CNN

From the most trusted name in narcotics:

Richard Quest, 46, was arrested around 3:40 a.m. on a count of possession of a controlled substance - a misdemeanor that usually refers to a personal use amount of a drug. He was also charged with loitering; the park officially closes at 1 a.m.

When police saw and detained Quest, he told them, "I've got some meth in my pocket," according to the complaint filed in court. The complaint said he had a plastic sandwich bag containing methamphetamine in a jacket pocket.

It's going to be interesting to see how CNN responds to this.

I haven't watched CNN in months. Tonight I turned it on for shits and giggles. 45 minutes of nothing but talking about Obama/Wright. Then they finally talk about McCain making his "Iran/al Qaeda" statement and Bay Buchanan said "it's a simple mistake anyone would make". Sure it is - if they only made it once, but when they make the same mistake 4 times then it is either senility or a deliberate attempt to enrage the Middle East even more.

Bay Buchanan is an enormous moron and John King, who is hosting, is a fool that has already proven his wild man crush for John McCain.

Un-fucking-believable. This is the poll CNN ran on their front page:

I have a couple suggested polls:

• Is John King to attracted to John McCain to cover the Presidential race impartially.
• Does Wolf Blitzer get on your nerves?

If you have any ideas, let's hear them.

Ben Smith has more on this.

On CNN, John King just played a clip from this week's debate when Clinton said, "John McCain said he would keep troops in Iraq for 100 years". King just said that was "hyperbole" and McCain said "he would keep troops there as long as it takes". Why don't John King look at what McCain did say. It's right here on YouTube:

It's no secret John King loves John McCain, but if he don't like people pointing it out then don't say stupid shit.

Watch this video, but before that click the CC icon up at the top. That will enable the closed captioning. Watch as you see this appear:

While Anderson says that Hillary Clinton called Obama to congratulate him, someone running the closed captioning thought it would be cute to put al Qaeda there. There is no way this was a simple mistake. It also isn't something from Red Lasso. Here on Democratic Underground you can see pictures someone took from their actual television showing it.

So will CNN take action against this employee? MSNBC recently had a similar problem occur and they did the proper thing.

Perhaps we should all call CNN and tell them what we think. Here is the contact info:
 One CNN Center, Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303-5366
Phone: 404-827-1500
Fax: 404-827-1906
E-mail: cnn.feedback@cnn.com

From Greg Sargent

Okay, this is interesting. I've just learned that CNN has told top Dem strategists James Carville, Paul Begala, and Robert Zimmerman -- who are CNN mainstays but are all Hillary supporters -- that they will not be doing any more political analysis on the network until the Democratic primary has reached a conclusion.

I'm also told that this move came after the Obama campaign repeatedly complained to high level officials at CNN about the presence of Carville and Begala on the network.

This has been brewing for months now. It's good to see CNN make the right decision in the matter.

I blogged about a piece CNN wrote yesterday talking about "the black candidate" and "the woman candidate", and the furor it brought down on them from their readers. Well today Whoopi Goldberg wasn't too happy with CNN, and expressed it on The View. Raw Story has the video and details about Whoopi and CNN - the "most trusted name" in racism and sexism.

People are getting tired of them referring to Barack as the "black candidate" and Hillary as the "woman candidate'. Haven't we been saying this all along? Of course the "best political team on television" thinks they know what America wants to hear - something they are flat wrong at.

Yes another debate. Yes it's on CNN, but don't let that drive you away. I have decided we should have a drinking game tonight. Every time someone from CNN says "the best" you got to take a drink! It should be fun (and make it harder for me to live blog).

CNN is just flat out getting carried away with this "we are the best of the best on the best" crap. I was looking at my feed from their political ticker and saw this:

CNN=Politics Daily is The Best Political Podcast from the Best Political Team.

Delusions of grandeur meet your maker!

From the best immature mudslinger in the business:

I don't read biased uninformed drivel so I'm a little late to the game.

But a friend who understands how my business works and knows a little something about my 20 plus years in it sent me the link to your ramblings.

Well John according to recent polls more people get their news from the internet than they do your station. That means your are insignificant to a majority of the people. Nice to see you take it so well though.

Read the entire thing at Glenn's blog.

Seriousley - that is a question by CNN's Jeanne Moos. This from the "best name in politics" blah blah blah.

Glenn Greenwald has all the mushy details. Gee Valentine's Day isn't for a month yet!

And her answer is

JOHN EDWARDS!!!

Edwards would be the best to take on any Republican. I would love to see him win the primary.

Will they air this question?