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CNN Calls on Cable Operators to Block Ad Critical of Lou Dobbs
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - 8/5/2009
CNN Calls on Cable Operators to Block Ad Critical of Lou Dobbs
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A commercial critiquing CNN's Lou Dobbs is being shown on Fox News and MSNBC this week -- but not CNN.
CNN Poll: Americans split on Obama's health care proposals
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 8/5/2009
CNN Poll: Americans split on Obama's health care proposals
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — A CNN Poll indicates that only 3 in 10 Americans think President Obama's health care plan will... help their families. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Americans appear split over President Barack Obama's health care reform proposals, according to a new ... (more) CNN Poll: Americans split on Obama's health care proposals

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First on the CNN Ticker: Florida senator to resign seat
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 8/7/2009
First on the CNN Ticker: Florida senator to resign seat
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Florida, will announce that he is resigning his seat, three GOP... sources tell CNN. Earlier this year, Martinez had said he would not run for re-election in 2010. Under Florida law, Republican Governor ... (more) First on the CNN Ticker: Florida senator to resign seat
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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 8/5/2009
CNN Refusing To Run Health Care Ad Critical Of Insurance Industry
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — What on earth is going on at CNN? (more) CNN Refusing To Run Health Care Ad Critical Of Insurance ...

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The Caucus:  The Early Word: Back to the Economy

The Sideshow:  Everything old is old again

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The Early Word: Back to the Economy
The Caucus — ... over how to turn around the ailing finances of the Postal Service, which is now projected to run a $7 billion deficit in 2009. (One option that might not be off the table, Ms. Fuller reported, is reducing mail delivery to five days a week.) Battle With CNN’s Dobbs: At our sib-blog, Media Decoder, Brian Stelter reviews the air fight over comments anchor Lou Dobbs made about President Obama’s birth certificate and an ad protesting the Dobbs remarks that the cable network is refusing to run.

Everything old is old again
The Sideshow — ... But Lou Dobbs is sacred: "A commercial critiquing CNN's Lou Dobbs is being shown on Fox News and MSNBC this week - but not CNN. CNN has worked with the cable operators that carry its channel to block the commercial, which was produced by the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters. According to a CNN employee who requested anonymity, CNN managers said in a morning staff meeting that the channel had invoked unspecified agreements with operators to stop the ad from running. The ad accuses Mr. Dobbs of 'promoting the false, right-wing conspiracy that President Obama ...

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