Faves for this Web page
- lukeslytalker - Jul 16 2007 | sicko, michaelmoore, cnn, blogworthy, imported:
CNN's response to Michael Moore
- mohit - Jul 15 2007 | sicko, michael moore, cnn, healthcare, sanjay gupta, news
Sicko was eye opening, and I am happy I saw it. At the same time, I do appreciate that CNN is fact checking and then asking questions when they find something contradictory to what's presented in Sicko.
Quoted: "It's ironic that someone who has made a career out of holding powerful interests accountable is so sensitive to having his own work held up to the light by impartial journalists, as we did in our examination of 'SiCKO,' " the spokesperson said.
Add a Fave for this Web page
- What happens when I press Publish?
- Your Fave for this Web page gets shared with the Faves community. You can access it at any time by selecting "My Faves" from the menu above.
- Why do you ask for my email address?
- We use your email address to create an account, so you can easily find your Fave again at a later time.
Related Content from Around Faves
cnn
-
This is ridiculous.
Quoted: CNN Rick Sanchez while discussing Rashid Khalidi with McCain Spokesman Mike Goldfarb "SHUTS HIM DOWN"
This is what happens when bullshit is called on a whisper campaign theme.
2 Favers - mohit - Oct 05 20081 FaverViewed: 26 Times
- srainier - Sep 29 20083 FaversViewed: 31 Times
news
-
This is so outta control...
3 FaversViewed: 14 TimesQuoted: The city's police chief slammed a veteran detective Monday for pulling a gun during a mass snowball fight that had been advertised on Twitter.
- shiwani - 14 days ago2 FaversViewed: 55 Times
- shiwani - 6 days ago2 FaversViewed: 10 Times
Seems to be a tempest in a teapot .. taking potshots at one another over relatively insignificant difference in numbers cited. Moore may be making a little extra PR for his film by complaining loudly, but that's probably just PR.
I think the issue is that CNN doesn't fact very many of its content. Just look at the number of times that Tony Snow has completely contradicted himself (or Lied) at a press briefing, and CNN does not "fact check" those instances, they simply report them as-is. The same can be said for about any political claim from either side of the isle about the war, the economy or healthcare.
Why did they decide to start their fact checking with Moore's film?
Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN health correspondant) seems to have taken a keen interest in this movie (as he probably should). He, specifically, likes to add his own take on things.