CNN Runs More Stories on Cain 'Scandal' in Six Days Than it Did Obama's Ties to Ayers, Rezko and Wright Combined
If you needed any more evidence of the political leaning of CNN, consider that much like Politico, it has in the last six days done at least 94 reports on the sexual harassment allegations involving Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.
Substantially more shocking, according to LexisNexis, the supposedly most trusted name in news only did 77 total stories on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's ties to domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, convicted real estate developer Tony Rezko, and America-hating Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Shortly after the Politico story broke Sunday evening, CNN's Don Lemon began the 10PM installment of CNN Newsroom:
DON LEMON: Good evening. I'm Don Lemon. Thanks for joining us.
Those stories and more, but first we're going to start with some breaking political news. Herman Cain's campaign for president under scrutiny tonight over a report that could tarnish his carefully, cultivated image.
"Politico" reports that during Cain's time as a restaurant's industries chief lobbyist, at least two women complained of inappropriate behavior, specifically suggestive sexual behavior. Both women reportedly left the association with payouts in the five figures and agreed not to talk about it.
This was followed by at least eighteen reports on the subject each of the next five days and three already on Saturday giving us a grand total of 94. I say at least because there could be numerous reports on this matter each hour the subject is raised.
By contrast, prior to Election Day 2008, CNN did 25 reports on Obama's ties to Ayers, thirteen for his connection to Rezko, and 39 on his association with Wright.
As Obama first put his name into the presidential ring in February 2007, this means his combined "scandals" got roughly four reports a month from CNN.
By comparison, the so-called most trusted name in news has devoted almost 16 stories a day to as yet unproven sexual harassment allegations aimed at Cain.
How might the executives at CNN explain this glaring disparity?
Maybe more importantly, would Obama be president today if CNN had covered his scandals with the same gusto it's now reporting Cain's?
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Soon Herman should start ignoring any talk of this nonsense
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:10pm.
and just say, I'm here to fix things. If you want to compare my morals to the people that the democrats revere, let's do so. But otherwise, I will not allow you to misdirect myself or the people of this country from the issues.
"nonsense"
Submitted by giatn on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:07pm.
Are you kidding? Cain is a liar. Maybe that doesn't matter to you, but it should
to anyone with an ounce of integrity. Haven't you suffered enough under the current
liar in the WH. Never again. Never again.
→ Hear me out on this.
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:35pm.
Do we have another Rathergate brewing? Where Herman Cain continues to gain popularity and penultimately, the nomination, only to be cut off at the knees by the voice of a lawyer whose client cannot, in "all good conscience", allow the American people to enter into this election ignorant of her ordeal?
Tell me you don't see this coming a mile away?
→ Anderson Cooper
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:43pm.
I can also see Anderson Cooper getting the Pullet Surprise for reviving the story.
Women Say Herman Cain Beat Them with a Frozen Turkey
Submitted by HollyW on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:37pm.
According to a story in the Daily Rash, Politico is reporting that two women claim Herman Cain beat them "senseless" with a frozen turkey in the late nineties. http://www.thedailyrash.com/two-women-say-herman-cain-beat-them-senseles...
Cain's scandal
Submitted by cocodrie on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:51pm.
Cain's scandal is just like the new disease that is ravaging America. This new disease has no name, no cure, and no symptoms. There no ways to detect it, no means to prevent it and no way to determine who has it. Its origin is unknown and its duration cannot be controlled.
There is one difference however, the government controlled media is not promoting or fabricating the disease.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Obama Would FAIL Background Check 2b on Own Secret Service Detai
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:59pm.
'... Combined (these) 'scandals' got roughly four reports a month from CNN. By comparison, the so-called most trusted name in news has devoted almost 16 stories a day to as yet unproven sexual harassment allegations aimed at Cain.'
So let's do the math on this, comparing, to borrow a phrase of my man Herman's, 'apples to apples', okay?
4 x per month = 1x per week = 1x per day. (Let's say.)
16x per day = CNN's frequency rate on Herman Cain's non-touching, non-naked, no-pictures, no-threats, no-names, no-specifics, totally anonymous allegations of supposedly doing something wrong in two public places, witnessed by people who won't say what they supposedly saw even though they are not bound by any legal covenant not to -- got it?
So... CNN's rate of frequency, for spewing ABSOLUTE BULLCR*P is: SIXTEEN TIMES FASTER.
16x - that of the damning, verifiable, named FELONY SCUM Obama FREELY CHOSE TO ASSOCIATE WITH. It's SIXTEEN TIMES more important to spew INNUENDO on a man whose entire life SCREAMS integrity than to send a reporter - (like they to did to Wasilla-frickin'-Alaska to investigate a person no longer in public office, where they turned up nothing, btw) - to investigate people, who, if a member of the Secret Service had a known association, would disqualify them from their detail protecting the guy who does have these known associations - Got that?
THINK ABOUT THAT: The guys who are charged with taking a BULLET FOR OBAMA have been BETTER VETTED THAN THE PRESIDENT.
Secret Service CAN'T HAVE ANY KNOWN ASSOCIATIONS with people or organizations whose stated aim to do violence to the Republic...
