"NOYB" wrote in message
nk.net...
Not that we didn't already know it, but CNN can now be ranked right up
there with the Washington Post and NY Times in dishonest, dirty-pool-type
reporting:

http://drudgereport.com/flash4cnc.htm


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. "