cALL cnn NOW! tHERE WAS NO REASON TO CUT OFF the Malloy/ass piece

[goodboy]

:nuke:

"not answering my questions"

Your "questions" are BULLSHIT!

[Dinger]

1. Boy, I Wonder What Mike Will Have To Say About This???

Hmmmmm. Something tells me he's a little hot!

[goodboy]

13. CNN can't handle an articulate, devastating Truth Teller...Fuck CNN

[Eric J in MN]

2. There were probably out of time anyway.

Just because Carol Lin said she was ending the segment because they weren't answering the question doesn't mean there wasn't a commercial break scheduled.

[LouisianaLiberal]

3. Yeah, four whole minutes.

And that moron (was that Bush's nephew?) monopolized more than his share with puerile foolishness.

[Eric J in MN]

5. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

How long were the other segments of this show?

[LouisianaLiberal]

9. Yes, I was being sarcastic.

My point was that whether or not a commercial was scheduled, they alloted approximately four minutes for this discussion. I guess I'm frustrated because I'm accustomed to Amy Goodman, who allows her guests to examine an issue in depth, without resorting to sound bites that give very little information.

This is not accidental. It is much easier to keep the casual viewer interested (and buying the products that they promote) with quick technical events that convey no real information. No back ground. No depth. It doesn't matter to me how long the other segments were. This has nothing to do with "balance."

I've lost my patience with these people. They are not concerned about informing the public, which should be their role. They are more concerned with making money - which oddly enough is in tacit agreement with the grinning twit - "what's wrong with making money?" When the future of democracy is in question in order to allow them to make their thirty pieces of silver, I get pissed.

To quote another poster this evening "When did CNN become Fair and Balanced?"

[goodboy]

11. It was because Mike made that Plastic-haired prick look like a

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[janx]

21. Yep.

But Malloy didn't insult the kid. There was no need to cut it off.

[goodboy]

29. no insults necessary if you have the truth and FACTS on your side

[janx]

4. Didn't she ask from email from the audience?

Did she give an email address?

[Eric J in MN]

6. here is an email form for "CNN Satudday Night"

http://www-cgi.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?17

I indicated it was positive feedback and I wrote:

"I enjoyed watching Mike Malloy tonight.

Please have Mike Malloy on again, soon."

[janx]

7. Thank you!

:pals:

[w8liftinglady]

8. I tried to keep it non-partisan=

why didn't you give the guests time to complete their points?..I really liked that malloy guy-you should have him on more often

[janx]

12. So did I.

I said that I wanted to hear more of what both had to say and was disappointed they were cut off.

[Talismom]

10. Thanks for the link! I just emailed a "positive" message giving them

kudos for having him on and urged them to do so more and allow him to speak!

[PennyK]

15. Me too!

I asked them to have Mike on again, and said that he explained his points clearly. May I have a cookie?

[goodboy]

16. There was an 800 # to answer her question on voicemail...we should

Call it up and inundate it with , WTF bitch,,,,can't handle the truth huh?

[Nomad559]

14. Mike Malloy On CNN - Video

http://media.putfile.com/Mike-Malloy-on-CNN

:)

[goodboy]

17. THX buddy....

[drm604]

18. I think that the piece, as short as it was, was damaging to Republicans.

People saw an obvious Republican mouthpiece defending high gas prices! This would have been damaging even without Mike being there. And Mike did very well considering the time limit and format, he got across some important points.

And somebody should say something to that Repub snot about his toupee!

[w8liftinglady]

19. you're right.

Mike appeared genuinely concerned and angered by the twirp's statements.he articulated as well as could be expected.

[janx]

20. That's not a rug...

That's a good old fashioned bowl haircut! ;-)

[Eric J in MN]

23. Ben Ferguson is only 25, so you're probably right.

When I was watching CNN, I assumed it was a rug, but finding out afterward that he's 25, it's probably his hair.

[janx]

25. ...

:rofl: !!!

[Justice Is Comin]

22. I expected more

from Carol than that. It wasn't even worth coming down to the studio for that piddly airtime.

As a rule, generally I like her most of the CNN manure spreaders. But she sure disappointed me with her handling of this tonight.

[Eric J in MN]

24. She probably wasn't ready for the answers from either guest.

I doubt she was expecting Ben Ferguson to say that high gas prices are an acceptable result of waging war on terror, or for Mike Malloy to say that Bush's foreign policy is "criminal."

[janx]

26. She knew that if she let them continue, the kid would get

steamrolled to an embarrassing extent.

[Eric J in MN]

27. Maybe next week, someone can time the segments

of "CNN Saturday Night," and we'll know whether she actually shortened the segment or not.

Or if someone TIVO=ed tonight's show, this could be resolved tonight.

[janx]

28. If those short and lame segments continue,

CNN Saturday Night will wind up with sagging ratings. It was that bad.