Why you shouldn't trust CNN

For supposedly being a "liberal media source" they sure don't do a good job at being accurate and are infact responsible for out of context statements made by Dean to be continued. Same with the whole "Dean Scream" fiasco where it was blown out of proportion, here we go again. CNN reports:

The former Vermont governor also recently raised eyebrows when he told a group of progressives that Republicans "never made an honest living in their lives," a comment he was forced to explain a day later. The one-time presidential candidate also said that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, who has not been accused of any crime, ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail sentence.

Democratic New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Tuesday that Dean is doing a good job, but is not the party's spokesman.

Last weekend, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, and 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards criticized Dean for his recent remarks, saying he doesn't speak for them.

First off as a supposed "responsible" news source that is not what Dean said. This is what Dean said:

I think, frankly, we ought to have voting on -- either make the Tuesday a holiday or else move it to another day where people don't -- can get out and vote.

You -- you know, the idea that you have to wait on line for eight hours to cast your ballot in Florida -- there's something the matter with that. You think people can work all day and then pick up their kids at child care or wherever, and get home and then have a -- still manage to sandwich in an eight-hour vote? Well, Republicans, I guess, can do that, because a lot of them have never made an honest living in their lives. But for ordinary working people, who have to work eight hours a day, they have kids, they got to get home to those kids, the idea of making them stand for eight hours to cast their ballot for democracy is wrong. We ought to make voting easier to do. Mail -- Oregon has got it right.

John Edwards comments about Dean were also exaggerated which he clarified on his blog:

From John Edwards:

What a flap has arisen over a disagreement about the way something is said! I was in Nashville over the weekend, thanking the good people of Tennessee who supported the Democratic presidential ticket this year, when I was asked whether I thought that it was fair to say that people who were Republican hadn’t done a good day’s work. Of course, I didn’t think so, and I said that. I don’t think our DNC chair, Howard Dean, would put it that way again if asked either. I disagreed with him, and I said so. And, I want to be clear, I would have to say so again if I were asked again. I said a lot of good things about Howard’s outreach program and invigoration of the internet as a communication and fundraising tool, but no one wrote about that. Instead the headlines blared that I disagreed with Howard. And then the flap arose: A chasm! A split! A revolt!

Instead, how about: Nonsense!

I don't care who the source is, Fox, CNN, NY Times or Washington Post....I'm tired of quotes being taken out of context and misinformation being reported. I mean really how many of us take the time to download Dean's speech to see for ourselves what was really said? How many read John Edwards blog? So the wrong impression gets sent out there to millions.

To quote an old saying "With friends like this we don't need any enemies".