Word: cnn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that they were too perfect: he made up at least parts of 27 different articles, sometimes inventing the stories wholesale. In the course of the summer, the Boston Globe forced the resignations of Patricia Smith and Mike Barnicle for similar (if somewhat less marked) fictional tendencies. Even Time and CNN got on the bandwagon. In a joint project, the two media giants (and veteran reporter Peter Arnett in particular) alleged that American troops used nerve gas in Laos in 1970 despite the report's meager sourcing and despite the strong objections of many who knew what actually happened...
...effort to attract customers, news services are making more effective use of the various mediums of communication, coupling TV shows with books, magazines, and movies: witness Time's collaboration with CNN, the ever-growing mention of the Internet on TV shows or the recent AT&T/TCI merger. "The idea," a New York Times editorial asserts, "has always been that various divisions of Viacom or AT&T/TCI or News Corporation would work together to promote one another's product...
...lingers in our mind despite the fact that there are other things deserving of our attention. The news gods, from their perch high atop the CNN building in Atlanta, have been hurling down one "important" story after another--all in the name of calling our bluff about our desire to focus on what "really matters." In the span of about a month, they gave us: a new war on terrorism, Russia on the brink, a shaky stock market and even a historic race to topple our national pastime's most storied record...
...only last winter when journalists were moping about their respective newsrooms muttering, "Isn't anything going on?" These days the greenroom of CNN's Washington bureau looks and sounds a lot like a big-city emergency room on a wild Saturday night...
...CNN Rating: [4 umbrellas] Martin Savidge earns points for braving the elements without headgear, but demerits for the questionable sartorial flourish of a towel-as-ascot. In the spirit of the Scud Stud, we dub him the Foul Weather...