OBAMA'S WHOLE FRICKIN' LIFE IS THESE PEOPLE.
Just Google Secret Service background check and navigate to their site, then have a look. It's thought-provoking to say the least.
Of course it would
Submitted by cmblake6 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 1:38pm.
It failed e-verify!
Math problem/error?
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 3:55pm.
"4 x per month = 1x per week = 1x per day." Should be 1/7 per day right? 16 divided by 1/7 = 16 x 7 = 112 x more NOT just 16!
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
They're gonna' pay for it.
Submitted by NeoKong on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:55pm.
Not that they care.
CNN after all is a business. They sell ad space based on their ratings. If the information they peddle is worthless then people will go elsewhere...even more.
I will use the NYT's as an example. The once mighty and proud NYT's is now reduced to a step above tabloid. They get busted telling a lie now it's seems like once a week.
It is insulting when a news source tries to push a weak story on people. It's as if they think we don't have choices.
Know your enemy
Submitted by Tjexcite on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:58pm.
And they do not have a R anywhere behind there name, even in the name only bit
They smelt blood and the hour the right even went "um" to this smear they knew to attack.
Maybe more importantly, would Obama be president today if CNN had covered his scandals with the same gusto it's now reporting Cain's?
Nope, Hillary would be president with Bill "protected by the media" Clinton looking to see if all the hiding places are still there.
Pray tell, what did you expect?
Submitted by cmblake6 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 1:34pm.
Herman Cain is a whole helluva lot purer "Afro-American" than O'Bulls^*t, so they can't use the race card. He's a successful businessman, which The Thing That Would Be King has NEVER been. And he's got a plan, which he has clearly spoken. Of course the left is sh*%%ing all over itself. Alinsky told them how to do it, and they are following the plan. Luckily, many Americans have now heard how this works, and are following MY theory. The more the left attacks, the more deserving the candidate.
Ayers, Rezko and Wright Combined?
Submitted by Jersey Boy on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 1:51pm.
Why bother? FOX and the Right Wing talk shows already had those stories saturated
'Why bother'??? That's an
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 2:58pm.
'Why bother'??? That's an unacceptable excuse. Were the stories on Ayers, Rezko, and Wright TRUE??? Why didn't the MSM 'bother' following them?? Hmmmmmmmmmmm???? Or maybe that's a rhetorical question, since the answer is obvious.
Now, as to Cain.............we're in the sixth day of non-stop bla-bla-bla..........and can you, or anybody else, tell me what it was that Cain did???
He became a well known,
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 3:59pm.
He became a well known, outspoken, black conservative. They don't want ANY to ESCAPE the government plantation!
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
35 weeks and THAT's your 1st post?
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:34pm.
Do you prefer Jersey Troll or Troll Boy? More than likely a re-tread or a sock puppet. Another drive-by regardless.
Right wing talk shows
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 12:31pm.
I guess Jersey Boy is as clueless as the day he was born. Must be another person born at night. Last night. So what if stories were saturated on so called Right Wing radio shows? Better to have coverage on them than have them totally ignored by the so called Main Stream Media. CNN's claim to be "the most trusted name in news" is a joke. When you have people like Anderson Cooper, Carol Costello, Kyra Phillips, Wolfe Blitzer, and Jack*** Jack Cafferty, you do not have a group of credible, objective journalists but instead, a pack of partisan hacks looking for a Conservative to play "Gotcha."
What about the Chicago Annenberg Challenge?
Submitted by needle on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:29pm.
You could probably throw that into the mix and your statement would still be true.
Obama's only executive role in his whole life, before becoming the worst President in the history of the United States, was when he was the head of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. In that role he completely wasted of $150 Million in grant money and achieved absolutely NOTHING. (Sound familiar?) This was the ONE significant data point indicating what would happen if he should become President of the United States. The "news" organizations that deliberately ignored this and spiked the story, have proved themselves to be completely unreliable, irresponsible, deceptive, and worth less than nothing.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
I disagree, needle
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58pm.
I call your attention to his successful efforts in defeating the BAIPA (Born Alive Infant Protection Act) law in the Illinois Legislature.
Ear Leader ensured continuation of the barbaric practice in Illinois until even the most depraved members in the US Congress were sickened by it.
The last hymn is sung and the Devil cries "MORE!" - Ian Anderson
Ahhhhhhhh...........somebody'
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:32pm.
Ahhhhhhhh...........somebody's going to jump in here and claim that Annenberg was a Republican, so all of this work was done at the behest of the EVIL Republicans.
Jer??? C'mon, my man..........make the case!!!
I was referring to Obama’s EXECUTIVE role
Submitted by needle on Tue, 11/08/2011 - 12:07am.
I do not dispute that Obama’s role in defeating the BAIPA was sickening; but that was a legislative role. So far as I can ascertain the Chicago Annenberg Challenge is the only point in Obama’s past where he performed – if you can call it that – in an executive capacity.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Noel...For some further perspective,
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:35pm.
could you provide a Lexis-Nexis count on the number of reports on Fox regarding the Cain allegations and follow-up? And, just out of curiosity, what were the totals on CNN and Fox regarding Weinergate?
