CNN’s Veronica De La Cruz pulled her scoop on Thursday’s "American Morning" straight out of the left-wing blogosphere. The network’s Internet correspondent cited both the Huffington Post and the Daily Kos in her short segment on the brand-new changes on John McCain’s presidential campaign website.
De La Cruz first zeroed in on McCain’s new slogan. " His new slogan reads ‘a leader we can believe in,' 'a leader we can believe in.' If it sounds somewhat familiar, you probably know that Barack Obama always used the slogan 'change you can believe in.’" She then used an image from the Huffington Post to make her next point. "And if you take a look at this image, we are looking at this. This is found on huffingtonpost.com. You see that, when you put the two Web sites up next to each other. There's one on top, you see Barack is up there, McCain's new logo also looks similar to Barack Obama's as well."
The CNN correspondent then continued on the subject of the new logo/color scheme on the McCain website, using a Daily Kos blogger’s commentary. "A blogger from Daily Kos takes a closer look at these things, ‘the sunrise, the white stripes, I don't know if this is purposely plagiarized, but if I were the McCain campaign, I'd get some good copyright lawyers. Even his forward-looking stare matches that of Obama.’"
After De La Cruz gave a brief description of some changes on the Obama website, she quipped, "you know what they say: imitation is what?" "American Morning" co-host John Roberts gave a snarky reply: "Well, plagiarism is the most sincere form of flattery."
—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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I think this is great
June 5, 2008 - 16:17 ET by MidAmericaI think this is great strategy on McCains part. Water down obama's marketing strategy and he has nothing to sell because he's all hype.
"Even his forward-looking
June 5, 2008 - 16:19 ET by SickofLibs"Even his forward-looking stare matches that of Obama."
BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT! The Messiah is ALWAYS depicted gazing up into the heavens, seeing something we, as mere mortals, can't hope to see.
If are you looking straight ahead right now, you are plagiarizing Obama. Better get a copyright lawyer!
Obama never stares straight
June 5, 2008 - 16:43 ET by bigtimerObama never stares straight ahead! Ever...because of his ears...
I am serious, I wonder if people ever notice how when he makes his long sweet nothing leftist speeches that he is constantly turning his head from left to right, (I know about the teleprompters) but he never once looks straight ahead...same in debates and on interviews, he is always making sure he is viewed from an angle...even when he is gazing skyward...
With Obama it is angle... angle.... angle...lol!
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
What?
June 5, 2008 - 16:31 ET by 10ksnookerYou mean CNN can't tell the difference between 'change' which is a nothing baloney sandwich and 'leader' which describes a person? Who knew the correspondents at CNN were that warped? Not me, I never watch that network for ignorant people.
Maybe McCain is making a
June 5, 2008 - 16:37 ET by motherbeltMaybe McCain is making a contrast between "change" and "a leader."
Maybe it's a spoof.
At any raite, did Obama copyright the phrase "can believe in"?
And are photos of someone smiling into the camera now plagiarism?
How about that popular "arms folded" pose...is that now Obama's too?
No MB. Dale Earnhardt
June 5, 2008 - 16:44 ET by MassConservNo MB. Dale Earnhardt popularized the "arms folded" pose first. ;-)
God love him A
June 5, 2008 - 18:39 ET by red_dragon311God love him
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
I didn't say he invented it
June 5, 2008 - 20:46 ET by motherbeltNotice I said is it "now" Obama's too?......;-)
Maybe he should copyright "the same old politics."
How lame can you get?
June 5, 2008 - 16:37 ET by mattmHow lame can you get? Obviously McCain is making a distinction between "change" and "leadership."
If the Commie News Network is going to use the Huffypuffy post as a source, they could at least try to find something better than this....ah, that is if they were not merely campaigning for B. Hussein.
Thanks CNN...
June 5, 2008 - 16:49 ET by winston smith...for that well-sourced piece on McCain. Now we know why you'll always be No. 2 in the cable industry. Maybe your slogan should be changed to actually read -- "I Saw It On Kos!" or "I Saw It On CNN--- Who Saw It On Kos!"
Amazing. McCain's slogan
June 5, 2008 - 16:46 ET by krendlerAmazing. McCain's slogan is basically a more sensible version of (as well as mocking, perhaps) Obama Nation's idiotic CHANGE mantra. Leave it to CNN to parrot the left-wing blogs and cry "plagiarism".
Counting the days until CNN and MS-NBC decide to officially declare McCain a "Racist"(tm). Just a matter of time. Keep in mind it didn't take anything more than calling Obama a "kid" and his voting record "a fairy tale" for Bill Clinton to be thrown under the bus as a racist by the Obama Mob that is the msm.
Can you even imagine the
June 5, 2008 - 16:49 ET by krendlerCan you even imagine the type of stuff CNN and MS-NBC will be pulling come October if it's a close race or Obama's behind in the polls? Will make National Guard-Rather-Gate look tame by comparison.
whipping boy
June 5, 2008 - 16:58 ET by Jerry MackJohn McCain has now gone from the maverick that they all loved to the designated whipping boy.
Everyone Saw It Coming
June 5, 2008 - 17:39 ET by rammingspeedInteresting that a pipsqueak cub reporter like Veronica De La Cruz gets to fire one of the first anti-McCain shots, but we all knew it was coming. Of course, John Roberts got to push out his chest and make the "plagiarism" charge. They must be proud.
CNN
June 5, 2008 - 20:59 ET by DaieCNN should focus on something much more important...the color of McCain's teeth.
At least McCain didn't copy
June 6, 2008 - 02:06 ET by ZapAt least McCain didn't copy large portions of an entire speech.