CNN Shocker: Jack Cafferty Mentions Tea Parties...Online That Is

CNN Shocker: Jack Cafferty Mentions Tea Parties...Online That Is

By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive)
March 24, 2009 - 18:20 ET

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles, CNN's Jack Cafferty has noticed that Americans are gathering at "Tea Parties" to protest their government's runaway spending and taxation.

Unfortunately, this wasn't done on air, and nowhere in his CNN.com piece did he mention President Barack Obama's name.

However, as his colleagues have largely ignored these protests -- as of Monday they have yet to be mentioned on "The Situation Room" for example -- we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth (h/t Glenn Reynolds):

Last week there were protests and demonstrations by taxpayers in cities all around the country who are beginning to object in increasing numbers to runaway government spending, taxes, bailouts and our growing national debt. These protests were called tea parties. Has a familiar ring to it, doesn't it?

This was the conclusion to his commentary which began thusly:

There is a chill wind blowing across this land of ours.
People are losing faith in their ability to realize the American dream. While AIG pays out $165 million in bonuses to people who arguably contributed to the need for the federal government to hand them $170 billion of our money, and while politicians lie about who crafted the language that allowed this kind of stuff to happen (Are you listening Chris Dodd?), the average American is seeing his future disintegrate in front of his eyes.

Oddly, Cafferty didn't mention President Obama or any members of his Administration.

I wonder why.

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"... we shouldn't look a

March 24, 2009 - 18:32 ET by Chris Norman

"... we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth "

Okay Noel, I'll say it: or, in the case of Cafferty, the horse's other end.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

SNAP

March 24, 2009 - 18:38 ET by CT

SNAP

"... we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth..." Really?

March 24, 2009 - 18:35 ET by CT

Nor should we be looking at the other end, CNN's Jack Cafferty.

Just a matter of time

March 24, 2009 - 18:36 ET by bigtimer

Just a matter of time before the networks other than Fox are going to have to report on these other than the internet...the April 15th Tea Parties won't be ignored.

People are seething, we know what is going on more than they think we know....and storm clouds are gathering.

Wow.... he seems so

March 24, 2009 - 18:38 ET by MidAmerica

Wow.... he seems so ....rational. Do you suppose his gig at his struggling network might be in jeopardy and he needs a better entry on his resume other than 'Resident Crank'?

Does This Have Anything to Do with Their Tanking Ratings???

March 24, 2009 - 18:54 ET by HoosierEm

I don't know about anyone else but even if CNN and MSNBC did a complete 180 and started being objective in their reporting, it would be so obvious they were just pandering and I could never watch them.

I am completely shocked.

March 24, 2009 - 19:59 ET by timothe

I simply can't believe Cafferty would even mention this...even if it is just an online story.

Perhaps my weekly emails to the CNN.com Ombudsman had something to do with it. (Probably not.)

Is this the start of more fair and unbiased reporting?

I think not.

"Contempt prior to investigation is ignorance."

Dallas invites Cafferty to Tax Day Tea Party

March 24, 2009 - 22:06 ET by jefflebowski

As a proud member of the Dallas Tax Day Tea Party, I officially invite Jack Cafferty to Dallas to participate in our protest. We'll need him once we run out of tea.

Angry White Dude

http://angrywhitedud...

Tea Party the Media Headquarters!

March 26, 2009 - 02:05 ET by Vidsweet

This is an idea that I've been spreading around. I was so upset to hear that the media isn't covering the tea parties. So I suggested that for April 15, especially in NYC (which will be held after work at 7pm), that protesters show a preview in the morning shows.

NYC has all those morning hosts stepping outside, selling hello to people on barricades. Well, won't it be nice to organize a morning tea party, too? Or protest outside NYTimes, questioning why media won't report on the public voice?! Then march to city hall. I think April 15 is a great opportunity to do it, because a lot of people are planning to come out and protest. But it'll be more effecgtive if they were on Good Morning America, Today show, etc.

Even better--call in the media's COMPETITORS. Call NY1 news or Telemundo cable stations. Wouldn't cable love to see their competition get protested? NYPost or even the Enquirer would love to cover NYTimes getting yelled at, right?