++ [ originally posted by Shadowfax ] ++
CNN is indeed a biased news source... but then who ever said cnn was a fair and acurate news source... simple answer.. No one.. It doesnt even pretend to be.
You're wrong Shadowfax.
CNN claims it is the first with the news, and your source for accurate, up-to-the-minute news from anywhere in the world.
That is a load of absolute crap. When the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, CNN was the
last to report it. CNN calls virtually has to call Bush first before deciding what it shows. Their reporting particularly on the Iraq war was the most biased piece of reporting I have ever seen.
In, fact, the Nigerian government in particular has had cause to complain about CNN's coverage of this country. CNN is always waiting for some bad news to break so it can potray Nigeria as an amalgamation of lawless tribal lords.
That BBC article on Nigeria was actually a piece of tripe. Gutter reporting if I ever saw it. One incident (bad though it was) is not enough to qualify the people as blood-thirsty savages.