an open letter to cnn

Dear CNN.
Congratulations on your recent success in getting Barack Obama elected President of the United States.
I was interested in the aftermath of the elections to see your correspondent Murphy Brown presenting a programme entitled "No Bias, No Bull."
You must be aware that your station's credibility as a reporter of news or an objective commentator on it, has ceased to exist.
Perhaps No Bias No Bull was an exercise in irony.
I was also interested to note you are running segments dedicated to our soldiers "The Fallen of Iraq And Afghanistan."
Please stop doing this.
It is beyond an insult.
You will be well aware that most of the soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, met their deaths because Al Qaeda became emboldened by your style of news reporting.
I put it to you specifically that Al Qaeda only fought on because its leadership had taken hope from your attempts to criminalise the administration of President Bush.
I put it to you that your continuous interpretation of the liberation of Iraq from Saddam as a "quagmire," and a "mess," telegraphed Al Qaeda that America's will could be broken on the home front, and certainly made it quite clear to Al Qaeda that America's will was already broken on the CNN front.
But then CNN, you have never represented America.
And you never will.
Finally I put it to you that your manipulation of the facts about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has led to a resurgence in Jihad activity all over the globe.
Hey CNN.
They really think they can win.
And it's all down to you.
Fond regards always.
James Healy.
PS: Brilliant interview with your founder Ted Turner last night. My God that presenter could fawn.


(This letter is respectfully dedicated to the Boston Globe columnist who regularly visits The Heelers Diaries and then uses my best CNN pejoratives as weapons of mass destruction against Fox News. Kevin, you're a cheeky little bst, I'll give you that.)