A new low!

Congratulations CNN!

Anderson, is that Prada?

All your votes are belong to us

What did Al Qeada say about VICKY?

Mimi @ 8:

OK, breaking news - McCain was having an affair NYTimes breaking story!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?pagewanted=1...

Romney on a suicide watch.....

You beat me to it! LOL!!!!!!!!

Christmas has come early!!

Poor Cindy McCain - wonder if she is still proud? She should know once a cheater always a cheater.

So much for repub family values.

The email link for leaving a response with CNN is not working, at least via my gmail account

No wonder churches in Lower BooFoo, Tennessee think Obama wants to take the oath of office on the Koran. CNN ,,, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fox Noise!

And the McCain...uh...affair is "breaking news" on MSNBC? Just let me know if that spy sattelite is heading my way, thanks.

You really couldn't write this shit- noone would believe.

WTF?

I agree with # 18 - no way this was an accident....perhaps someone was trying to "joke" and forgot to delete, but even so, that shows that they were being baised, unprofessional and unworthy of a job. Heads should roll for this and there better be a MAJOR X 10 retraction and apology every hour for the next week. - I'm not holding my breath.

Disgusting.

looks like cnn and fox have more than three letters in common.

I emailed CNN at the email address provided, and it was returned--I'll try again without the cnn. at the beginning, that's probably a mistake (a real one!).

Here's the email, I suggest rather than comment to the choir we each give CNN our 2 cents' worth:

I'm shocked to see your closed captioning substituted
"Al Qaeda" for "Hillary Clinton" describing her
congratulating Barack Obama not once but THREE times!

I saw the video on the website "Crooks and Liars" (www.crooksandliers.com). It
also posted links to TWO other such incidents; here
are the links:

http://rawstory.com/news/2006/CNN_comments_on_Obama_gaffe_in_0101.html

http://uploads.blip.tv/file/662626

I find the second one especially disturbing; who in
the world would considerate it good taste to suggest
that Barack Obama would point at Osam Bin Laden like a
supporter?

How many times do think even the most gullible among us will
believe these are "honest" mistakes rather than just
outrageous behavior!? I now consider CNN to be
a referent in the name of this website--you are truly Crooks
and Liars! I will be sure never to watch your "news"
program again and will be emailing this information
far and wide.

Disgusting, shameful, behavior.

I wrote to CNN using that email address but got it back with a "permanent error" message. Is there a better email address? This really is outrageous and I want to email them again but have it get through.

it's amazing what desperation can do to the always 'cool' and unflappable establishment and man, i'm enjoying it! if barack obama can put a drop of sanity into this ridiculous episode...

Email returned again, looks like you have to go to cnn.com/feedback.

They will totally miss the John McCain story.

I just sent them this:

Why does CNN keep printing in your closed captioning the phrase that "Al-Queda" called Obama to congratulate him on his primary victory? I've seen it twice now.

I expect to see a widely publicized retraction and apology for this completely unacceptable "mistake." If I don't see it within 24 hours, heavily publicized, I will block your channel on my set, and I will begin evaluating your advertisers and informing them that I find your "harmless" mistake absolutely unacceptable.

Thank you.

It's polite, but to the point. This is fucking bullshit.

"Here’s CNN’s contact info in case you want to let them know how you feel. As always, be polite:"

I won't say a word.

…………………./´¯/)
………………..,/¯../
………………./…./
…………./´¯/’…’/´¯¯`·¸
………./’/…/…./……./¨¯\
……..(’(…´…´…. ¯~/’…’)
………\……………..’.~./
……….\…………… _.·´
…………\…………..(
…………..\………….\..

Clinton news network strikes again. Is it because the headquarters is located in Atlanta? Who was suspended? or fired? Who was the commercial sponsor who advertised right before or after the segment? We ought to pressure them - follow the money to pressure the boob or his bose behind the teleprompter.

"CNN apologizes for Obama gaffe in Bin Laden graphic "
-and the 37 other "mistakes" they will make in the run up to the general election...

xoites defends Constitution @ 39:

"Here’s CNN’s contact info in case you want to let them know how you feel. As always, be polite:"

I won't say a word.

