Oh, this should inspire confidence in CNN's accuracy and objectivity:
The weblog TVNewser has reported that CNN has hired radio host and former Reagan administration Secretary of Education Bill Bennett as a political analyst. Specifically, in a December 30 post, TVNewser reported that "conservative talk show host Bill Bennett will become a CNN political analyst early in 2006." CNN's hiring of Bennett would come despite Bennett's controversial September 28, 2005, comment on his radio show, when he said that "it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime ... you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down." CNN would not "confirm Bennett's new role at the cable news channel," according to a United Press International report.
I'm guessing he'll fit right in with Wolf Blitzer.
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They're replacing Robert Novak. You didn't expect them to hire a journalist, did you?
I think it's rather sad. Especially since they already have level-headed conservatives like Lou Dobbs (I don't agree with his views, but he is still polite when conveying them).
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