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CNN, and many other liberal "news sources" whose primary charter is to support the Obama administration can be blamed for most of this. They were minimizing th

CNN, and many other liberal "news sources" whose primary charter is to support the Obama administration can be blamed for most of this. They were minimizing the importance of the scandal, relegating those who were upset over it to the tinfoil hat club, and focusing on smearing Snowden personally from Day 1. This just shows that they have been successful in their endeavor.

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threeseed 13y ago
Give us a break. The reason why ALL the news sources (liberal and otherwise) covered this is because it is newsworthy. It's human nature to want to put a face to a scandal. And to be honest it's a great face. Snowden is young, exciting, mysterious, less than perfect. Add the fact that he is jetsetting around the world, visiting exciting countries with great visuals, upsetting foreign leaders and creating lots of mini scandals just keeps his story rolling. CNN especially is just a business. And Snowden is a money maker. No conspiracy needed to work this one out.
- mc32 13y ago
  Exactly. Look at any other case like Paula Deen, or the McCann Cases or N. Holloway. They squeeze as much juice out of the stories as possible. Some are crimes deserving of _some_ attention, some are just stupidity, but they don't deserve as much coverage as they get. Yet, other than taking advantage of people's insatiable appetitive for salaciousness, scandal and the travails of the rich or pretty or the gruesome there were no conspiracies or 'invisible hand' of the [TLA agency] coordinating any of these news cycles.
- downandout 13y ago
  That doesn't change the fact that their coverage has been incredibly friendly to the Obama administration, while being very critical of Snowden. That's called bias.
mmanfrin 13y ago
CNN, and many other liberal "news sources" whose primary charter is to support the Obama administration can be blamed for most of this wat
saraid216 13y ago
Hold up. Are you actually claiming that mainstream news sources are the reason why HN front-pages every little detail about Snowden's whereabouts?
- downandout 13y ago
  No. I am saying that the conversation is about Snowden rather than the NSA because CNN and others have steered the conversation that direction.
  - saraid216 13y ago
    Can't we flag Snowden stories and upvote more interesting articles that talk about the legal minutiae of the NSA programs, then? Or the speculation on the technical detail of how said programs might function, so that there's any remote grounding for security responses? Is that a thing we're unable to do? I have been, but there hasn't been much available to upvote. I come on the front page, I see Snowden this and Snowden that and Hong Kong this and Moscow that and Iceland this and Ecuador that. What's the point of having our own news aggregator if it's just going to reflect the mainstream news?

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threeseed 13y ago

Give us a break. The reason why ALL the news sources (liberal and otherwise) covered this is because it is newsworthy. It's human nature to want to put a face to a scandal. And to be honest it's a great face. Snowden is young, exciting, mysterious, less than perfect. Add the fact that he is jetsetting around the world, visiting exciting countries with great visuals, upsetting foreign leaders and creating lots of mini scandals just keeps his story rolling. CNN especially is just a business. And Snowden is a money maker. No conspiracy needed to work this one out.

mc32 13y ago
Exactly. Look at any other case like Paula Deen, or the McCann Cases or N. Holloway. They squeeze as much juice out of the stories as possible. Some are crimes deserving of _some_ attention, some are just stupidity, but they don't deserve as much coverage as they get. Yet, other than taking advantage of people's insatiable appetitive for salaciousness, scandal and the travails of the rich or pretty or the gruesome there were no conspiracies or 'invisible hand' of the [TLA agency] coordinating any of these news cycles.
downandout 13y ago
That doesn't change the fact that their coverage has been incredibly friendly to the Obama administration, while being very critical of Snowden. That's called bias.

mmanfrin 13y ago

CNN, and many other liberal "news sources" whose primary charter is to support the Obama administration can be blamed for most of this wat

saraid216 13y ago

Hold up. Are you actually claiming that mainstream news sources are the reason why HN front-pages every little detail about Snowden's whereabouts?

downandout 13y ago
No. I am saying that the conversation is about Snowden rather than the NSA because CNN and others have steered the conversation that direction.
- saraid216 13y ago
  Can't we flag Snowden stories and upvote more interesting articles that talk about the legal minutiae of the NSA programs, then? Or the speculation on the technical detail of how said programs might function, so that there's any remote grounding for security responses? Is that a thing we're unable to do? I have been, but there hasn't been much available to upvote. I come on the front page, I see Snowden this and Snowden that and Hong Kong this and Moscow that and Iceland this and Ecuador that. What's the point of having our own news aggregator if it's just going to reflect the mainstream news?