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...donation because of the politically-charged pro-Palestinian message that Alwaleed attached to his gift. In that statement, Alwaleed called for the United States to “re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stand toward the Palestinian cause,” CNN reported. “While the U.N. passed clear resolutions numbered 242 and 338 calling for the Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip decades ago, our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek...
...What do you think? (Laughs.) I used to do CNN almost every week in the run-up to war. I was on one week with Armstrong Williams, who accused me of being un-American. I have been, and the Nation has been accused of being unpatriotic. I think it's from people who don't, in my view, understand the true meaning of patriotism. Republicans of conscience have spoken eloquently about this, too. Theodore Roosevelt once said "To announce that there should be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong...
...CNN televised Dick Cheney's speech attacking Iraq-war critics last week, a black X flashed across his face for a total of 0.14 seconds. It took outraged conservatives only slightly longer to post allegations of media bias, with THE FILTHY ONE dubbing CNN "the al-Jazeera of the West." But skeptics accepted the network's apology for the glitch--"a dumb one," noted blogger MICHELLE MALKIN--after some graphic-savvy sleuthing at THE DAN REPORT. By revealing the underlying production notes that explained away the X, the blog elicited the posting: "So no sinister plots...
Bernoff says the new formats could include ads, as CBS's do. Video clips at websites like MTV's and CNN's, he notes, include spots that sell for a higher rate per viewer than TV equivalents. And selling shows could diversify the revenue streams of a business that's almost wholly dependent on Madison Avenue--which, with more viewers using digital video recorders like TiVo to skip commercials, is already threatening to pull money from TV and put it into other media...
...native of New Orleans, Donna Brazile is a veteran Democratic political strategist and a regular political commentator on CNN...