Thanks.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:03pm.
if you're coming at it from the standpoint that it's an apparent non-issue with FOX, rest assured it's definitely an issue.
Coverage of Cain (as news) has been approximately equal to that of Weiner.
Cool...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:37pm.
On the contrary, I'm coming at it from the standpoint that the Cain controversy has also been widely reported on FOX.
Jer
→ Thanks for the clarification, Jer
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:49pm.
It is reported on FOX, as it should be.
Jer
Submitted by MrShy on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:16pm.
Clearly you remain in your non-Fox bubble, so alas, you harp about them being a "right wing tool" outlet like the next liberal, either claiming (lying) that they don't cover certain things or not having any idea and i.e. asking Noel to find out for you.
Cain's front and center on almost every show on Fox, but they're correctly presenting it in two lights.
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Shy...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:44pm.
Incorrect, my friend. I'm well aware of Fox's coverage of Cain. That was precisely my point. But your continued trouble with posting facts is duly noted. You're certainly invited to provide evidence of my lying, however, bearing in mind that your attempts in the past were a miserable and embarrassing failure.
Jer
I am currently
Submitted by Bob K on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:47pm.
in the hospital. I turned on CNN yesterday and it looked like a 24/7 Cainfest. That seemed to be all they could talk about every time I turned it on. I am not able to get MSNBC on the hospital supplied cable lineup.......They must consider its omission good for my healing process. LOL. But I would bet it is all they can talk about there as well. By the way, I am covered by the VA for much of my stay, but I have already gotten a bill for my end of 500+ bucks, just for lab tests. But I am not whining. I will pay it and others for my end just as I have done in the past. And I am on the low end of the 99 percent.......LoL. And thanks to all my fellow taxpaying citizens who help pay for part of it, and I will try to keep the overall bill as low as possible. I am discovering a myriad of ways to do that.
Bob K
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:51pm.
All that other BS aside, thank you very much for your service and I hope you are better soon.
stupidity
Submitted by giatn on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:03pm.
I am disgusted that the Republicans continue to ignore the truth just as the public did when
Obama's red flags were raised. News Flash: Cain told evolving lies for 5 days. There
was NO possibility whatsoever that he didn't know the EXACT details of the case the first
time he was asked. The speech by the lawyer of one of the victims would have had to dispel
any lingering doubts one had about his integrity. HE LIED. He bobbed, weaved, deflected
and LIED for days. We already have a Liar-in-Chief and don't need another one. This
is not a smear by a left wing conspiracy. In fact, it doesn't matter who or how the story
came out. It was completely accurate and Cain lied about it. WAKE UP idiots. The man
is a genial, consummate LIAR just like Obama. The country should not be subjected
further to either one of them. Only concentrated willful blindness could keep one from
knowing beyond ANY doubt that Cain lied. That's all anyone needs to know. If you were
the victim, would you subject yourself and your family to the venom and scrutiny of the press
as did Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, etc.? Is there even a modicum of common sense left in
this country????? I beg you, stop the insanity.
So
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:25pm.
Pointing out the blatant double standards of the press in covering this, so far factless, smear against the right when the left get's a pass on much worse make us idiots? No, that make you the idiot. Idiot.
So, giatn, vote for Ronpaul, right?
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:21pm.
Or are you a shill for the Mittwit? Or, the DNC?
"The speech by the lawyer", stop, just stop right there. You need go no further. It was a speech, that's all, certainly not sworn testimony.
You claim the "story" is completely accurate? I hope that wherever you live, they've revoked your privilege to sit on a jury, because you have no power or ability to reason.
Good evening giatn
Submitted by cocodrie on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:33pm.
Thanks for calling me an idiot. I don't believe Cain did anything.
You have unsubstantiated accusations of unknown acts made by anonyous victims. I believe you been hoodwinked by a Chicago hood.
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The disparity aside,
Submitted by coin of the realm on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 11:23pm.
Having Cain win the republican nomination for president is the best possible outcome for Obama. For the moment at least, the polls show Obama easily defeating Cain--who is considered by many to be unelectable--while Romney is ahead of Obama.
Logic begs the question, who would try to destroy the Cain candidacy given the above data?
Oh yea, It is ironic that Limbaugh and Hannity have tirelessly advocated for Cain, since this Politico story broke, without any awareness, they are hurting the republican chances of winning the WH. Talk about a lack of candle power!
At least you are right on with this disparity of coverage story. It has given me reason to become more skeptical of the motivations of the MSM.
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Small Change
Submitted by sentry_99 on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 11:34pm.
Usually when we talk about a lack of candle power, we're talking about you.
Thanks
Submitted by Rukus on Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:43pm.
A flaming moonbat bashing Cain then pushing Romney is the best reason to support the former and oppose the latter. Thanks!
edit: (turns out to be Hayate btw)
Another Week and They Will Exceed Their 8yr of Clinton Coverage
Submitted by Avitar on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 4:36am.
The Spft spoap that the mesia provides for Liberals was built up over a hundred years. It is only todays new technologies that allow the serious stories that used to be spiked are now shown,