CNN is being paid by governments to put out certain stories, and not cover other ones....

[sperbonzo]

WHAT A SHOCKER!!



.http://investmentwatchblog.com/cnn-e...70pe0HTPo7M.99



"CNN Exposed ? Emmy Winning Former CNN Journalist Blows The Whistle: CNN is paid by foreign and domestic Government agencies.
August 26th, 2013
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Let that sink in.

Additionally CNN and CNN International are also paid by foreign governments to avoid stories that are damaging, and construct narratives that show them in a better, albeit false, light.

Amber Lyon is a three-time Emmy winning investigative journalist and photographer. She accuses CNN of being ?fake news.?

Back in March 2011, CNN sent a four person team to Bahrain to cover the Arab Spring. Once there, the crew was the subject of extreme intimidation amongst other things, but they were able to record some fantastic footage. As Glenn Greenwald of the UK?s Guardian writes in his blockbuster article from September 4th 2012:

?In the segment, Lyon interviewed activists as they explicitly described their torture at the hands of government forces, while family members recounted their relatives? abrupt disappearances. She spoke with government officials justifying the imprisonment of activists. And the segment featured harrowing video footage of regime forces shooting unarmed demonstrators, along with the mass arrests of peaceful protesters. In sum, the early 2011 CNN segment on Bahrain presented one of the starkest reports to date of the brutal repression embraced by the US-backed regime.

Despite these accolades, and despite the dangers their own journalists and their sources endured to produce it, CNN International (CNNi) never broadcast the documentary. Even in the face of numerous inquiries and complaints from their own employees inside CNN, it continued to refuse to broadcast the program or even provide any explanation for the decision. To date, this documentary has never aired on CNNi.

Having just returned from Bahrain, Lyon says she ?saw first-hand that these regime claims were lies, and I couldn?t believe CNN was making me put what I knew to be government lies into my reporting.?

Here is a segment of the Bahrain report that Amber Lyon and her team put together. CNNi refused to allow it to air because the Bahrain Government had paid them not to show it."








I'm sure that it won't get much coverage, since every single news agency on the planet is also probably guilty of similar activity.....




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[alias]

Breaking News!

Extremely Shocking!

[_Richard_]

so, it's a shakedown? they go to ugly places, do a documentary, and then say 'pay up, or else'?



that's slick

[Phoenix]

this shouldn't be news to anyone.
christ i feel like im going to get sucked into a whirlwind of posting info again.
yet ill have the brown shirts pointing to me and yelling for my head..lol

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

this shouldn't be news to anyone.
christ i feel like im going to get sucked into a whirlwind of posting info again.
yet ill have the brown shirts pointing to me and yelling for my head..lol

[Verbal]

Thanks God we have Fox News for fair and balanced coverage. What an outrage!

[96ukssob]

why is anyone surprised at this?

[2MuchMark]

The only news agency we can trust now is fox news.

[sperbonzo]

Originally Posted by **********

The only news agency we can trust now is fox news.

Oh please.... EVERY news outlet has a bias, and agenda, and a filter. That's why it is vital to get your news from as many different sources as possible, INCLUDING those sources that don't match your personal world view. Anyone that only listens to one source, or one set of sources that share a single perspective, is just living in an ignorant bubble IMHO.



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[Tofu]

Originally Posted by Verbal

Thanks God we have Fox News for fair and balanced coverage. What an outrage!

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

Oh please.... EVERY news outlet has a bias, and agenda, and a filter. That's why it is vital to get your news from as many different sources as possible, INCLUDING those sources that don't match your personal world view. Anyone that only listens to one source, or one set of sources that share a single perspective, is just living in an ignorant bubble IMHO.



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I believe exactly the same thing
On Fox news one of the things they are always saying is that the other networks are not covering this story, WHY?

Well this is a little proof as to why I guess!

[madm1k3]

Pretty sure the only people who watch CNN are....

1. people who have delayed flight

2. Fox new viewers who hold CNN up as the symbol of main stream media to perpetuate the narrative of a "liberal" media bias.


Basically CNN has to sell stories otherwise they would be broke.

[MaDalton]

good that Al Jazeera USA launched...

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by madm1k3

Pretty sure the only people who watch CNN are....

1. people who have delayed flight

2. Fox new viewers who hold CNN up as the symbol of main stream media to perpetuate the narrative of a "liberal" media bias.


Basically CNN has to sell stories otherwise they would be broke.

I never found CNN to be that tilted, I did however find MSNBC to be leaning left a lot!

[pornguy]

She and a few others with have odd car crashes while on drugs and a few other odd accidents.

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by bossku69

why is anyone surprised at this?

Anyone with a few brain cells kicking around shouldn't be.

[bronco67]

Just read through some of the articles on that site, and you'll know what kind of paranoid "patriot" conservative it caters to. Fox News has 100 times more credibility than that site. Even if it might be true, how could you believe it coming from that shitstain of a news agency?

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I never found CNN to be that tilted, I did however find MSNBC to be leaning left a lot!

