CNN Dumps Michael Moore For Paris Hilton

[babylonsister]

Oops, their priorities are showing. :eyes: :puke: :mad:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/25/king-paris-moore/

CNN Dumps Michael Moore For Paris Hilton

parisking.jpg Yesterday, CNN proudly announced that it has scored the first post-jail interview with Paris Hilton. To make room for Paris on Wednesday, CNN canceled its interview with Michael Moore about his new health care documentary SiCKO:

Hotel heiress and reality TV star Paris Hilton will give her first post-jail interview on CNN’s “Larry King Live” on Wednesday, the show’s spokeswoman said on Saturday.

“She will be on for the hour,” Bridget Leininger told Reuters. “We had (filmmaker) Michael Moore originally scheduled for that time.”

CNN, the “most trusted name in Paris news,” continues to sink to new lows in its “assault on reason.” Hilton is the latest “serial obsession,” though the network recently hired a reporter devoted to “covering things like Britney, as well as the Michael Jackson memorabilia.” Now CNN has ditched coverage of America’s broken health care system in favor of an hour-long interview of an incarcerated socialite.

ThinkProgress spoke with Moore’s team, who confirmed that CNN has not yet rescheduled the interview. SiCKO, which opens nationwide this Friday, sheds light on the health care crisis that the media covers poorly, when it covers it at all.

[NYCGirl]

1. And the sad part is that more people will tune in for Hilton than would for Moore.

[aquart]

2. Don't watch.

It's the only way to affect them.

[babylonsister]

4. Don't worry! Not a chance! nt

[Imagevision]

42. CNN cut short covering Gates announcing Peter Pace replacement to get back to Paris coverage

11-12 days ago...

[Atman]

3. "The most trustest name in news?" I'm the most trusted poster on DU.

Hell, if CNN can make up any slogan it wants without backing it up, I can too.

.

[IChing]

9. I'm the most "fair and balanced" myself

glad to meet you "most trusted"

:) :hi:

[NoPasaran]

13. "All the news that's fit to print" here!

:hi:
How you guys doing?

[Giant Robot]

16. "You can read all about it in the weekly Midnight Star"

reporting for duty.

[Rex]

5. And the band just keeps playing...

I've never seen such fear from the M$M over Moore's new movie, far more than F911 IMO.

Sick little bastards, I hope they choke on every dime they make.

[cullen2382]

6. How incredibly sad

It's sad the we live in a society that cares more about people like Paris Hilton than they do about issues that effect their own lives.

[Strawman]

7. Moron guest for a moron host

Gee, I thought Paris wanted the media and the public to pay more attention to important issues and not her. Surely she'll be willing to postpone her interview and give Mike her spot in light of her previous comments. :sarcasm:

[txwhitedove]

8. Why? Why is she news at all? And just who is watching?

Everyone I know wishes she would just go away.

[SpiralHawk]

10. CNN corporate republicon propaganda: "smirk, smirk, smirk"

"We have our priorities - smirk, smirk, smirk" - CNN

[fazoolius_2006]

11. Is anyone surprised by this?

I will not be watching.

[Bluebear]

12. I will say she's far more King's mental equal. nt

[Mythsaje]

14. Hard to believe she's got enough going on upstairs

to FILL an hour interview.

Okay, maybe that's cruel.

[Ezlivin]

15. I thought that the "C" in CNN stood for "Cable" not

...oh, I won't say it. It does rhyme with runt, however.

[MagickMuffin]

17. Oh Goody, I can't wait

Will she be wearing red or blue?

Will she wear her hair swooped up, or hanging loose?

Is she going to be helping to raise the awareness of our health care system?

Perhaps she could talk about SiCKO.

After all it's REALLY SiCK that she would be allowed to bump Moore....

[Beelzebud]

18. Don't you just love our ratings-dominated corporate news?

[BlooInBloo]

19. There's absolutely NOTHING to criticize...

... DUers ROUTINELY dump everything under the sun, so that they can talk incessantly about Anna Nicole/The View/Paris Hilton. What CNN is doing is IN NO WAY different from what DUers themselves do on a regular basis.

