Far left conspiracy theory rants are not enough to lose the praise of a CNN anchor. On the February 20th addition of American Morning, anchor Soledad O’Brien announced that Spike Lee won a Polk award for his film When the Levees Broke. The man who does not think it is "far fetched" that the levees in New Orleans were bombed, earned praise from O’Brien who editorialized, "if you haven’t seen it, you should really run out and get it" and added, "good work Spike!" Additionally, it is very telling that such conspiracy theories can win one a journalism award. The transcript is below.
Soledad O’Brien: "Director Spike Lee, who's been helping us on this project, helping hand out the cameras and giving the kids some tips for shooting, and becoming really film makers. We have a little congratulations in order for him today. His documentary, called When the Levees Broke, it won the George Polk award, which of course, is one of the top prizes in journalism. It showed the government's failed response to Katrina. If you haven't seen it you should really run out and get it. So a big congratulations to Spike Lee for this honor. Good work Spike!"
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It's the little throw away li
February 20, 2007 - 17:35 ET by Chris NormanThe little throw away lines, like Ms. O'Brien's here, can speak volumes about where the MSM is coming from and going towards...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
"It showed the governm
February 20, 2007 - 17:39 ET by ckc1227"It showed the government's failed response to Katrina"
CNN can't even get their Obamas and Osamas right on a consistent basis, yet they have the nerve to mischaracterize the government's response to katrina as "failed".
Dear UN and Al Gore,
If you don't drop this global warming crap, we will invade your countries, kill your leaders, and convert you to Christianity.
It showed the governments fai
February 20, 2007 - 17:57 ET by BDIt showed the governments failed response to Katrina? How about the failed response of a welfare addicted class incapable of taking care of itself to the point of WALKING seven miles out of a city slowly flooding...
"It showed the government's f
February 20, 2007 - 17:58 ET by gfrrman"It showed the government's failed response to Katrina"....I happen to agree here. It's the failure of STATE and LOCAL government!! Mayor Ray "Chocolate City" Nagin and Gov. "we don't need no stinkin' Nat'l Guard" Blanco!! are squarely 100% to blame.
The failure was that George B
February 20, 2007 - 18:24 ET by mattmThe failure was that George Bush didn't stand on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, raise his hands and command the storm to cease. He deliberately failed to do this because he's a racist. The bombs to blow up the levees were merely a backup to this diabolical Republican plan to destroy the chocolatest city in the U.S.
No one's reading this thread
February 21, 2007 - 13:11 ET by blarsenNo one's reading this thread but here's something to counter what is being said:
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If no one is reading this thr
February 21, 2007 - 22:09 ET by MikeBIf no one is reading this thread, why did you bother to comment? Do you love talking to yourself?
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Excuse me Chris, but Ms. ?
February 20, 2007 - 18:05 ET by SportPoliticsExcuse me Chris, but Ms. ?
Ok, that raises an extra question. First of all whonames their daughter "Soledad" ? Is that the uncommon liberal with a real Father who loves her so much she's "soley Dad's" ? Or would that be the single Mother child where between the two of them they make a Dad ?
Furthermore, Soledad is bad enough, but with the maiden name O'Brien ?
Inquiring minds do wonder.
I should have stopped before I started, but then I wouldn't be here. Finally, my eyes can't help but wonder if thar she blows a Muslim --- and Soledad is some sort of Obama variant.
SP...She was born out of wedl
February 20, 2007 - 18:09 ET by Clear thinkerSP...
She was born out of wedlock to a black man and mom wanted to make sure her daughter never forgot, thus 'Soul Dad'. Get it?
SOLEDAD Gender: Feminine Usag
February 20, 2007 - 18:22 ET by vrwc13SOLEDAD
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: so-le-DHAHD [key]
Means "solitude" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, María de Soledad, meaning "Mary of Solitude".
Her father is an Australian of Irish descent and her mother is Afro-Cuban, from Wikipedia
face piles of trials with smiles
Clear
February 20, 2007 - 18:24 ET by Carl KolchakClear, I haven't watched her show, but from what is posted here she seems pretty stuck up, so I have absolutely no desire to watch her. However, her mom and dad in my opinion shouldn't be targeted. Mothers are wonderful and being a mother is the toughest job in the world, and her dad might be an ok person too.
"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane" Waylon Jennings
Carl...No worries guy, it was
February 20, 2007 - 18:28 ET by Clear thinkerCarl...
No worries guy, it was just a lame joke.
Clear try the Ted Kopple school for jokes
February 20, 2007 - 18:35 ET by Carl KolchakClear you should watch Ted Koppel and learn his joke telling methods. He has a great sense of humor and really knows how to tell a joke. I think Ted Koppel might even be funnier than the dad from "Wonder Years."
