CNN knows EXACTLY what to cover...

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Another news source picked up on CNN's wonderful coverage of BalloonMan :

CNN, often accused by conservatives and Republicans of being overly friendly to Democrats, did the Democrats no favor Thursday night when, following John Kerry's acceptance speech, it decided to switch to the voice of convention producer Don Mischer. Over pictures of the candidate and his wife waving, Mischer was heard becoming becoming increasingly frantic as he instructed, "Go balloons" but saw few of them fall. "I don't see anything happening," he shouted. "Jesus, we need more balloons. I want all balloons to go, goddamn. No confetti. No confetti. No confetti. I want more balloons. What's happening to the balloons?" In fact, viewers may have been unaware of any glitch at all except for Mischer's frenetic shouts. CNN's Judy Woodruff later apologized for Mischer's language. But Washington Post media critic Tom Shales commented in today's (Friday) Washington Post: "The failure of the balloons to fall was not nearly as big a fiasco as CNN foolishly fixating on them as if they were the story of the century and letting Mischer's shouting take up so much air time."