CNN should be penalized

[slag]

How dare they jump the gun ... don't they check facts?

If they were a newspaper they'd be a rag!

Media should be perfect!

[Big Little]

That's just stupid

Sure let them continue to lie and have no checks and balances, makes complete sense

Reason this gun bill failed, because people actually THOUGHT they wanted to take their guns.

Aren't you a lawyer?

[slag]

Give it fucking rest already ... you're starting to look like a real dope on this.

The free press is now to be a what?

Semi-free press?

Who are you suggesting checks the press?

[TerpEagle]

Who are you suggesting checks the press?

The uninformed masses!

[Big Little]

No one, just allow them to tell dumb Americans whatever they want to hear

Makes perfect sense

[slag]

You haven't answered the question ... you've just whined again ... answer it.

Who checks the press in this scenario that you've decided will protect dumb people?

Who decides what the "facts" are and determines only those "facts" are to be disseminated to the public?

You?

[CCPete]

CNN fell into a trap today as did many others. To their credit, the NY Times stayed true to the story and waited for official info to be released.

This is something that we must just put up with in a society that needs a news fix every 5 minutes. There is little or no penalty for reporting inaccurate info. They just tell you that it was confirmed by multi sources and blame them. I don't need to be the first to know. I don't care who is first. I care who is right. But I'm in the minority these days.

[slag]

The press makes mistakes?

Do tell.

And the penalty of looking stupid and losing credibility isn't sufficient for you?

Not surprising, actually.

[CCPete]

Are you off your Meds? Where did I say I wanted a penalty other than them looking stupid. Calm down guy. I'm not the enemy. Read .....take a minute.....then respond.

[slag]

Igitis

[slag]

What aspect of "there is litte or no penalty for reporting inaccurate info" did I misunderstand?

[slag]

PS - STILL waiting.

[CCPete]

I stated a fact. I didn't ask for any penalty. It's up to the public to either follow or ignore them. I really think we are on the same side here if you would read without trying to infer an agenda that's not there.

[slag]

Ok fine ... if I made a mistake, I'm as fallible as the press.

However, stating that there is little to no penalty seems to put you in the other camp, considering the flow of this thread.

[CCPete]

Maybe it's me but I get the feeling that your need to pick fights is directly related the the .philly's record.