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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."
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Tuesday June 20 2017, @06:58PM (5 children)
They need some former politician to come out and say "Americans love the freedom of not having reliable healthcare" for balance after presentation of the basic fact that non-partisan analysis of the AHCA suggests 25-35 million people will lose coverage if it's passed. It's not actually true in any objective sense
I'm sorry, but you're completely wrong. It IS true in an objective sense. There really *are* a lot of Americans who do really do *want* 25-35 million (or more, they don't care) people to lose coverage. There are a *lot* of Americans who don't want other Americans to get something "for free", or at any kind of "subsidized" price. In short, there are a lot of Americans who would be very happy if people who couldn't afford healthcare had to go without. They would be happy if someone who doesn't have thousands of dollars to pay for an ER visit were just kicked outside on the curb and allowed to die. We saw this back in '08 I believe at one of the Republican debates: people were cheering the idea of letting people die on the curb while Ron Paul was answering a question about this.
Remember, America is fundamentally a culture that revolves around "I got mine, so fuck you!". Obviously, not all Americans are like this, but many of the Trump voters are. The entire conservative side is like this to some extent; they don't want people getting stuff for "free" because they hate other groups of Americans. For some, it's rich vs. poor: the people with money don't want to pay any taxes to help those who don't, and would prefer that they died. For many (most?) others, it's racism: they don't want "their" money going to help minorities. For some, it's religion: they don't want "their" money helping people who aren't Christian.
Continuing to ignore this truth about conservatives is muddling serious debate and analysis of the actual problem.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @11:58PM (3 children)
People will "vote against their own interests" when they are conservative. This is always a mystery to the left. I'll explain it.
We have different definitions of "fair". Liberals go with "we all get the same stuff". Conservatives go with "we get what is ours, what we have earned, or what we deserve". Everybody wants things to be fair, but we disagree on the definition of "fair".
Non-psychopaths feel bad about themselves when they know they are being unfair. This is why many of us don't steal things, even when we won't get caught. When a conservative receives help from the government, it feels wrong. It is like theft.
Conservatives might accept help that is offered, especially if their family is in need, but it still feels awful to be receiving a freebie. It's almost like being a thief. People have more needs than just the material needs. People want to feel that they are righteous, just, fair, honest, and all that. Few people wish to be a bad person.
So it isn't just "I got mine, so fuck you!". It's also "I didn't earn this; it isn't right."
(Score: 1, Troll) by Grishnakh on Wednesday June 21 2017, @04:32AM (2 children)
So you think people who can't afford an emergency surgery should just die on the curb, because they haven't "earned" that. Thanks for clearing up how much of a psychopath and a wretched excuse for a human being you are. If you're ever down on your luck financially and need medical care, please be sure to stay at home and die since you obviously don't deserve any treatment.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @05:47AM (1 child)
Nice strawman you got there. What is with salty leftist and strawmen?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 21 2017, @03:38PM
It is not a strawman, it is objective truth. It is too bad conservatives are stuck in their blind ideology and can't comprehend anything more complicated then "I shine your shoes and you give me 2 bits!". Seriously, the double think is really bad. We have socialized a lot of things with government and taxes, and only deluded people argue for zero gov / taxes. I guess conservatives just have a hard time thinking outside their immediate bubble of awareness.
So while I understand the moral argument of not getting handouts, it doesn't work for the larger picture and is simply naive. Grow up conservatives, your ideology is strangling the country.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday June 21 2017, @02:35AM
The only problem is, the great DNC 'leader' Hillary said "fuck you, Bernie... I got mine" when she and DWS stole his campaigning funds and support.
She had no problem fucking her own 'partner' in the DNC.
She stole from him, all in the name of winning.
"Obviously, not all Americans are like this, but many of the Trump voters are."
Obviously, this also includes Hillary Rodham Clinton!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---