Tuesday, September 9, 2008

I get on CNN's case, a little

I dropped an email to CNN about this article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/biden.special.needs/index.html

The email:

I'm left wondering why the article "Biden's comments on special needs called 'new low'" had a quote from the republican spokesperson in the title but none from the democratic one. I'm not trying to accuse cnn of systemic media bias, I just think non-partisan headlines might be a better idea.


I mean, honestly people, you put the thing about the lady with the lawsuit against Alaska for failing to provide for special needs children in the last paragraph? When the case was filed on a behalf of an autistic child, and Palin's nephew is autistic?
Huh?
What?
Right...
Uhhh...

And this article couldn't have been called "Biden slams McCain-Palin on lack of support for stem cell research"?

In completely unrelated news, I googled this ridiculous string of words "stem cell research percentage americans support" and got:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070616/poll-american-republican-support-for-embryonic-stem-cell-research-increasing.htm

Poll results show that 22 percent of Americans say the government should place no restrictions on funding embryonic stem cell, while another 38 percent thought the government should ease current restrictions to allow more research. In total, 60 percent of Americans support less restrictions on the research.

Support for expanding stem cell research has grown compared to in 2004 when 55 percent of Americans said the government should place no restrictions or ease current restrictions, and in 2005 when 53 percent supported this.


Remind me way were arguing about this again, except as another way for the McCain monkey machine to fling poop at everything:

Republicans
Barack Obama's running mate sunk to a new low today, launching an offensive debate over who cares more about special needs children," McCain-Palin spokesman Ben Porritt said. "Playing politics with this issue is disturbing and indicative of a desperate campaign."


Democrats
This is a clash of policies, not a clash of personalities.

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