…………………./´¯/)
………………..,/¯../
………………./…./
…………./´¯/’…’/´¯¯`·¸
………./’/…/…./……./¨¯\
……..(’(…´…´…. ¯~/’…’)
………\……………..’.~./
……….\…………… _.·´
…………\…………..(
…………..\………….\..

got'cha.
Very well done BTW...

Off topic, but important breaking story from the NYT:
February 21, 2008
For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk
By JIM RUTENBERG, MARILYN W. THOMPSON, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and STEPHEN LABATON
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=4&hp=&ore...

"A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity."

Andy @ 34:

Obama is an amateur. The only thing that would tempt me to vote for him is if Oprah gives me a car.

Yes, these proffesional politicians are sooo cool!

"And we elect them again and again..."

yellow dog @ 30:

Bodan @ 26:

This text is normally done by computer rather then have some one type them out, afaik. It's a funny/horrendous mistake, depending on what side of the fence you sit on.

GIGO

CNN's computers do NOT type things on their own. If they're using speech recognition software, they really need to look into something that costs more than 25 cents. Al Qaeda and Hillary Clinton aren't even close.

Yellow_dog do you actually know what kind of closed captioning (CC) system CNN uses?

There are two ways to produce live CC -- automated electronic and stenographers.

If it is automated, then you really can't blame CNN -- blame the software. I've used voice recognition software and it isn't that great (and let's face it -- Anderson Cooper is not the most easy to understand CNN reporter).

But if it is a stenographer, then that is clearly only one person's fault -- the stenographer. Why blame CNN?

My guess would be that they have hotkeys for certain often-used names -- like Hillary Clinton and Al-Qaeda. Seems very possible to mix up a hotkey combination. No stenographer is perfect (and this is the first time for a stenography error to be mentioned on CNN -- the other errors with with image captions and video).

Yeah that email is bouncing on my gmail...?

Again, who's really surprised at American "news" media doing anything other than covering Britney and Lindsay hijinx and "beav" shots. That's why I watch the BBC.

Get real folks, this has nothing to do with the Clinton campaign and everything to do with the fact that the media is corporate and as such has a vested financial interest in the political fortunes of the Republican party. If you haven't followed the goings on at the FCC (and you probably haven't because the Corporate Media won't report it), Kevin Martin, the Republican head of that regulatory agency, is busily deregulating longstanding media ownership restrictions and forcing through a massive auctioning off of the new, soon to be forced down the public throat, digital broadcast spectrum. This means that the corporations that own the media can't afford (well, yes they could actually) to let Democrats control the FCC and ensure that this highly valuable public property is divided up fairly in the public interest.

It's also time for them to retire this self - congratulating , slapping each other on the back promotion saying , " part of the best political team on television '; they do very little NEWS , and what news they do cover is predictable, Weather ; local fires ;local crime and constant SPECULATION ..more SPECULATION ....and the same tired , old questions .." Will it backfire" and repeating right wing talking points " some people say " " some people say" , just like CBS who went out of their way to explain McCain's " play book" with out pointing out Obama's valid criticism of McCain .

Just do the damn news CNN, is that so difficult .

The banner to me was an obvious SMEAR by association and the person who put it up , knows it . What's next , ...Lucifer sends a fruitcake to Obama .

Chris from Maine @ 60:

sounds like whoever is typing the CC for CNN is a Hillary supporter..

No, i would say a McCain Supporter.

onehandle @ 58:

Aren't CNN's CC systems computerized? Defending the MSM is rare with me, but this has got to be a glitch.

Glitches don't do Republican propaganda.

Does anyone remember any time in the history of the corporate media that such a mistake has happened to a Republican? If someone can point to some examples of these so called "mistakes" on the other side maybe I would believe that is really a simple case of error. I don't think anyone can find such "mistakes".

RayC @ 65:

Does anyone remember any time in the history of the corporate media that such a mistake has happened to a Republican? If someone can point to some examples of these so called "mistakes" on the other side maybe I would believe that is really a simple case of error. I don't think anyone can find such "mistakes".

