Leid Stories - 01/10/14

2014-01-10

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CNN’s Bait-and-Switch ‘Journalism’; Salute to Amiri BarakaChris Cuomo of CNN’s “New Day” probably thought that a good way to dig himself and his program out of the ratings pit it’s in (down 33% in viewership from when it debuted six months ago) would be to do a bait-and-switch with Dennis Rodman. His billed “exclusive” live interview with the mercurial Dennis Rodman and his ex-NBA colleagues to discuss “basketball diplomacy” with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea yielded a mother lode of buzz; Cuomo masterfully goaded Rodman into an epic meltdown.

CNN’s Bait-and-Switch ‘Journalism’; Salute to Amiri Baraka

Chris Cuomo of CNN’s “New Day” probably thought that a good way to dig himself and his program out of the ratings pit it’s in (down 33% in viewership from when it debuted six months ago) would be to do a bait-and-switch with Dennis Rodman. His billed “exclusive” live interview with the mercurial Dennis Rodman and his ex-NBA colleagues to discuss “basketball diplomacy” with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea yielded a mother lode of buzz; Cuomo masterfully goaded Rodman into an epic meltdown.

Leid Stories breaks down Rodman’s breakdown and exposes Cuomo’s – and CNN’s – hidden, unethical agenda.

Amiri Baraka, the people’s poet laureate, died yesterday at age 79. We salute him with his own words.

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