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CNN has announced changes at the news network. One of the major changes is CNN will be reporting "news." Isn't that what they should have been doing for the past 25 years?
CNN Chief Joe Klein said the changes are intended to focus CNN on hard news and analysis and away from talk and opinion.
"There are many tactical things we could do to try to beat Fox, but we're trying to be ourselves: Roll up our sleeves and report the news, don't talk about it," Klein says.
Klein said the network is not trying to beat Fox, which leads CNN in ratings, but to compete in a universe of 500 channels, millions of blogs, video games, and Itunes.
The major changes include an one-hour international news program at noon Eastern time and a three-hour afternoon block featuring Wolf Blitzer. Anchors Anderson Cooper, Paula Zahn, and Aaron Brown will maintain the rime slots and programs.
Will the change to an emphasis on hard news change the liberal bias in CNN's reporting and anchors. Simple answer, NO.
USATODAY.com - This is the new CNN: More news, less debate
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Other interesting stories
The Senate is moving rapidly to confirm the three judges mentioned in the "agreement" among 14 "moderate" senators.
The Senate has confirmed Janice Rogers Brown to a seat on the US Court of Appeals for Washington DC, and has voted to end debate on the nomination of William Pryor to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Pryor has been serving on the court since President Bush gave him a "recess appointment."
The full Senate will vote in Pryor's nomination today.
With the vote on Pryor, this could end the agreement not to filibuster judicial nominations. The agreement says that further votes on judges could be blocked under "extraordinary circumstance." It is likely that Democrats and their liberal friends will consider any future nominees and those waiting confirmation will fall under the "extraordinary circumstance" because they were appointed by President Bush.
If that is Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) plan, he can be certain that the Republicans will be able to gather enough votes to change the rules and eliminate filibusters on judicial nominees.
Senators Expected to Confirm Pryor - Yahoo! News
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Another Democrat member of Congress is backing away from statements made by DNC Chairman Howard Dean.
On this morning's 'Imus in the Morning" program on MSNBC, Rep, Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN) told the I-man that DNC Chairman Howard Dean is not representing mainstream Democrats with his recent rhetoric. Ford said that at some point the Democrats may have to make a change.
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The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are still after John Kerry to release his full military record instead of portions generally favorable to Kerry.
Monday, Kerry allowed the release of some additional documents to the Boston Globe on Monday. It was these documents that included Kerry's lackluster Yale transcript.
Kerry claims to have signed Standard Form 180 that would release his Navy record to the public and anyone who asked. The Monday release of documents is, according to the Navy and a Boston Globe reporter, incomplete.
Jerome Corsi, co-author of 'Unfit for Command' said that form 180 does not have an exception clause. He believes Kerry called the Navy Department and had them send some documents to the Globe.
"It's a blanket release of documents to the American public," Corsi said. "This is not a Standard Form 180 procedure. I think he just called up the Navy and told them to send documents to the Boston Globe. I want to see the form posted on his website."
Kerry's record became a campaign issue because of his claims of valor that the Swift Boat Veterans say is fraudulent and he did not deserve most of the medals he received. There is also a question over the type of discharge Kerry received. It is possible based on other information that Kerry received a less than honorable discharge from the Navy.
Another Kerry critic, BG Burkett, author of the book 'Stolen Honor' believes Kerry's "authorized release of documents to the Globe "continued cover up of his true military service" because it doesn't allow anyone to retrieve the full documentation"
There is also a question about why the Globe received the documents directly from the Navy. Due to their age, Kerry's record would be kept at the National Personnel Record Center.
Could the remaining documents in Kerry's record prove what the Swift Boat Veterans say is true? Could the records indicate Kerry discharge was questionable? Or could it show nothing and leave Kerry critics dismayed?
The real answers may never come. The only thing for certain is John Kerry will run for president in 2008. The release of his full Navy record could end those plans.
WorldNetDaily: Critics charge Kerry still covering up
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