Wolf Blitzer Apologizes For 'Dept. of Jihad' Text On CNN

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post

CNN's Wolf Blitzer has apologized for using chyron text that seemed to question the loyalties of the Department of Justice.

On Thursday, CNN broadcast text that read "HAPPENING NOW, DEPARTMENT OF JIHAD?" and "Are Justice Department Lawyers Disloyal?" as part of its coverage of an ad by Liz Cheney that suggests that because the DOJ hired lawyers who have represented accused terrorists, the department is sympathetic to terrorists.

On Friday, Blitzer apologized for the graphic and called DOJ lawyers "patriotic."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/05/wolf-blitzer-apologizes-f_n_488257.html

[liberalmuse]

1. Wolf, they name is whore.

If you were truly sorry, you would resign from the news (read: 'propoganda') business altogether.

[DontTreadOnMe]

2. So when is Wolf going to apologize for being...

a war-mongering whore?

[pipoman]

7. I would settle for an

apology for his name....Wolf Blitzer...

[WCGreen]

33. It's almost a Doonesbury name...

I scoff in his general direction.

[donquijoterocket]

29. my guess

My guess would be immediately after he performs seppuku on air.I'm sure Wolf imagines himself one of the leading lights among the villagers and those types don't feel they owe anybody anything.I'm sort of surprised he went this far.CNN got rid of Dobbs seems they quit too soon.If we'd be so lucky they'd downsize the wolf and immediately after him King the anchor of their morning news show.I get the impression they're turning into fux noise lite.

[Turbineguy]

39. Faux Noise has lowered the bar.

To compete you have to only be slightly better. It's the same thing that happened to CNBC. They used to have to compete with Bloomberg, now they compete with Fox Business. Competing with Fox was easier.

Every day Rupert Murdock gets up to make the world a little bit worse and get paid for it.

[Doctor_J]

43. When is someone going to

start removing the Cheney family from the gene pool? They are enemies of the state, and as such should be targets.

[Supersedeas]

47. apologize for being loyal to a fault to RW disseminators of hate--he'll be back at it by 4pm

[DFLforever]

3. There should be some penalty for that shit.

Oh for the day's when a President could threaten to yank their license (JFK).

[24601]

9. And shut down the newspapers that oppose us, and jail the subversive

pamphlet writers - don't forget that - and after we hang a few of the seditionists, the rest will fall in line and publish only the news we feed them - the NYT even has a new motto ready - "All the News that's Shit to Print"

[No Elephants]

26. Broadcast is different from print.

Anyway, the RWers have already worn out the First Amendment defense of their hate speakers (although they never seem to think much of the First Amendment when the truth is spoken).

[24601]

40. To believe Print is different is to be an originalist on the US

Constitution. If you believe in a constitution that changes by other than amendment, the only logical conclusion is that thew founders would have included broadcast.

But even if the RW supremes hold otherwise, banning based on unfavorable political content is facist, period. Imagine what Bush could have done with that power.

[alp227]

4. Well, the Big Bad Wolf has already blown off a lot of intelligence with that chyron. eom

[on point]

5. The Better Header: ":Liz Chaney a Delusional Fascist?"

Instead of building the mis information stream and wingnut propaganda, they could have acted like real journalists and exposed it as garbage by asking the right question up front.

[WhiteTara]

19. good point

and welcome to DU :hi:

[eagertolearn]

20. Real journalism doesn't happen anymore...they've all been bought out...

Except Rachel Maddow!

[No Elephants]

23. Not Ed Shultz!

[eagertolearn]

42. Haven't watched him. Is he on MSNBC tooo?

[Supersedeas]

51. Then, Leslie Blitzer turn his attention to Obama's speech lashing out at the Media and Insurance Cos

RW Talking Points everyday.

[MaineDem]

6. The damage has been done

Apologies mean nothing at this point.

[warm regards]

8. Nevertheless, the appearance of a conflict of interest should be enough to

bar these attorneys from working for the DOJ.