Good point, these "mistakes" are profoundly one sided. Anybody who doesn't recognize it is either being deliberately obtuse or is massively naive.

BEWARE OF RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN "DIRTY TRICKS"!!

Anybody who thinks that the corporate owners of CNN support either Democratic candidate hasn't been paying attention for the last 20 or 30 years. They'll use any and every psy-ops routine to sully either Democratic candidate. They need a Republican in the Presidency to assure their control of the FCC.

Snowball @ 71:

Anybody who thinks that the corporate owners of CNN support either Democratic candidate hasn't been paying attention for the last 20 or 30 years. They'll use any and every psy-ops routine to sully either Democratic candidate. They need a Republican in the Presidency to assure their control of the FCC.

BINGO!! Exactly!

People. There is concerted effort to link Barack Obama with Osama bin Laden. These are not mistakes at all. When he becomes the nominee, be prepared for the ****storm.

From the looks of it you guys really think that CNN is engaged in a secret conspiracy to mislead the much coveted Deaf demographic into voting for Hillary Clinton by half-assedly suggesting that Obama got a call from Al Qaeda in such a way that anyone with a brain can figure out the mistake from the context alone? That this nefarious group has already supplanted any pretense of free thought and independent media such as this very blog, and yet can't seem to come up with a more effective plan than to randomly replace a single word every 6 months? If you're right, than Obama doesn't stand a chance anyway and you should all just give up now...

Karl Rove said to expect big surprises, well this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Republican party and the Corporate Media have long had a symbiotic relationship. It really started to kick into action during the Reagan regime when they eliminated the Fairness Doctrine. It then went full steam when Bill Clinton foolishly signed the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Now it's open psy-ops warfare against any public institution, political party or politician that might inhibit absolute corporate control of our political system.

Stevenovitch @ 77:

From the looks of it you guys really think that CNN is engaged in a secret conspiracy to mislead the much coveted Deaf demographic into voting for Hillary Clinton by half-assedly suggesting that Obama got a call from Al Qaeda in such a way that anyone with a brain can figure out the mistake from the context alone? That this nefarious group has already supplanted any pretense of free thought and independent media such as this very blog, and yet can't seem to come up with a more effective plan than to randomly replace a single word every 6 months? If you're right, than Obama doesn't stand a chance anyway and you should all just give up now...

Thanks for trolling, now back to freeperland with you!

Stevenovitch @ 77:

From the looks of it you guys really think that CNN is engaged in a secret conspiracy to mislead the much coveted Deaf demographic into voting for Hillary Clinton by half-assedly suggesting that Obama got a call from Al Qaeda in such a way that anyone with a brain can figure out the mistake from the context alone? That this nefarious group has already supplanted any pretense of free thought and independent media such as this very blog, and yet can't seem to come up with a more effective plan than to randomly replace a single word every 6 months? If you're right, than Obama doesn't stand a chance anyway and you should all just give up now...

That's right, because only Deaf people read the captions and the scrawl on the bottom of the screen.

The point isn't whether or not people can figure out the mistake. It is that 'mistake' is being made frequently, or at all.

Fanon @ 82:

Stevenovitch @ 77:

From the looks of it you guys really think that CNN is engaged in a secret conspiracy to mislead the much coveted Deaf demographic into voting for Hillary Clinton by half-assedly suggesting that Obama got a call from Al Qaeda in such a way that anyone with a brain can figure out the mistake from the context alone? That this nefarious group has already supplanted any pretense of free thought and independent media such as this very blog, and yet can't seem to come up with a more effective plan than to randomly replace a single word every 6 months? If you're right, than Obama doesn't stand a chance anyway and you should all just give up now...

That's right, because only Deaf people read the captions and the scrawl on the bottom of the screen.

The point isn't whether or not people can figure out the mistake. It is that 'mistake' is being made frequently, or at all.

Presumably, anyone that can hear will know what Cooper actually said, but you're right, I forgot to mention the "watches political tv in a noisy bar" demographic.

