CNN has Erin Burnett's back

[phantom power]

"We support Erin and the OutFront team and we respect that there will be a range of opinions on any given story."

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/erin-burnetts-bad-week.html

[deutsey]

1. Of course they do. And if they acknowledge there's a range of opinion

why isn't that range more accurately reflected in terms of CNN's hosts?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. But she's sooooooo cute!!! nt

[Kingofalldems]

3. You can't criticize her--she's pretty and better than you

[Dawson Leery]

4. Fox "News" Channel Jr.

[kayakjohnny]

8. There ya go.

Nice.

:thumbsup:

[blm]

22. They have very powerful Saudi royal shareholders in common, too...Kingdom Holdings.

Powerful allies of BushInc and global fascism....aka NWO.

[Iggo]

5. Erin Burnett is a really cute...

...piece of shit.

[Enrique]

6. the opinion isn't the issue

the issue is the quality of the programming and the extent to which it is really just shilling for the banks. Her show should be seen as an infomercial for Wall Street.

And if they issued a statement, they must have been getting a lot of shit. :toast:

[Whisp]

9. yes, they must have had a lot of unkind responses.

for them to come out of there gated media community and reply.
yay.

fuckers.

:puke:

[Dawson Leery]

11. Several others in the media have taken note of her behavior.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2074954

[Whisp]

12. ty for the link

[EmeraldCityGrl]

23. Yeah, we'll see how much they support her when her ratings

come in.

[Dawson Leery]

25. They are not supporting her.

As for the ratings, as with every other attempt, CNN's shows start out strong and quickly lose their audience.

[Gabi Hayes]

30. sam seder's take on her little wall street protester snit, in which he puts the bailout ''repayment'

controversy into understandable, concrete terms, while giving her a well-deserved rhetorical shiv:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SamSeder#p/u/6/J3mXSkU3UyQ

[Supersedeas]

17. The Most Trusted Name in Banking Infomercials.

This cute Mortgage Derivative is for you.

[AngryOldDem]

19. CNN catching shit -- as it very well should

I don't have especially high expectations of **any** journalistic enterprise anymore, but I saw that hit job she did the other night on OWS. It appalled and disgusted me that this was being presented in an "objective" program. Her contempt for the protesters was so evident you could almost smell it through the TV.

But I'm amazed that anyone would expect anything different from anyone coming from the alternative universe that is CNBC.

[Whisp]

7. she is so annoying...

reminds me so much of that highschool spoiled brat who has rich parents and thinks she knows everything.

[FarCenter]

10. Nailed it!

Personal life

Burnett was born and raised in Mardela Springs, Maryland. She is the youngest daughter of corporate attorney K. King Burnett, and his wife Esther. She attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware, graduating in 1994. Burnett later attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

At Williams College she studied political science and economics, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in political economy. As an undergraduate, she played lacrosse and field hockey for the Ephs. She is engaged to Citigroup Executive David Rubulotta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Burnett

[lumpy]

13. Ms. Erin Burnett is Wall Street.

Interesting how Maher kept taking peeks at Burnett to see how she is reacting to his statements. It's a fail to think that Burnett will add anything to economic dialogue except her defense of Wall St.

[valerief]

14. She's like Bobblehead Herpes. nt

[hlthe2b]

15. With the rare exception of Anderson Cooper clips, I never watch CNN

Erin Burnett was bad enough when she was constantly promoted (and drooled over) by Joe the Scab and his morning joe crew, when she was still with CNBC. Bleah. Let CNN know.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. "Range of opinions"

Ms. Burnett's "opinion" being whatever the exploiter class happens to want her to say on any given day.

Nice fucking range of opinions. Why not give a show to one of the protesters? Wall Street gets a show for its "opinion," but the protesters have to go through that show - which sneers and mocks them - to say anything? Nice range of opinions, CNN. Fuck you.

[mod mom]

18. "Burnett, whose fiancée is a Citigroup executive" : I guess she's just an unbiased voice

in the crowd.

If CNN want to back her opinion then the only reasonable thing to do if you value facts over opinions: switch channels!

[snappyturtle]

28. Another unbiased voice as is Andrea Mitchell Greenspan. nt

[mod mom]

29. She is the postergirl for fair & unbiased, isn't she? (Mrs Greenspan)

[snappyturtle]

31. LOL! nt

[mmonk]

20. It's about their credibility, not ours.

They choose to have none.

[dana_b]

21. "Seriously??"

whatever..

[Hotler]

24. Start boycotting products advertised on CNN.

Write, call and or email CNN and their advertisers that you will not buy their products.

[SoCalDem]

26. She's our purdy-little-gal..so you people quit bein' mean to her

[louslobbs]

27. CNN is a corporate propaganda organization. It is not an impartial, fact finding, truth telling

media organization. None of those seem to exist anymore. It does what it is told to do by those in charge of the media corporation. There are very few fact finding, investigative journalists anymore who do hard research and report what they find. Todays corporate media "makes" the news, they no longer tell it. All the BS about being the "trusted name in news," or claiming to be "fair and balanced," are made up corporate slogans for the masses to remember and associate with that particular, alleged, "news" organization. If you want the truth today, you've got to research everything yourself to find it.
Lou