Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: michael97123 who wrote (395995)	7/3/2008 11:13:55 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574727

News blackout The Media Research Center's Brent Baker, writing at www.mrc.org, said Fox News Channel's Brit Hume made a successful prediction regarding his media brethren earlier this week. "After leading Tuesday's 'Special Report' with how 'last year the administration reported satisfactory progress on only about eight of 18 benchmarks' while this year, in a report disclosed Tuesday, the administration determined 'there has been satisfactory progress on 15 of the 18,' FNC's Brit Hume doubted 'word of this progress is going to get through' to the public as he predicted: 'I suspect that this broadcast tonight — and maybe some others on this channel — are the only ones who are going to make a headline out of this. This is not going to be a big story elsewhere.' "Indeed, neither the 'CBS Evening News' nor 'NBC Nightly News' mentioned Iraq while on ABC's 'World News' anchor Charles Gibson read a short update about 'increasing dangers for U.S. troops in Afghanistan' since 'in the month of June there were 28 American fatalities in Afghanistan, just one less than died in Iraq last month.' CNN's 'Anderson Cooper 360' was also silent Tuesday night about the benchmarks," Mr. Baker said. "Hume observed that 'when it first hit the wires, the wire story lead about it was all about how much trouble the next president is going to have with the slow pace of the Iraqi government. Only down in the story did one find out that this new report on the benchmarks has come out reporting a dramatic change from a year ago.'"