The point isn't whether or not it's a "mistake" the point what the hell anyone would to accomplish by purposefully making such a "mistake".

The steno phoned it in, Idol was on last night.

KSH @ 84:

Snowball @ 78:

Karl Rove said to expect big surprises, well this is just the tip of the iceberg. [...]

Yeah, it's going to get REALLY UGLY soon. This is just a extra-special sneak peak!

Keep talking like that and you will be next. I can see it now:

"Snowball has no chance in hell!"

"Snowball linked to motorist's death on Interstate 95!"

Watch your back.

Stevenovitch @ 85:

Fanon @ 82:

Stevenovitch @ 77:

From the looks of it you guys really think that CNN is engaged in a secret conspiracy to mislead the much coveted Deaf demographic into voting for Hillary Clinton by half-assedly suggesting that Obama got a call from Al Qaeda in such a way that anyone with a brain can figure out the mistake from the context alone? That this nefarious group has already supplanted any pretense of free thought and independent media such as this very blog, and yet can't seem to come up with a more effective plan than to randomly replace a single word every 6 months? If you're right, than Obama doesn't stand a chance anyway and you should all just give up now...

That's right, because only Deaf people read the captions and the scrawl on the bottom of the screen.

The point isn't whether or not people can figure out the mistake. It is that 'mistake' is being made frequently, or at all.

Presumably, anyone that can hear will know what Cooper actually said, but you're right, I forgot to mention the "watches political tv in a noisy bar" demographic.

The point isn't whether or not it's a "mistake" the point what the hell anyone would to accomplish by purposefully making such a "mistake".

You don't have a lot of right wing people in you family, do you? There are people who believe this crap b/c they saw it on the TEE VEE. The subtle re-inforcement, over time, can become psychologically effective. "Obama is a muslim", "he's going to take his oath on a Quran" and on and on and on. and oh, did we mention his middle name is Hussein?

Let's be clear, too, it's not a mistake, it's multiple mistakes.

Yeah, it was a 'mistake', sure...funny how that same "Obama/Osama" mistake keeps getting made over and over on TV news, and it is just a coincidence that trying to link Obama with fundy Islam terrorists is also a common right-wing smear of Obama, right?

Anyone know if there still are "closed caption stenographers" or is that done by VR??

Otay @ 94:

So CNN is trying to dumb themselves down to the level of Faux News?

They have to move?

Fanon @ 91:

Stevenovitch @ 85:

Fanon @ 82:

Stevenovitch @ 77:

That's right, because only Deaf people read the captions and the scrawl on the bottom of the screen.

The point isn't whether or not people can figure out the mistake. It is that 'mistake' is being made frequently, or at all.

Presumably, anyone that can hear will know what Cooper actually said, but you're right, I forgot to mention the "watches political tv in a noisy bar" demographic.

The point isn't whether or not it's a "mistake" the point what the hell anyone would to accomplish by purposefully making such a "mistake".

You don't have a lot of right wing people in you family, do you? There are people who believe this crap b/c they saw it on the TEE VEE. The subtle re-inforcement, over time, can become psychologically effective. "Obama is a muslim", "he's going to take his oath on a Quran" and on and on and on. and oh, did we mention his middle name is Hussein?

Let's be clear, too, it's not a mistake, it's multiple mistakes.

Yes there have been multiple mistakes, the average time frame between them is 6 whole months. Typos are notoriously common mistakes, especially when people are typing something while thinking about something else, it's very common to type what you're thinking than what you actually should be typing.

No I don't have many right wingers in my family at all, but I daresay the level of stupidity you attribute to them probably does more to turn them off to progressive politics than any number of CNN typos.

Johnny2Bad @ 95:

Anyone know if there still are "closed caption stenographers" or is that done by VR??

Uh, oh. There's this:

Real-time vs. Electronic Newsroom Captioning Technique

Real-time captioning typically uses stenographers to convert the entire audio portion of a live program to captions. Electronic newsroom captioning technique (ENCT) creates captions from a news script computer or teleprompter used for live newscasts. Because only material that is scripted can be captioned with this technique, breaking news, sports and weather updates, and live field reports are typically not captioned when ENCT is used.

