CNN Spends the Weekend Promoting the Clintons

Last week, I wrote that the reemergence of Clinton employee Paul Begala on CNN was a very bad sign for the Democratic National Convention, and lo — this weekend proved to be worse than I even thought.

Over the last 48 hours on their “political ticker,” there have been 10 stories about the Clintons, all of them aimed at stirring up rabid, anti-Obama Clinton supporters.

Here are just a few of the headlines:

• Did Clinton Get Snubbed?
• Some in Clinton Circle ‘Outraged’
• Clinton the Star of New RNC Ad Attacking Obama
• Bill Clinton Not Happy With Convention Speaking Role
• Angry Clinton Backers Targeted

Note that ALL of these articles use that old Fox News trick of saying “some people” when they don’t actually have an example of an actual person or quote.  Most of these articles have no byline, because CNN is professional like that.  And furthermore, they all use the most classically dubious of references — anonymous sources from people “close to” the Clintons (read: Paul Begala).

Thank you, CNN, for making election season 2008 as enjoyable as a yogurt enema.

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