"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane" Waylon Jennings
Carl...Ted Koppel humor... no
February 20, 2007 - 18:42 ET by Clear thinkerCarl...
Ted Koppel humor... now that is funny!
Soledad in Depth - ZDTV
February 20, 2007 - 21:11 ET by pickerseniorSoledad in Depth -
Somehow she learned to use a computer, and use some computer acronyms on a zany show on ZDTV called "The Site" opposite some "'80/s" wierdo Nerds. This was done in San Francisco. These episodes were sick in a way, but entertaining.
Somehow she was able to finesse this dubious talent to very visible liberal political opinion on the know it all channel "CNN". I wonder how, and what qualified her?
soledad
February 20, 2007 - 21:24 ET by the mad poleHer"N.P.R.", style voice?
SP,I'm the sort who tries to
February 20, 2007 - 18:17 ET by Chris NormanSP,
I'm the sort who tries to be relentlessly polite - even towards those I can't abide.:)
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
I am guessing she was named a
February 20, 2007 - 18:23 ET by BDI am guessing she was named after "The Soledad Seven Trial" in the 1970's.
spiked
February 20, 2007 - 17:38 ET by the mad poleI bet it is already required viewing for all public school second graders.
"I bet it is already r
February 20, 2007 - 17:41 ET by ckc1227"I bet it is already required viewing for all public school second graders"
It probably follows algore's flick.
Dear UN and Al Gore,
If you don't drop this global warming crap, we will invade your countries, kill your leaders, and convert you to Christianity.
I've already given my opinion
February 20, 2007 - 17:41 ET by Mr. KafirI've already given my opinion of that SOB here.
For the record, she's not a journalist, but a news reader. She hates white people too.
Next... her expose on the Bus
February 20, 2007 - 17:43 ET by Clear thinkerNext... her expose on the Bush administrations coverup of the existense of Big Foot.
Maybe ol' Spike can get down
February 20, 2007 - 17:54 ET by DRM 23Maybe ol' Spike can get down there and do a little film on who is killing who in the streets. Only 27 murders since the first of the year. Can't wait to see who gets blamed for that.
DRM 23...You obviously haven'
February 20, 2007 - 18:01 ET by Clear thinkerDRM 23...
You obviously haven't been around here long... it's ALL Bush's fault!
Folks, do we need any more pr
February 20, 2007 - 17:57 ET by NoMoreClintonsFolks, do we need any more proof that the left wing is getting loonier and loonier all the time? Have they ever met a conspiracy theory they didn't embrace, especially those casting Republicans, conservatives and white people in general as the villains?
Some of the biggest names i
February 20, 2007 - 18:19 ET by 1sttofightSome of the biggest names in journalism have won George Polk Awards -- Christiane Amanpour, Roger Angell, R. W. Apple, Homer Bigart, Jimmy Breslin, Walter Cronkite,
Gloria Emerson, Frances FitzGerald, Thomas Friedman, David Halberstam, Seymour Hersh, Marguerite Higgins, Chet Huntley, Peter Jennings, John Kifner, Ted Koppel, Charles Kuralt, Joseph Lelyveld, Tony Lukas, Mary McGrory, Edward R. Murrow, Jack Newfield, Roger Rosenblatt, Morley Safer, Oliver Sacks, Harrison Salisbury, Sidney Schanberg, Daniel Schorr, Eric Sevareid, Howard K. Smith, Red Smith, I. F. Stone and Nina Totenberg.
Funny, I don't see a conservative journalist in the bunch. Surprise, Surprise.
They prize committee must hav
February 20, 2007 - 18:32 ET by Chris NormanThey prize committee must have had the same people looking for a conservative journalist as the ones who looked for a conservative commentator for that PBS documentary...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Christiane Amanpour made th
February 20, 2007 - 18:40 ET by 1sttofightChristiane Amanpour made the case for me.
Soledad = Non White = Therefore hates whites
February 20, 2007 - 20:27 ET by Six String SpiffI have never even seen this Soledad's show. I INSTANTLY saw the "Im sorta black, so I am going to beat the 'I hate white people' drum"
Clue #1: Here we have a "Non White"; That is to say somebody who has a slight tint to their skin color and could fall under the "black" category by some technicality, (sound familiar? Mr. Barack HUSSEIN Obama)promoting a racist book..imagine that.
Clue #2: It's CNN.. No surprise here.
Sure, I watch the MSM... Through a pair of crosshairs.
You need to see Soledad on Jeopardy...
February 20, 2007 - 20:28 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasA few months back Soledad was on Jeopardy...BIG MISTAKE. The ONLY topic she did well with was pop celebrities. Her geography and politcal science acumen was a joke. She stunk...really. I wish it was available online to link to but let me tell you Soledad couldn't handle TEEN JEOPARDY. This woman needs to read what is in front of her and shut up the rest of the time.
If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal. Go Rudy!