Was it "ENCT" or "breaking news" ...off script?

Reading these fits of apoplexy have made my day.

People! It was "closed captioning". Just how many people saw it? Also what was the idiot trying to say that resulted in that particular closed caption. I would like to see any of you do on the fly closed captioning. My advice to all of you is grow up, sometimes a mistake is just a mistake.

Snowball @ 102:

Heh, my reply is in there somewhere.

I like your pitch. :)

eyeswideopen @ 29:

I wrote to CNN using that email address but got it back with a "permanent error" message. Is there a better email address? This really is outrageous and I want to email them again but have it get through.

Choose the "CNN.TV" icon, it goes to a page that lets you choose "Anderson Cooper 360" from among the other shows, then you write your message on their little clipboard thing and click "submit."

Snowball @ 106:

Oh, and BTW, thanks for trolling.

So many trolls and me with only ten fingers.

Stevenovitch @ 99:

Fanon @ 91:

Stevenovitch @ 85:

Fanon @ 82:

Presumably, anyone that can hear will know what Cooper actually said, but you're right, I forgot to mention the "watches political tv in a noisy bar" demographic.

The point isn't whether or not it's a "mistake" the point what the hell anyone would to accomplish by purposefully making such a "mistake".

You don't have a lot of right wing people in you family, do you? There are people who believe this crap b/c they saw it on the TEE VEE. The subtle re-inforcement, over time, can become psychologically effective. "Obama is a muslim", "he's going to take his oath on a Quran" and on and on and on. and oh, did we mention his middle name is Hussein?

Let's be clear, too, it's not a mistake, it's multiple mistakes.

Yes there have been multiple mistakes, the average time frame between them is 6 whole months. Typos are notoriously common mistakes, especially when people are typing something while thinking about something else, it's very common to type what you're thinking than what you actually should be typing.

No I don't have many right wingers in my family at all, but I daresay the level of stupidity you attribute to them probably does more to turn them off to progressive politics than any number of CNN typos.

I you also going to tell me that Bush never said that Iraq had anything to do with 9/11? He just used 9/11 and Iraq in every sentence in every speech. Is it the fault of 60% of Americans that they thought Iraq had something to do with 9/11? These "mistakes" work buddy.

Snowball @ 104:

Stevenovitch @ 99:

Fanon @ 91:

Stevenovitch @ 85:

You don't have a lot of right wing people in you family, do you? There are people who believe this crap b/c they saw it on the TEE VEE. The subtle re-inforcement, over time, can become psychologically effective. "Obama is a muslim", "he's going to take his oath on a Quran" and on and on and on. and oh, did we mention his middle name is Hussein?

Let's be clear, too, it's not a mistake, it's multiple mistakes.

Yes there have been multiple mistakes, the average time frame between them is 6 whole months. Typos are notoriously common mistakes, especially when people are typing something while thinking about something else, it's very common to type what you're thinking than what you actually should be typing.

No I don't have many right wingers in my family at all, but I daresay the level of stupidity you attribute to them probably does more to turn them off to progressive politics than any number of CNN typos.

Get real, mistakes tend not to be so articulate.

the text that showed:

Campaign ET KIT, We've just been told that Al Qaeda did indeed call Barrack to congratulate him on winning the call was made prior to her departing from ohio to new york, which means it was made after...

Aside from the numerous mistakes in there, it sounded like Cooper called him Barrack Comma. There's nothing particularly articulate about any of the mistakes in that Close Captioning...

How did they come up with al Qaeda, out of what Cooper said? It makes no sense that it was a mistake. Gee, it's so close to Hillary Clinton on my keypad! *snark!

xoites defends Constitution @ 96:

Let's be realistic. Obama scares the shit out of the right. He wants Universal Health Care, he wants to tax corporations who send jobs overseas. He wants the minimum wage to keep up with inflation, he wants to get out of Iraq in 2009, he wants to restore Habeas Corpus, and close Gitmo.

Very scary dude!

And he's black!

