WE NEED AN INTERVENTION – AT 7:56 P.M. ET:  We ask the question:  Is CNN committing suicide?  The network has gone completely bonkers over the Shirley Sherrod story, devoting hours each day to our newly anointed liberal saint.

CNN will do Sherrod's life story tonight.  I hope they get someone tasteful to do the music.   All Shirley, all the time.

And thrown in with the worshipful reports on the thoughts, wisdom, philosophy and choleserol level of Shirley are sharp attacks on the internet and on Andrew Breitbart.  There is major anguish over the "irresponsbility" of the internet, over the fact that stories on the web are sometimes inadequately researched.  Gee, that problem did start with the internet, didn't it?

Oh, by the way, in not a single case that I've seen, did any of CNN's rants about the internet begin with these words:  "Full disclosure:  CNN is a competitor with the internet.  We want you to be aware of our commercial interest in this."  Isn't a statement like that usually required in the self-proclaimed world of "responsible" journalism? 

CNN has always been obsessed with the holy trinity of race, gender, and ethnicity.  This week they've gone over the top.

July 24, 2010