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Most trusted name in news? Not CNN |
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Disturbing |
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05/23/2005 |
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As is apparent to anyone with an IQ above that of a cabbage, CNN didn't accept money from Soros, or anyone else, to run the documentary.
CNN produced the documentary in conjunction with an organization that is (partly) funded by Soros - or, more accurately, by an organization he controls. And even that doesn't mean squat: it doesn't suggest that the content of the broadcast was in any way compromised.
As to the absurd criticism of Reed Irvine's loony squad, one need only check the statistics of the Innocence Project to show exactly how accurate the documentary was. |
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Accepting money from someone like Soros leaves a bad impression; especially when the program presents his talking points, verbatim.
There is another side to this. Reporting on crime in my city, it is appalling how may murders go unsolved. That is much more of a problem than a handful of wrongly accused.
I have to look into the eyes of heartbroken relatives following a murder or abduction and revisit them for "follow-up" stories year after year if it is unsolved or when the murderer is released. If they had an ounce of justice they could become vibrant human beings again. The people I have seen, even many years later, are broken; they merely "go through the motions" of life.
This was not discussed in the documentary because it does not fit with Soros' view of "alternatives" to incarceration...even though the average sentence served for murder is only 10 years!
At worst, the documentary was "pay for play"... at best, it is sloppy journalism
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