Tuesday, January 18, 2011

CNN's John King apologizes for the word "crosshairs" being used on his show

"We're trying to get away from that language."

This from the network that once had a show called 'crossfire.' I'm still trying to determine if this is for real, or just a lame attempt at a joke.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Until the gunned down Congresswoman is back at her desk, we should do away with "crosshairs" symbols in political advertisements.

I think even Sarah finally agreed to that last night on Hannity's show.

Right Wingnut said...

Anon,

I watched the interview twice. She said no such thing. Why would she? It's already been established that there's no connection.

Anonymous said...

HANNITY: A lot of these initial stories, Governor, had to do with this map that your PAC had put up during the last campaign, and the fact that Congresswoman Giffords was one of the people on, quote, "the target list," in the crosshairs that were there. What could you tell us about this map? And I'll get into more questions after that.

PALIN: ... So, you know, that came up right away, that, oh, it must be a cause of this horrendous evil act of this shooter, that perhaps he saw that map and that incited him towards violence, which, of course, is ridiculous. Again, it's not an original use of an icon or a graphic.

HANNITY: Did you or your PAC have this taken off the Website immediately after the shooting? Because that's been bantered about.

PALIN: You know, I believe that someone in the PAC, in fact, the contract graphic artist, did take it down. And I don't think that that was inappropriate. If it was going to cause much heartburn and even more controversy, I didn't have a problem with it being taken down.

Right Wingnut said...

Yes she said that, but she also made it clear that we shouldn't censor political ads in the future. She never said anything remotely close to what you said in your opening post. Furthermore, it's still on her Facebook page.

Why not post with your name, Craig? Everone knows it's you...

Right Wingnut said...

Does anyone remember how many inerviews Huck did in the wake of the wake of four cops being shot in WA? You couldn't turn on FOX for a week without seeing him grovel to the various hosts. There's a big difference between the two cases...Huck WAS at least partially responsible for those murders. Perhaps I'll write a post on it as a reminder.

OhioJOE said...

I did not know it was Craig, but if it is, he turned into a disgrace.

illinoisguy said...

He's always been a disgrace, from day one. I was lone wolf in calling for him to be banned from ROS over a year ago.