... when it harbors resentment for whatever reason against difference in ethnicity and skin color as CNN has this past week. For over 168 hours CNN had a caucasian face and that racism continued last night until I called them on it and they slide in a Token Black Segment during NewsNight.
The Hour began at 9:59 pm with Larry King empathising with Aaron Brown on the TOUGH and DIFFICULT life of 'Jet Lag' from Rome on the second day home. A little word of advise to Aaron who seemed to suffer the most. Been there. You sleep on the way home if traveling by plane and arriving to daylight. You don't sleep if you are arriving to night hours when you can sleep when you arrive. Easy. It works. Profound lack of SYMPATHY for a man who has been doing this for decades. Same goes for a lack of SYMPATHY for the staff with same credentials.
Now the hour, all these enteries are for the PM.
1000 Aaron states "Good to see you." He can't see anyone except the camera and there is every indication he doesn't want to.
1000
First segment is a segement about the Neocon War in Iraq and a Missing in Action soldier, Matt Maupin. It is narrated by Jason Carroll. Jason is a black journalist and like all good and obedient servants he is heard but never seen. All that is SEEN are caucasian faces.
1003
Second segment is about the Neocon War and the plight of Neocon Business men outside The Green Zone. The segment is filmed inside an armored vehicle primarily. The editing is amazing for as much as they are out and about in Baghdad there is never a person of color noted including an Iraqi face. The segment is narrated by Nic Robertson, a caucasian journalist and lucky for this caucasian man he gets to be seen on film. All other appearances are by caucasians.
1008
Third segment is about Neocon Religion and the mass conducted by Cardinal Law. Through the entire segment nothing is seen but caucasian faces and it is narrated by caucasian Jim Bitterman. Odd name. Bitterman.
1011
The fourth segment is about the same Neocon Religion and complaints about the mass by Cardinal Law. Through the entire segment all that is SEEN are caucasian faces and it is narrated by Aaron Brown.
Beginning at 1013 there are four minutes of commericals.
1017
Erica Hill the caucasian news journalist does a Neocon Promo of Rummy in Iraq. That is followed by pictures of the BLACK man in New Jersey apprehended and in CUSTODY of police. Then there is a film clip about the excessive 'tackling' force used on the CHINESE tourist at the Capital seeking to speak to the president. On the front page of CNN e-page it is noted as "Man in black sparks U.S. Capitol security scare." That was concluded by a moment with poor Martha Stewart.
1019
Fifth segment is by Red Rowlands about Michael Jackson. Jackson looks caucasian in all the film noted and the rest of the film is edited to show only caucasian faces.
This was interesting to all of us waiting to hear some details about the Crawford visit of Prime Minister Sharon.
1022
Deborah Feyerick presented a segment to defeat Assisted Suicide. This was a repeat segment from about two weeks ago that was supposed to aire on one of the days of the Rome visit. All faces notably caucasian.
1026
Three minutes of commercials.
1029
Beth Nissen narrated a TOKEN Feel good about yourself and your attitude toward Blacks, Anti-discrimination segment on the death of Viola Liuzzo, a white woman who went to Selma, Alabama to protest racism, and her black friend Sarah Evans. It had a wonderful sentiment and certainly 'saved the day' for NewsNight, as did the voice of Jason Carroll. Lengthy segment of 8 minutes according to my notes.
1037
Three minutes of commercials.
1040
The 'honor' segment of the day citing dead American military. There were five names tonight. Henderson, Luna , Johnson, Maciel and Burk. The names did not appear on the transcript.
1041
Kelli Arena the Terror expert. She is the TERROR expert not necessariy the Terrorist Expert as we still don't have any disgruntled mumbles about the unsuccessful prosecution to date of Moussaoui. This TERROR segment is about a Class on 'Readiness.' The student featured was doing an investigation of 'The Plague' over the internet as her class assignment. Only caucasian faces appear. ADDITION :: Kelli was the journalist that 'outed' the Pakistan agent when there was the 'Terror Warning' in NYCity when the president was due in town for the Statue of Liberty Re-dedication. And Bob Novak is the journalist at CNN who outed Valerie Plame hence stabbing Joe Wilson in the back for his testimony regarding 'yellow cake' in Niger or was it Nigeria? Sorry, I don't have my nations straight on that one. At any rate either these journalists are the most pathetic journalists around and lead by the nose as easy as pie or this is a continued and planned assault against the minds of Americans to maintain a chronic state of panic. You know, there are just times when this HUGE message comes screaming across that television screen stating, "We don't want Osama bin Laden caught no matter what happens to anyone else." Something tells me there is a profound lack of ethics within this organization as well as a profound lack of patriotism to the USA Constitution. My, my.
1044
Three minutes of commercials.
1047
Caucasian Erica Hill appears to tell us about the Rummy Promotion in Iraq. And, Hey, there is the Jewish guy from Israel. I'll be darn. For all of 30 seconds we get to know Prime Minister Sharon was indeed in Crawford, Texas. That was followed by a promo piece by Rummy in regard to troop deployments to Iraq not exceeding 12 months without his approval. That was supposed quell any apprehension regarding by any would be recruits. When has Rummy never approved an extension of time to service in Iraq? Never. Then there was some consumer stuff about THE RETURN under Bush of more dangerous medical device but aesthetically pleasing silicone breast implants needed to save the marriage after diagnosis and a complaint about higher at the pump gas prices.
1049
A 25th Anniversary Segment called "Then and Now" about the mountain climber and his new artifical arm that allows him to keep climbing mountains, Aron Ralston. Ain't the replacement parts the GIs are getting great. Not that Aron is a GI but certainly there is plenty support for Aron among the current military. All caucasian faces of course.
1050
Three minutes of commercials.
1053
A lengthy "Morning Papers" Segment featuring the ONLY religious rag among them The Christian Science Monitor. I guess the Anti-Bush editorial in "Haaretz" is too much of a reach into reality for this Neocon Hour. "The weather in Chicago The weather tomorrow in Chicago for the first time in a while, "a spritzer." I guess it's going to rain there."
With that the hour as far as I am concerned concluded.
