CNN Intentionally Confuses Osama with Obama
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on January 2nd, 2007 3:45 pm by HL
CNN apologizes for Obama gaffe in Bin Laden graphic
Raw Story
Excerpt
A Monday night broadcast of CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer confused America’s “number one enemy” with one of America’s most popular senators
During the Jan. 1 broadcast of Wolf Blitzer’s nightly news program, a pre-commercial preview of the show’s next segment included a story on the hunt for Al Qaeda’s leadership. Over a photo of Osama Bin Laden and his second-in-command Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Blitzer stated, according to the transcript, “Plus, a new year, but the same mission. Will 2007 bring any new changes in the hunt for Osama bin Laden?”
But instead of asking “Where’s Osama?” the graphic over the two Islamists read “Where’s Obama?” referencing the surname of popular Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama.
A variety of incidents over the course of recent months have created a perception that pundits and news organizations are attempting to link the popular freshman senator and possible presidential candidate with militant Islam.
Initially, a variety of news organizations and pundits began pointing out that Obama’s middle name was “Hussein,” given to him by his father who was born and raised a Muslim. In early November, Chris Matthews on MSNBC suggested that the “Hussein” moniker will “be interesting down the road.” Republican pundits and strategists then began referring to Obama’s middle name more pointedly. On an MSNBC broadcast, GOP strategist Ed Rogers said Obama’s full name with a deliberately heavy emphasis on his middle name, and radio show host Rush Limbaugh later called him “Barack Hussein Odumbo.” (A list of these and other Obama-related incidents are available at Media Matters for America.)
On a Dec. 11 broadcast of Blitzer’s show, other moves suggested an effort to sustain a meme on Obama’s Islamic links. First, a commentary by Jeff Greenfield asked “Is there any other major public figure who dresses the way he does?” and answered, “Why, yes. It is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” He thereupon described Obama as a “sartorial timebomb.” Greenfield later insisted that his remarks were merely a joke.
On the same broadcast, CNN correspondent Jeanne Moos made the Osama-Obama link. She noted, “Someone could confuse Obama with Osama. Only one little consonant differentiates the two names. And as if that similarity weren’t enough, how about sharing the name of a former dictator?”
Following on these incidents, a conservative pundit went as far as to suggest that Obama might be a kind of Muslim Manchurian Candidate. An article by syndicated columnist Debbie Schlussel on December 18th asked “is a man who Muslims think is a Muslim, who feels some sort of psychological need to prove himself to his absent Muslim father, and who is now moving in the direction of his father’s heritage, a man we want as President when we are fighting the war of our lives against Islam? Where will his loyalties be?”
H.L.s Take:
They used to call CNN “The Clinton News Network,” Are they doing this in order to get people to start associating Barack Obama, with Saddam Hussein, and Osama Bin Laden so that people will fear Obama and vote for Hilary in the primary. She is a part of the Clinton-Bush Alliance afterall. There is no way that this was an accident. I worked in Television master control for 4 years, they are responsible for graphics. Those graphics are checked and rechecked by any number of people before they appear on air. There is no way that could have slipped through, the bosses at CNN obvioulsy approved this. CNN is taking a page out of Bush’s playbook where if Bush mentions Saddam Hussein and 9/11 often enough people will begin to just assume that the two are connected. The only problem with CNNs plan is that Democrats do not let fear run their lives, are not as stupid as Republicans and won’t be fooled. It’s amazing how far the mainstream media will go to lie to thier viewers. It’s pretty clear that the elite establishment (like the MSM) doesn’t like Barack Obama. As far as CNNs story about finding Osama Bin Laden, thats impossible, he’s dead.