[babylonsister]

20. You shouldn't generalize so much. nt

[Balbus]

21. What percentage does "generalize" cover?

If it's 85% or more then he's exactly right. 85% of DUers would much rather discuss Paris Hilton than real news. And the other 15% are starting threads along the lines of "Why is everyone talking about Paris Hilton..."

[BlooInBloo]

22. And then later on, I get criticized for generalizing too much. That beets awl! LOLOL!

[Beelzebud]

25. Stop and THINK. The ones that focus on that are fed the stories from the MEDIA.

That is the point! Why do you think intelligent people get side tracked by tabloid nonsense? Well it doesn't help when all the "serious" news places cover tabloid drama as if it were news!

[BlooInBloo]

29. The media puts it out there. Whether or not DUers choose to eat it is *their* choice...

... And DUers have made it ABUNDANTLY clear that they'll happily gorge themselves on ANYTHING the media puts out there.

[babylonsister]

You shouldn't generalize so much.

:rofl:

[Beelzebud]

30. When it's on TV, newspapers, and radio, it's hard for many to avoid.

[ecstatic]

23. encouraging and empowering rich criminals. WTMF??

:puke: Had to throw in some extra syllables for that one.

[depakid]

24. Yet another of the 999 reasons CNN is programmed off of my TV

Aside from being a worthless source lacking any credibility, you're more likely to be misinformed- or annoyed and angered by turning to that channel.

[ecstatic]

26. Paris is an inarticulate, racist

I don't see how in the world they will fill an entire hour with her. She gives one or two word answers for everything. Yes, she's very rich and beautiful, but she has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE TO SAY. Dare I say, she is even dumber than Bush!!

[Dr. Strange]

27. So, you think she'll be the publican nominee for president?

Oh wait, she's not qualified, never mind.

[Uncle Joe]

28. CNN, the most trusted name in high school gossip.

It's a SIN to watch CNN, they don't care about the people, if you're un or under insured, tough shit!

[Hamlette]

31. In a just world, Moore would do his next documentary on CNN or american media in general n/t

[BlooInBloo]

32. You haven't seen Outfoxed, I take it?

[Javaman]

33. This is our media on stupidity, anymore questions? nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. Paris has been in jail, she got the "cred".

Maybe if Michael got a prison "tat", he'd be taken series.

(and I hope CNN's "share" is somewhere near zero)

[niyad]

35. i thought she was supposed to serve the entire 45 day sentence when she was returned to jail--what

happened to that? and whose "fuzzy math" gets her out wednesday? and WHO thinks that she deserves an HOUR of newstime?

[niyad]

36. anybody got the phone numbers for CNN handy?

[niyad]

37. just got off the phone with their public affairs division--and told them, (not that they care in the

slightest) that they have lost the last shred of credibility they had with me (and believe me, it was a VERY small shred). told them I would NEVER turn on their network again (gosh, I am sorry to hear that, and hope you don't mean it" from the little twit on the line)

that number, if anyone is interested, is 404-827-2600 and ext 2 for public affairs.

[Radio_Lady]

39. Nyad, thanks for the telephone number. It's after hours in the East now, but I'll call them --

tomorrow, for sure. Sounds like their voice mailbox is "FULL" tonight, whatever that means.

[Radio_Lady]

38. Disgusting. A stupid choice, for sure. I'm not going to watch.

Larry should be ashamed of himself.

The media moguls at CNN should be ashamed of themselves.

[Supersedeas]

40. Celebrity infotainment trumps the crisis in health care every time

[insane_cratic_gal]

41. I don't even watch them anymore

Lost me years ago in 2004 when they pandered to this pResident.

Only news station I watch is MSNBC and the "Daily Show" because it's at least more note worthy in its 10 mins of news then Cnn is 24 hr coverage of hollywood and missing white women.

[Imagevision]

43. Larry King and Paris Hilton? not even during a commercial surf...!

[ecstatic]

44. Can you imagine??! Dumb and dumber!

LMAO @ the questions Larry comes up with. Hell no. LOL