Re:Venezuela offers asylum to Snowden
by downandout on Friday July 05, 2013 @09:56PM
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That doesn't change the fact that their coverage has been incredibly friendly to the Obama administration, while being very critical of Snowden. That's called bias.
Exactly. Look at any other case like Paula Deen, or the McCann Cases or N. Holloway. They squeeze as much juice out of the stories as possible. Some are crimes deserving of _some_ attention, some are just stupidity, but they don't deserve as much coverage as they get.
Yet, other than taking advantage of people's insatiable appetitive for salaciousness, scandal and the travails of the rich or pretty or the gruesome there were no conspiracies or 'invisible hand' of the [TLA agency] coordinating any of these news cycles.
The reason why ALL the news sources (liberal and otherwise) covered this is because it is newsworthy. It's human nature to want to put a face to a scandal. And to be honest it's a great face. Snowden is young, exciting, mysterious, less than perfect. Add the fact that he is jetsetting around the world, visiting exciting countries with great visuals, upsetting foreign leaders and creating lots of mini scandals just keeps his story rolling.
CNN especially is just a business. And Snowden is a money maker. No conspiracy needed to work this one out.