Tuesday, August 23, 2005
FNC Criticizes CNN for Too Much Coverage of Robertson Comments
FNC seems to be pointing the finger at CNN for too much coverage of the remarks made by 700 Club's Pat Robertson. The Newshounds picked up on the story. Here's what was found at FNC's website:
Pat not so powerful?
"Televangelist Pat Robertson's political influence may have been declining since he came in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses 17 years ago and he may have no clout with the Bush administration, but you wouldn't know that from watching CNN today.
CNN covered his call for Hugo Chavez's assassination at length, undeterred by the fact that during the noon hour CNN's own analyst, Bill Schneider, said Robertson had little influence. At the top of the next hour, there it was again followed by a glowing report on the alliance between Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro. And it led CNN's three-hour "Situation Room," followed minutes later by live coverage of reaction from the Venezuelan ambassador, and then nearly two hours after that an in-studio interview with the ambassador."
To me it sounds like CNN was just covering the news. It was the lead story at 5pm today on a local news station and even made news this morning on the network and evening newscasts. I wonder how much time FNC devoted to the story? I bet it was just ran in one of its one minute 'news' updates. I find the story interesting myself. A devout Christian Leader calls for the killing of another human being.
Pat not so powerful?
"Televangelist Pat Robertson's political influence may have been declining since he came in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses 17 years ago and he may have no clout with the Bush administration, but you wouldn't know that from watching CNN today.
CNN covered his call for Hugo Chavez's assassination at length, undeterred by the fact that during the noon hour CNN's own analyst, Bill Schneider, said Robertson had little influence. At the top of the next hour, there it was again followed by a glowing report on the alliance between Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro. And it led CNN's three-hour "Situation Room," followed minutes later by live coverage of reaction from the Venezuelan ambassador, and then nearly two hours after that an in-studio interview with the ambassador."
To me it sounds like CNN was just covering the news. It was the lead story at 5pm today on a local news station and even made news this morning on the network and evening newscasts. I wonder how much time FNC devoted to the story? I bet it was just ran in one of its one minute 'news' updates. I find the story interesting myself. A devout Christian Leader calls for the killing of another human being.
# posted by ATN @ 11:23 PM 
