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Friday, June 1, 2012

June 1, 2012 - Morning Headlines

- Embattled former presidential candidate John Edwards was acquitted on one charge of campaign fiance fraud while a mistrial was declared for the remaining 5 charges against him. He is unlikely to be retried (Fox News):  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/31/jury-reaches-verdict-in-edwards-trial/

- Near the beginning of his term, President Obama ordered increased cyber attacks against Iran's nuclear program and nuclear infrastructure (MSNBC): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47641889/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/#.T8ig0bBPomE

- The US increases its pressure on Russia to change its course and take a harder stance on Syria (CBS News): http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57445116/u.s-is-heaping-new-pressure-on-russia-over-syria/?tag=stack

- Bill Clinton praises Romney's business record, calls it "sterling" (CNN): http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/31/bill-clinton-predicting-obama-win-calls-romneys-business-career-sterling/

Updated: To continue the debate on CNN's shoddy reporting, I thought I'd throw in this sorry excuse for a histogram. It is a screenshot taken from money.cnn.com. I thought it was pretty funny (click the image for an expanded view):


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6 comments:

  1. LMEJune 1, 2012 at 6:16 AM

    And no, unemployment is no joke. It's Friday, and sometimes at The Elephant in the Room, we like to have some fun. When a major news outlet puts forth a graph that shows 69,000 = about 150,000, we thought we'd share. This is nothing personal against CNN, and it doesn't mean they are terrible. It's just a mistake they made, and it's funny. That's all, and Happy Friday!

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  2. MN 4 RickJune 1, 2012 at 6:21 AM

    You nailed it LME. It's not long before CNN is a low-level tabloid: http://tv.yahoo.com/news/cnn-looks-to-shake-up-schedule-after-ratings-hit-20-year-low.html

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  3. MN 4 RickJune 1, 2012 at 6:35 AM

    Notice the political party of most of these politician liars: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/31/politics/gallery/political-lies/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

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  4. Loyal WatcherJune 1, 2012 at 6:40 AM

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  5. Loyal WatcherJune 1, 2012 at 6:42 AM

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  6. Loyal WatcherJune 1, 2012 at 6:44 AM

    I think the cyber attack's article is very interesting the part

    "For years the C.I.A. had introduced faulty parts and designs into Iran’s systems — even tinkering with imported power supplies so that they would blow up — but the sabotage had had relatively little effect."

    that is crazy! its amazing all the stuff going on behind the scenes. very interesting article.

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