Little-Acorn
01-20-2009, 12:58 PM
I stopped by my company's cafeteria ten minutes before Obama was supposed to take the oath, there's a TV in there. It was tuned to Headline News.
And I was astonished. They showed the same pictures of the full Mall, the various dignitaries, the speechmakers, Obama and Biden etc... but didn't broadcast much of what people were saying or singing etc! CNN seemed to feel that we wanted to hear their own announcers - same ones that are on all day, every day - than to hear the speeches, songs, etc. They talked over half of Biden's recitation of the VP oath, and managed to get in the other half. Then when everyone was ready for Obama, CNN switched to an AARP commercial!
Fox News Channel isn't available on that TV, don't know why. But enough people in the cafeteria got sufficiently pissed off, that they started fiddling with channels, and wound up on CBS. At least that network had the sense to let the cameras and mikes roll, and keep their own mouths shut. So we heard the entire Obama oath, stumbling (by both Barry and John Roberts) and all. And we heard the inaugural address in full, too. I wonder if CNN showed any of it.
I guess I need a reminder every now and then, of why I don't like CNN. Since I never watch it, I tend to forget the particulars. But CNN reminded me well today.
And I was astonished. They showed the same pictures of the full Mall, the various dignitaries, the speechmakers, Obama and Biden etc... but didn't broadcast much of what people were saying or singing etc! CNN seemed to feel that we wanted to hear their own announcers - same ones that are on all day, every day - than to hear the speeches, songs, etc. They talked over half of Biden's recitation of the VP oath, and managed to get in the other half. Then when everyone was ready for Obama, CNN switched to an AARP commercial!
Fox News Channel isn't available on that TV, don't know why. But enough people in the cafeteria got sufficiently pissed off, that they started fiddling with channels, and wound up on CBS. At least that network had the sense to let the cameras and mikes roll, and keep their own mouths shut. So we heard the entire Obama oath, stumbling (by both Barry and John Roberts) and all. And we heard the inaugural address in full, too. I wonder if CNN showed any of it.
I guess I need a reminder every now and then, of why I don't like CNN. Since I never watch it, I tend to forget the particulars. But CNN reminded me well today.