[on point]

15. No Conflict of interest at all

I fail to see how standing up for the constitution and insisting it be followed is any kind of conflict of interest. In seems it would make them very well suited to work in the DOJ after the Bush lawyers tried to nullify the laws of the land.

[No Elephants]

24. There's no conflict unless they work on a D of J case against the same defendants they

represented before joining the D of J.

[Ed76638]

10. Journalism is dead.

The knuckle-dragging bully right-wingers killed it.

[FarLeftFist]

11. CNN is going the Fox "news" route now....

And putting question marks after their headlines. It's an insult to their viewers.

[No Elephants]

25. They've been within a hair of Fox for as long as I can remember.

[Supersedeas]

50. Every RW attack poses a legit question for CNN and an ad hoc apology can fix anything

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. "Is Wolf Blitzer a douchebag?" Coming up- right after the break.

[The Wizard]

13. Yes a really big douchebag

And CIA plant.
http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/media/ciamedia.htm

[underpants]

14. Wolf then returned to the Ewok village in the trees to begin shaving for the next day

down in human land

[Fumesucker]

16. Obligatory pic of Wolfie demonstrating he doesn't know jack on Jeopardy..

[Ishoutandscream2]

44. Bwaaaa! Love that picture

What a bumbling idiot Leslie is!

[myrna minx]

48. I love this photo.

:hi:

[ginnyinWI]

17. It's amusing to see--

For CNN to apologize, something has to be so outrageous that even Republicans denounce it. Then CNN will apologize. They measure their reporting by the standards of the majority of Republicans. They must believe we are a center-right country or something.

[Mr. Sparkle]

18. and where is the rest of the apology for having these two pro torture anti american scumbags on?

Wolf Blitzer represents all thats wrong with modern journalism, he lacks a bullshit filter.

[Fumesucker]

35. Wolfie most certainly does have a bullshit filter..

Only problem with it that his bullshit filter is set to "amplify to eleven" instead of "reject".

[Jefferson23]

21. Obnoxious hack Blitzer..what a schmoe. n/t

[Joey Liberal]

22. Who watches Wolf anymore?

He's a wimp and a whore for the GOP.

[LeFleur1]

27. Why Is Liz Cheney On Air?

What in the world are her qualifications? Growing up with her father? That alone should make the media shun her.

[Joey Liberal]

31. Not only that

She's also a total nutcase. I wont watch any show with her on it.

[24601]

41. Why is any celebrity covered? - "I once played an oppressed person." n/t

[Plucketeer]

34. I agree

and I can not STAND that short-winded style of delivery of his. If you watch him for a few minutes, you find yourself trying to catch a breath, thanks to his choppy, ill-cadenced delivery!

[SteveM]

28. Standard right-wing punking. The far right is now mainstream. nt

[No Elephants]

30. Calling the UNITED STATES Department of Justice jihadist sounds treasonous. Contact CNN. Info here:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form6a.html?2 (to report an "error" on CNN)

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?65 (comment about The Situation Room--but I'd go with the first addy).

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?2 (comments and questions about Wolf Blitzer--but I'd go with the first addy).

[Mike K]

32. What is "chyron?"

I've never seen or heard the word and it's not in my dictionary.

[Fumesucker]

36. Chyron..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyron

Lower third, television graphics that occupy the lower area of the screen

[JBoy]

37. Unfortunately, it's characteristic of journalism's slide into infotainment.

They should just give up pretending to be "news".

[Cha]

38. My question..

What prompted them to "apologize"?

So over the top that they had so many call their stations?

[yellowcanine]

45. Shouldn't he at least have to eat an insect on live TV or something?

An apology seems too easy for something which was deliberate.

[Throd]

46. Wolf is a sucking head wound.

[Brother Buzz]

49. Accuracy to a newspaper (media) is what virtue is to a lady;

but a newspaper can always print a retraction. - Adlai Stevenson