MSNBC leans left and wears it like a badge. It's no secret. But where it really differs from FOX is they have some pretty intelligent people who usually have an informative and articulate conversation -- versus on FOX which is mostly a bunch of morons(there's a long list of them) crying about Obamacare and Benghazi, and usually not in a way that makes them sound halfway smart.

It's not that I like what they're saying, as much as I like the way they lay out their points. Fox news sounds like they have no compassion and they're bigoted morons. The country is trying to be more progressive, and they want shit to stay the same. Just the idea of being anti "progressive" is enough to make any sane person not subscribe to their views. It's a channel for old people and/or racists.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by bronco67

MSNBC leans left and wears it like a badge. It's no secret. But where it really differs from FOX is they have some pretty intelligent people who usually have an informative and articulate conversation -- versus on FOX which is mostly a bunch of morons(there's a long list of them) crying about Obamacare and Benghazi, and usually not in a way that makes them sound halfway smart.

It's not that I like what they're saying, as much as I like the way they lay out their points. Fox news sounds like they have no compassion and they're bigoted morons. The country is trying to be more progressive, and they want shit to stay the same. Just the idea of being anti "progressive" is enough to make any sane person not subscribe to their views. It's a channel for old people and/or racists.

I like watching O'reilly, I've read a couple of his books and they are really good. Some are even being used in schools as required reading. I would hardly call him anything but intelligent and I find that he does lean a little to the right, but I won't hold him up for that. I don't agree with everything he says, but then again, I can read a review of a film and figure out if I will like it based on what they said, not because of the rating they gave it.

I believe that most people want change, I'm all for getting universal health care, but done right, not what Obamacare is going to do. I think it was pushed thru at all cost without reading it, that's not right. Even the unions that help get it passed are against it now!

You say the country is trying to be more progressive? That's not entirely true, I think a lot of people want to see a responsible government as laid out in the constitution. Not a government that spies on it's citizens, bullies conservative groups thru the IRS and prints up 85 billion dollars a month to keep the stock market happy.

[RyuLion]

I noticed that the news was manipulated ever since I was a teen, that's why I rarely watch it...the last time I turned on the TV to watch the news was Sep 11..

[MaDalton]

O'Reilly is a nutjob playing in the same league as Alex Jones

[ilnjscb]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

Oh please.... EVERY news outlet has a bias, and agenda, and a filter. That's why it is vital to get your news from as many different sources as possible, INCLUDING those sources that don't match your personal world view. Anyone that only listens to one source, or one set of sources that share a single perspective, is just living in an ignorant bubble IMHO.



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Logic and reason? Good luck with that.

[Tom_PM]

In states where Obamacare has been embraced they are seeing health care costs fall. The fact that you STILL see people proclaiming it as the devil is all the proof you need that the news is bought and paid for.

[xNetworx]

They beat the Trayvon case to death but already stopped mentioning the black on white hate crimes from last week.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

O'Reilly is a nutjob playing in the same league as Alex Jones

His books have out sold Obama's books

[Rochard]

At some point in time the standard of proof has been reduced to a single accusation and a news article completely devoid of facts.

I'm not saying this didn't happen or isn't happening, but this article states (a) that a documententry was made and that (b) CNN failed to air it - but then draws an imaginary connection between CNN and the US government, claiming the US government paid CNN not to air the article. No one in the government is named by this article, no department was named, no dates, no amounts, etc... Who paid who how much to do what?

But then the article says at the very end "CNN refused to allow it to air because the Bahrain Government had paid them not to show it." So which is it? Was it the US government, the Bahrain government, and once we figure out which country, shouldn't have some names of who did what and how much money traded hands?

Don't get me wrong... I don't know much about Bahrain and I wouldn't be surprised if they did in fact pay off people at CNN not to air something, but we need a little proof dont' we?

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

His books have out sold Obama's books

i'm not sure thats a good sign

[dyna mo]

obviously cnn corp has an obligation to the bottomline, that's the law, so sure they produce news *stories* to make money, but the op article just lists 1 ~13 minute segment not being aired as proof of some sort of conspiracy between cnn and foreign states, while i wouldn't be surprised, i don't think that's enough proofs.

cnn can choose wtfever docs they want to show or not, i'd wager they get presented with maybe 100 docs a day for possible broadcasting, besides isn't most of cnn airtime comprised of talking heads? that's not news, that's opinions on the news, cnn must make a shitton of money broadcasting more opinions of news than actual news, just based on which of those takes up more airtime.

+ i'd be interested in seeing the accounting ledger for taking cash from foreign states for not showing docs, that's gotta be clever accounting!

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

obviously cnn corp has an obligation to the bottomline...

That shouldn't be the way it's done. While I understand news is big business, they shouldn't be taking money NOT to publish something. That's just wrong.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

i'm not sure thats a good sign

You should read one of his books, they are very good. I'm getting "Killing Kennedy". It's a history book that I know will be good after reading "Killing Lincoln". Oreilly was a history major I believe in college and he has a real love for it.

here's a list of his books
https://www.google.com/#fp=13d6aa3a7...9;reilly+books

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Rochard

That shouldn't be the way it's done. While I understand news is big business, they shouldn't be taking money NOT to publish something. That's just wrong.

