Once again, we see how news organizations prime their coverage to influence their readers. The article is titled “Rangel Walks Out of Ethics Hearing”. Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-New York was charged with allegations of Corruption. His trial is still be looked into however, Rangel states that he has spent much money on lawyers and the court case (over 2 million) and he has not been given enough time to find and fundraise for more lawyers because he stated that the committee was rushing to complete its work before the conclusion of the current lame duck Congress. Rangel is suggesting that he is not being given a fair trial. During an Ethics sub-committee meeting, Rangel walked out for that very reason. CNN seemed to really prime their headline for this coverage to set the mindset of its readers. When you first read the headline “Rangel Walks Out of Ethics Hearing” do first thing you assume is that Rangel does not conform with ethics since he “walked out” and not just out of any hearing but a “Ethics hearing”. The correlation with “Rangel” “walked out” “ethics hearing” were very much primed to think negatively of Rangel. Then, once you began to read the article, you realize that he is a democrat and so you assume that democrats are unethical. As most of us know already CNN is a Republican organization. Therefore, this story was probably primed for a republican audience. A democrat walks out of a ethics hearing and it is in the top news coverage for CNN. Pretty Clever!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/15/rangel.ethics.hearing/index.html?hpt=T2
-Damian
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