CNN apologizes for inciting violence...

[Yonivore]

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CNN's John King: "Before we go to break, I want to make a quick point. We were having a discussion about the Chicago mayoral race. My friend Andy Shaw used the term 'in the crosshairs' in talking about the candidates. We're trying, we're trying to get away from that language. Andy is a good friend, he's covered politics for a long time, but we're trying to get away from that kind of language."

One must wonder how many lives were lost when this...


http://grief.com/images/video/cnn-crossfire.jpg

...was on the air.

[DJ Mbenga]

its a good thing nobody watches this because no harm can be done.

[Stringer_Bell]

One must wonder how many lives were lost when this...

http://grief.com/images/video/cnn-crossfire.jpg


Crossfire was cancelled in 2005, long before the Tea Party. The only insanity back then was Bush getting re-elected. :downspin:

On the real, I didn't even notice what the white guy said until the other white guy pointed it out. Someone could've gotten hurt. :(

[Winehole23]

Oh wow.

[Winehole23]

A sensitive post on the state of civility on CNN five years ago. Thank you. (Ehem.)

[Winehole23]

@Yoni:

Did the apology strike you as insincere?

[boutons_deux]

"trying to get away from that language"

... isn't an apology for "that language", it's Yoni spin.

An apology say's "we're sorry for" or "we regret".

And they're only "trying", as part of the FCM herd reaction to the right-wing murders in Tuscon.

Reflexive metaphors for murder, violence, guns are fundamental to American Civilization, just like actual murders, violence, guns are central to American Civilization.

[jack sommerset]

That's funny!

[cheguevara]

OP has a fair post and fair point.

[DarrinS]

The national conversion on this issue has been stuck on stupid from day one.


http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2011/01/cnn-uses-term-crosshairs-frequently-in.html




A look at transcripts of CNN programs in the month leading up to the shootings shows that the network was filled with references to "crosshairs" -- and once even used the term to suggest the targeting of Palin herself. Some examples:

"Palin's moose-hunting episode on her reality show enraged People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and now, she's square in the crosshairs of big time Hollywood producer, Aaron Sorkin," reported A.J. Hammer of CNN's Headline News on December 8.

"Companies like MasterCard are in the crosshairs for cutting ties with WikiLeaks," said CNN Kiran Chetry in a December 9 report.

"Thousands of people living in areas that are in the crosshairs have been told to evacuate," Chetry said in a December 21 report on flooding in California.

"He's in their crosshairs," said a guest in a December 21 CNN discussion of suspects in a missing-person case.

"This will be the first time your food will be actually in the crosshairs of the FDA," business reporter Christine Romans said on December 22.

"The U.S. commander in the East has Haqqani in his crosshairs," CNN's Barbara Starr reported on December 28, referring to an Afghan warlord.

"We know that health care reform is in the crosshairs again," CNN's Joe Johns reported on January 3.

Seven uses of "crosshairs" in just the month before the Tucson attacks, and just one of them referring to an actual wartime situation. And one reference to Sarah Palin herself as being in "crosshairs."

And not just Palin. On September 14, Mark Preston, CNN's senior political editor, referred to another controversial politician, Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann, as being "in the crosshairs." "Michelle Bachmann is raising lots of money, raising her national profile," Preston said on September 14. "She is in the crosshairs of Democrats as well." . . .

[BlairForceDejuan]

lmao political correctness

[Blake]

looks like a surveyor symbol to me...

WC, amirite?

[Spurminator]

Meanwhile, in Washington, stuff is happening.

[coyotes_geek]

Meanwhile, in Washington, stuff is happening.

But.......Sarah Palin said something!!!!!!!

[balli]

At least one of us completely stopped watching CNN on the early 2000s and hasn't gone back save but once, the day Michael Jackson died. That person did so because of shit like Crossfire.

They should apologize.

[BlairForceDejuan]

Glocks don't have crosshairs.

Good thing Palin wasn't around for the D.C. Sniper. amirite

[Wild Cobra]

looks like a surveyor symbol to me...

WC, amirite?
I wonder how long the symbol has been used for in politics. It is a more appealing symbol than simple crosshairs.

[Winehole23]

smitten with the surveyor's symbols? :lol