) on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:11AM (#528824)

        Actually, I used that one because I thought it was the least controversial, EVERYONE agrees it was a lie. It won Politifact's Lie of the Year [cbsnews.com] and all. Of course that admission came years too late to matter and had no admission that we who saw it for a lie when it was uttered were correct all along. And no admission the lying weasels who told us we were racists for saying Obama was lying, themselves also knew it was a lie. And of course the admission was past the reelection campaign so Obama wouldn't have to pay any price for the media finally admitting something as obvious as water being wet.

        Except apparently there are still a few rabid fanboys who can never admit Obama is a lying shit who hates America and spent eight years trying to remake us into something worthy of his admiration. And so here you are. Screw you. And screw Politifact.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @02:03AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @02:03AM (#528844)

          Well your compadres did post lots of FB pics showing the pres hanging from a tree, so you'll just have to give up on the "they called us racist" whining.

          Also, Obama was obstructed 100% by the Republicans on everything so it is actually your preferred party's fault more than anything.

          That said, Obama was a lying monster who advanced tyranny while pretending to help the people. Fuck that guy and his jokes about droning his daughter's BF. Fascist piece of crap.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @03:25AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @03:25AM (#528864)

            Also, Obama was obstructed 100% by the Republicans on everything so it is actually your preferred party's fault more than anything.

            Yet, strangely enough, even when the Democrats had a supermajority, they still couldn't get anything done. Republican obstructionism doesn't explain everything; it's almost as if Democratic politicians don't want to do what they say they want to do. It's obvious that Republican politician are scumbags, so just being better than them isn't good enough.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @09:12PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @09:12PM (#528727)

      There is a huge difference between broken campaign promises and factual lies. Of course they all lie, every human does to some degree. Trying to equate Trump with any other president is just another sign of your mental problems.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @03:28AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @03:28AM (#528866)

        Of course they all lie, every human does to some degree.

        Politicians are just humans who lie far, far more (and about larger issues) than the vast majority of other humans.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @08:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @08:19PM (#528692)

    > At no point in the history of the Republic have we had a President who was willing to just blatantly lie to the public like this.

    Recent example: 2009-2017

  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday June 20 2017, @11:14PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday June 20 2017, @11:14PM (#528778)

    At no point in the history of the Republic have we had a President who was willing to just blatantly lie to the public like this.

    Sure we have. I'll focus on presidents who've been dead for a while to reduce controversy a bit, but here are some presidential liars:
    - Woodrow Wilson: Got re-elected campaigning on keeping the US out of World War I, and then promptly got us into it shortly after his re-election.
    - Abraham Lincoln: Regularly told different crowds different things depending on who his audience was. In particular, he regularly fibbed about his positions regarding slavery and black people in general.
    - Franklin Roosevelt: Hid his polio-related disabilities throughout his presidency.
    - Richard Nixon: "I am not a crook". Enough said.

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