{"id":140,"date":"2011-05-29T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=140"},"modified":"2011-06-03T21:35:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T01:35:44","slug":"cnn-coverage-not-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/05\/cnn-coverage-not-neutral.html","title":{"rendered":"CNN … Coverage Not Neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to look forward to watching CNN’s Reliable Sources<\/em> on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n

I was hoping, against hope apparently, the show would be a fair look at how the media covers the government and politics.<\/p>\n

Would the show find that the media is unfairly biased to the left, even sometimes to the FAR left when doing its job?<\/p>\n

Of course not … Reliable Sources<\/em> should more accurately be called Unreliable Sources<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Compared the the far-left leaning MSNBC and the (not as much as you would think) right bending FOX News, CNN had an opportunity to fashion itself a place in the middle, whether real or perceived.<\/p>\n

Consider it opportunity blown, however.<\/p>\n

The perfect example is Reliable Sources, which rarely has conservative guests on its panels to balance out the liberals.<\/p>\n

Host Howard Kurtz also tries, although not that hard, to hide his disdain or jealousy for conservative commentators like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.<\/p>\n

Part of that’s OK Howard … you don’t have to like them.<\/p>\n

But you should consider it part of your job to fairly analyze what they are saying and the impact they have.<\/p>\n

Apparently that’s too much to ask …<\/p>\n

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