Why has that dead minister been front-and-center on CNN.com all day?

[Orrex]

Has nothing else happened today?

[monktonman]

1. for the same reason the muslim to christian convert is so important

[AlCzervik]

3. To highlight how shitty things are in Afghanistan?

[monktonman]

8. no, to draw your attention away from shrubbie and his bumbling

and to shore up his base as well.
get those christians all fired up and angry as hell

[LisaM]

2. Because they're going to do an expose on fundie, controlling ministers?

and their abused families and enabling communities?



:sarcasm:

[aquaman]

4. Because the majority of people....

in our grand reality television nation are not interested in real news.

[Burning Water]

5. I don't know if

anything else has happened, but it is news, lots of people are interested, and CNN has 24 hours to fill up, somehow.

[Warpy]

6. It beats focusing on King Georgie's addendum

to that bill he signed putting himself above law and Congress on illegal FBI spying.

That is so illegal on so many levels I don't know where to begin.

Asshole.

[npincus]

7. it's the old MSM smoke machine

CNN is so desperate to report "good news" in Iraq- no joke. I watched an interview with a returning vet being pumped by Kyra Phillips for "good news".

[Patiod]

21. Ugh, I saw some stupid rightwinger whining about "bad news"

on Anderson Cooper and saying that W's dog-and-pony in WV "proves" that the country is "sick of the liberal, anti-war agenda" (as if every f*cking person in that audience wasn't handpicked by Karl Rove himself).

An Aussie reporter basically retorted that he didn't have any agenda, but if there was a civil war starting, he was bound to report it. Wingnut just kept hitting the "liberal media" talking point. Arrrgh

[hedgehog]

9. Because the Latino community is staging a walkout?

and they need to cover up THAT story? Is this happening or not? Does anyone know? I caught a reference on a thread or two about a national strike in the Latino community to occur at noon today. Even if it's halfway successful, it'd be wonderful.

[yellerpup]

10. Because they are sick of talking about *'s bad poll numbers. eom

[Ezlivin]

11. They are waiting for him to rise from the dead

Then they'll cut to a commercial.

[Orrex]

12. Actually, I might just tune in for that

[TayTay]

13. It doesn't cost much to cover

and it's real juicy and full of easy contradictions and sin. Can't you just feel the network waiting for the 'affair' of either the wife or husband to come to light? Then the commentators will be able to cheaply tsk, tsk, tsk this and get their jollies on it as well.

[movonne]

14. You can see why msnbc is gaining on them...

[JuniperLea]

15. Martyrdom is the new hip thing

n/t

[newportdadde]

16. Why can't they report on all the preachers who wives DIDN'T kill them!

[madokie]

17. To keep our minds on something except the quagmire in Iraniraqistan

Must keep the story on the good not the bad. theres no good to report on iraniraqistan so we have a dead minister to take the heat. Thank gawd for the 'internets'

[cynatnite]

18. Because a wife killing her minister husband is shocking news

really, it is. The way I see it, it's shocking like the girl in NY who was tortured and murdered was.

If it bleeds, it leads. That sentiment has been driving news for a hell of a long time.

[onenote]

19. exactly...

[Initech]

20. It's the kind of story that makes the Bush bots crap their pants

[flordehinojos]

22. i wonder what truth about bush, his goons, his invasion and occupation of

iraq, his shunning of the patriot act by signing and amendment saying that he does not feel required to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers, and who knows what other blatant attempt against democracy committed by bush, the round the clock coverage on cnn of that minister is covering up.

they are bush enablers.

[ladjf]

23. Bad things happen every day that Bush is the President.