What are the last two letters in cBS?

[kjoe]

Katie Couric is the worst national network anchor...ever...she does not need editing to make her look even more stupid.....

Huffington Post and from MSNBC's Keith Olbermann,



During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made a stone cold error on a subject about which he claims expert knowledge: the "surge" strategy in Iraq. In an interview with anchor Katie Couric, the Arizona Republican said, inaccurately, that the surge strategy was responsible for the much-touted "Anbar Awakening," in which Sunni sheiks turned against Al Qaeda, helping in turn to reduce violence in the country.

From the transcript:

Katie Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going after militias. And says that there might have been improved security even without the surge. What's your response to that?

McCain: I don't know how you respond to something that is as-- such a false depiction of what actually happened. Colonel MacFarland was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks. Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that's just a matter of history.

In fact, as Spencer Ackerman and Ilan Goldenberg have reported, the record firmly establishes the opposite: instead of being caused by the surge, the key signs of the Anbar Awakening occurred not only before that strategy was implemented, but before it was ever conceived.
Yet McCain's error was not seen by any CBS Evening News viewers. As MSNBC's Keith Olbermann noted (video below), "CBS curiously, to say the least, left it on the edit room floor. It aired Katie Couric's question, but in response, it aired part of McCain's answer to the other question instead." (Ironically, this edit came on the same day that McCain's campaign released a video mocking the media's "love affair" with Obama.)

[Blues Fan in TX]

Propagandism is hard.

[kjoe]

feeble cover....

And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that's just a matter of history.


In March 2007, before the first of the additional troops began arriving in Iraq, Col. John W. Charlton, the American commander responsible for Ramadi, a city in Anbar province, said the newly friendly sheiks, combined with an aggressive counterinsurgency strategy and the presence of thousands of new Sunni police on the streets, had helped cut attacks in the city by half in recent months.
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said late Tuesday, "Democrats can debate whether the awakening would have survived without the surge ... but that is nothing more than a transparent effort to minimize the role of our commanders and our troops in defeating the enemy, because to credit them would be to disparage the judgment of Barack Obama and praise the leadership of John McCain."

[madyaks]

No Tucker this is a open and honest effort to show that McCain doesn't know WTF he is talking about and he is running as the experienced guy.

[kjoe]

one of the reasons he is not yet ten points behind in the polls---people love this stuff...

McCain On Reporters: "Little Jerks"

By Greg Sargent - July 23, 2008, 9:37AM
A fun guy to have a beer with?

The buzz began Monday when the columnist Robert D. Novak posted an item saying that sources close to the McCain campaign were "suggesting" he would announce his selection this week. On Monday night, en route from Buffalo to Manchester, N.H., reporters went to the front of Mr. McCain's plane to get a response. Mr. McCain's initial reaction was not encouraging. "What do you want, you little jerks?" he asked, using what his staff members say is a term of endearment.

[kjoe]

CBS NEWS STANDARDS….SEC111-5….EDITING:

Editing is essential to the practice of journalism. We must make every effort to ensure that our editing reflects fairly, honestly and without distortion what was seen and heard by our reporters and recorded by our cameras and microphones. The editing process requires careful news judgments geared to the individual facts of each situation.
Interviews are to be edited in a straightforward manner, preserving the sense of the interview. Even a short sound bite should accurately reflect the spirit of the entire interview. An answer may not be taken out of context if the result is to distort the original meaning. If a question to an interview subject is used, the answer must be to that specific question. The question and the answer may be edited, but not in a way that would distort the meaning of either. Answers to different questions may not be combined to give the impression of one continuous response. In short, we cannot create an answer merely because we wish the subject had said it better.

[Reggie Cleveland]

BS, you moron.

[mmwtdh]

That post wins "Most Different Type Sizes In One Post" award.........

[kjoe]

BS, you moron.

I am not absolutely certain, but that sounds like you thought my title lacked cleverness.

There might be some common ground for you and Kah.

[kah]

This unfortunately is another example of Kjoe's Terrible Thread Titles. A good thread title would have been "McCain Forgets When the Surge Was" or "Another McCain Senior Moment" or "CBS Covers Up McCain Senior Moment". You know, something that gave the reader a vague idea of what the thread might be about, rather than gibberish.

[kjoe]

This unfortunately is another example of Kjoe's Terrible Thread Titles. A good thread title would have been "McCain Forgets When the Surge Was" or "Another McCain Senior Moment" or "CBS Covers Up McCain Senior Moment". You know, something that gave the reader a vague idea of what the thread might be about, rather than gibberish.

Noted.

I think Obama is gave a great speech in Berlin, today---but I am restraining myself from starting a thread about it...I would manage to screw it up.

[kah]

Noted.

I think Obama is giving a great speech in Berlin, today---but I am restraining myself from starting a thread about it...I would manage to screw it up.

"Obama's Big Speech in Berlin"

"Obama Speaks in Berlin"

"Major Obama Address in Berlin"


Bad Title Example: "I wonder how close this is to Hitler's bunker"

[Reggie Cleveland]

I am not absolutely certain, but that sounds like you thought my title lacked cleverness.

There might be some common ground for you and Kah.

Don't try to sweet talk me now.

[kjoe]

Don't try to sweet talk me now.

I thought it would be more in the "waving a red flag in front of a bull" category.

[hansolo]

This unfortunately is another example of Kjoe's Terrible Thread Titles. A good thread title would have been "McCain Forgets When the Surge Was" or "Another McCain Senior Moment" or "CBS Covers Up McCain Senior Moment". You know, something that gave the reader a vague idea of what the thread might be about, rather than gibberish.

Are you that big of a shithead in real life as you are on this board?