It's a news agency's job to report the news, if a commentator chooses not to talk about it, that's ok, but the news should always get out there. Anything less is allowing censorship. So yes, I agree with you Richard, it's just wrong!

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by Rochard

That shouldn't be the way it's done. While I understand news is big business, they shouldn't be taking money NOT to publish something. That's just wrong.

did you get from that story that they are doing this? i'm not so certain. if they are, and it's proven, well, i would think that's gonna impact the bottomline bigtime.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

You should read one of his books, they are very good. I'm getting "Killing Kennedy". It's a history book that I know will be good after reading "Killing Lincoln". Oreilly was a history major I believe in college and he has a real love for it.

here's a list of his books
https://www.google.com/#fp=13d6aa3a7...9;reilly+books

i have watched a few of his shows...

he's rude, no manners, he screams at people and accepts only people that share his opinion, otherwise he simply forbids them to speak

i don't know what he is supposed to be but he's not a journalist

i cannot take someone even remotely serious that behaves that way on screen

i am not saying everything is gold over here but none of our news stations is even the slighest bit as biased as Fox (or MSNBC)

Watching Fox is like having a screwdriver being inserted slowly into your peehole

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

i have watched a few of his shows...

he's rude, no manners, he screams at people and accepts only people that share his opinion, otherwise he simply forbids them to speak

i don't know what he is supposed to be but he's not a journalist

i cannot take someone even remotely serious that behaves that way on screen

i am not saying everything is gold over here but none of our news stations is even the slighest bit as biased as Fox (or MSNBC)

Watching Fox is like having a screwdriver being inserted slowly into your peehole

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by _Richard_

That was taken a long time ago, he has hair in that clip! LOL And it's not at Fox.


He has interviewed the president a few times

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

It's a news agency's job to report the news, if a commentator chooses not to talk about it, that's ok, but the news should always get out there. Anything less is allowing censorship. So yes, I agree with you Richard, it's just wrong!

I can see where a news company decides not to publish something. Maybe the article was too long or too short or improperly edited; Maybe it took too long in editing and was no longer relevant.

And I am positive that our government, from time to time, calls up a news agency and says "hey, can you not publish this" and the news agency decides it's in their best interests not put publish it - maybe they don't want to loose their reporter's slot at the White House or Pentagon. "You scratch our back, we'll scratch your back".

But not publishing news because money traded hands is just freaking wrong.

[dyna mo]

the news stopped being the news a long time ago

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

That was taken a long time ago, he has hair in that clip! LOL And it's not at Fox.


He has interviewed the president a few times

[MaDalton]

he called himself a journalist - that's hilarious

[dyna mo]

this is what we do with real journalists and journalism in 2013

[dyna mo]

and this is rs's cover story instead of his death (murder) the following month, real journalism

[Robbie]

It's amazing. It took only a few post for a thread about CNN to turn into the usual Fox News bashing.

Liberals are so sheep-like and blinded that they just can't see. That's why liberal politicians and news outlets just blatantly lie to their faces and they get away with it every time.

The faux-liberal mindset seems to be that they are immediately stripped of any sense of intelligence and common sense when anything is brought to their attention that might contradict the dogma they are fed.

Why don't some of you stop worrying about Fox News and start worrying about what CNN is doing?

This is the same tired ass tactic that is used every time that Obama lies and pulls shady shit. Instead of discussing what Obama is doing...it quickly becomes all about Bush.

Sad shit...

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

i don't know what he is supposed to be but he's not a journalist

O'Reilly's show is not about being a journalist. He's an entertainer.

And I used to sort of enjoy his show back when politicians would go on it. It was fun to watch him call them out and raise hell.

But now that they rarely go on his show anymore, he spends most of his time trying to recapture that by screaming and arguing "passionately" about everything.

Can't stand to watch it now. It's a parody of what he originally did and it sucks.

This last week...DISH (the satellite company I use for t.v.) started airing AlJahzeera America.
So I've added that in to my news circle.

I watch CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and now Al Jahzeeera America.
I see the slant that each organization puts on their take of the news. They all seem to have it.

But at the top and bottom of the hour they all cut away from whatever "show" they have on and do the "real" news. So at least they all have that.

[MaDalton]

yeah, well, in the Obama interview he called himself a journalist - his words, not mine

[Scott McD]

Originally Posted by Verbal

Thanks God we have Fox News for fair and balanced coverage.

[Best-In-BC]

Well no shit.

[suesheboy]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

His books have out sold Obama's books

...so did Hitlers

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by suesheboy

...so did Hitlers

I don't think it counts when the German government bought the books and gave them out for free

[Pad]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

this is what we do with real journalists and journalism in 2013

didn't that reporter email his colleagues on the day he died saying that he had uncovered "something big" re: us government and had to lay low for a bit?

and that very same evening his car maxed out in speed and exploded into a wall

i'm not big on conspiracy theories but there are red flags all over this one

[BFT3K]

Gee, I wonder what "foreign government" and "special interest group" owns our media?... he asks, fully knowing the answer.