I'm new here, so may be talking too often, but um, I think who Obama scares the shit out of is the ruling class in WASHINGTON, period. Including Pelosi, Reid. The "establishment" is virtually synonymous with what you term "the right." I didn't used to think so. I do now.

has everyone read the "Chicken Doves" article in Rolling Stone?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/18349197/the_chicken_doves

Err, i mean your keyboard look like this?

It is also interesting that a lot of you are willing to hang CNN, but are also willing to forgive and forget Michelle for what could be interpreted as an insulting "slip of the tongue". Sometimes a mistake is just a mistake.

Well no, but I'll just bet the difference between the shorthand version of Hillary Clinton and al Qaeda are pretty extreme. Want to put money on it?

E_I @ 75:

People. There is concerted effort to link Barack Obama with Osama bin Laden. These are not mistakes at all. When he becomes the nominee, be prepared for the ****storm.

When the aholes in the MSM try and pull this shit during the election they might think twice when there are a 1,000 angry people surrounding their studios demanding the heads of the pundits.

The Gettysburg Address

(With Closed Captioning provided by CNN)

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new tax, conceived by Move On, and dedicated to the proposition that all jobs are exportable.

Now we are cutting and running from a great civil war, testing whether that notion, or any notion so conceived and so deligated, can long insure. We are met on a Great Britain of that lore. We have come to a delicate a portion of that meal, as a final resting place for those who here have fallen asleep that that nation might die. It is altogether fitting and fixture that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not predicate -- we can not consumate -- we can not shallow -- this round. The brave men, living and dead, who smuggled here, have consentrated it, far above our solar power to add or subtract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what was mistated here. It is for us the reading, rather, than the listening to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which these typos have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from this misinformation we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve to vote for the candidate of corporate choice -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of slavery -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall perish from the earth.

Stevenovitch @ 124:

Fanon @ 122:

Stevenovitch
That made me think of something you wrote earlier. That it is typical to make typos when typing and thinking of something else. You are stenoing a live news broadcast, should you really be thinking of something else? If that's the case, I hope this same stenographer doesn't do any murder trials. ;)

That's a good point, but keep in mind that stenographers that can transcribe in real time are a rare commodity and highly paid. Also, keep in mind that what they type into the keyboard is translated by a computer from shorthand to actual english. I mean, the potential for mistakes is infinite, and real time transcribers aren't the type of employee that you can just fire and get a new one the next day.

I can concede that the potential for mistakes is high. However, if Harry Cranton had called to congratulate Obama, that would make sense. Any comibination of those letters and syllables in HRC would make sense. To be so far off the mark as to type al queda begs the question of whether the mistake was intentional or not, doesn't it?

New Vera City @ 126:

Fanon @ 122:

Stevenovitch
That made me think of something you wrote earlier. That it is typical to make typos when typing and thinking of something else. You are stenoing a live news broadcast, should you really be thinking of something else? If that's the case, I hope this same stenographer doesn't do any murder trials. ;)

Gee, you don't suppose that's why court stenographers now have recordings to check their work.

Gee, you don't suppose you left your sense of humor somewhere, do you?

Or Harry Cranton, for that matter.

Snowball @ 133:

Or Harry Cranton, for that matter.

Heyyyyy, leave Harry out of this!

Come on people that's fake.

Derry @ 137:

Come on people that's fake.

hah! That would be funny if I got my hackles up over nada!

Derry @ 137:

Come on people that's fake.

Is it really? Do tell.

How do you know?

Remember, this is not a caption for the rest of us.

Don't the wingnuts call CNN the Clinton News Network? Gee, sometimes I think they might finally be right about something.....

Derry @ 144:

xoites defends Constitution @ 141:

Derry @ 137:

Come on people that's fake.

Is it really? Do tell.

How do you know?

Remember, this is not a caption for the rest of us.

It looks fake to me. I don't know what the hell it is.

It is closed captioning for the hearing impaired.

Yes, i am.

xoites defends Constitution @ 147:

Yes, i am.

LMAO Sexual intellectual = fucking know-it-all