If you watch CNN, you know that since Obama’s inauguration they’ve been trying to retain viewers with/heavily promoting (music! logo!) their coverage of “President Obama’s First 100 Days.” And, maybe you’ve asked yourself, what of Day 101? How will CNN keep up the excitement the morning after?
Well, the eve of Day 100 (April 29) will receive “election night” treatment on CNN, the AP reports, “right down to John King’s magic wall.” And then? Per the AP, it’s straight to work promoting the “First 200 Days Special:”
[Sam Feist, CNN’s political director has] been planning the 100th and 200th day specials since shortly after the election.
Which the AP follows with this brief explainer:
The 100-day marker is a journalistic contrivance often used to evaluate new administrations.
And how is this supposed to tell us partisans that CNN is not biased towards a Democratic White House?
#1 Posted by JSF, CJR on Mon 20 Apr 2009 at 03:28 PM
I guess it will just re-affirm that it is biased towards a Democratic White House. As for me I will stick to getting my news from FOX News. Even when they tend to lean more right on some of the shows it still gives a more realistic view than these "Disneyland" news channels.
#2 Posted by Denise, CJR on Thu 23 Apr 2009 at 06:53 PM