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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Last Night's Most Brilliant TDS

Moment of Zen

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Monday, January 10, 2011

The CNN Team in Tucson

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Saturday's Scoop

Fareed Zakaria wrote an article called "No Velvet Revolution for Iran." Click here for the article.

Roland Martin wrote an article for Houston Style Magazine called "US-Iran History is Why Obama Should Be Quiet on Protests" Click here for the article.

Congratulations to Jim Bittermann for being made 'Chevalier' (Knight) of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, France's highest decoration. Click here for the article.

Congratulations to CNN.com for winning a 2009 Edward R Murrow Award

Twitter Pictures:

Here are some pictures that have been posted to twitter:

Tony Harris

Randi Kaye and Rev. Al Sharpton

Sanjay Gupta on a road trip to upstate NY

Randi Kaye with producers Kay Jones and Susan Chun

Sanjay Gupta and Michael Holmes

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Saturday, December 27, 2008

This was one of those weeks when not a lot caught my eye to clip (could be because I was preoccupied with the holidays and the crazy weather outside my window!) ... and half of what I did clip was already posted!

But I did get this piece by Zain Verjee, talking about the "bling" given to SecState Rice (which she can't keep):

Gary Tuchman fixes our Little Red Wagon (okay, not really, but how could I resist a line like that?):

This is the newest incarnation of the "Let's Go" promo:

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Two special year-end reviews air Sunday:

Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: Best of 2008 will examine a remarkable year in news and look ahead at what is in store for 2009. CNN lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer will be joined by members of the “Best Political Team on Television” to look back at newsmaker interviews during the year of a historic election and a global economic crisis. Interviews with key political and business leaders including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Sen. John McCain, President-elect Barack Obama, Gov. Sarah Palin and CNN founder Ted Turner. Airing Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (ET), Blitzer and the panel will look ahead at the incoming Obama administration and discuss the future of the GOP. [This will also be Wolf's final Late Edition.]

Howard Kurtz hosts Reliable Sources: A Year in Review to examine coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign and changes in the news business. Kurtz will be joined by Amy Holmes, CNN political contributor; Bill Press, radio talk show host; Terence Smith, former PBS media correspondent; and Jessica Yellin, CNN national political correspondent. The one-hour program will air in its usual time slot, Sunday at 10 a.m. (ET).

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Where in the World...?

SATURDAY: Randi Kaye was in Atlanta to host two hours of NewsRoom both days this weekend.

SUNDAY: Ed Henry was in Honolulu covering Obama; Bill Schneider was in Los Angeles; Jessica Yellin was in Washington; Susan Roesgen was in Denver to cover the plane that caught fire during takeoff; Arwa Damon was in New York.

MONDAY: Matthew Chance was in the Kaluga Region of Russia (south of Moscow); Carol Costello was in for John Roberts; Betty Nguyen was in for Kyra Phillips; TJ Holmes was in for Rick Sanchez; Suzanne Malveaux was in for Wolf Blitzer; Lisa Sylvester was in for Lou Dobbs; Erica Hill was in for Campbell Brown.

TUESDAY: Carol was in for Kiran Chetry; TJ was in for Rick; Suzanne was in for Wolf; Lisa was in for Lou; Erica was in for Campbell and for Anderson Cooper.

WEDNESDAY: Carol was in for Kiran; Betty was in for Heidi Collins; Richard Liu in for Kyra; TJ was in for Rick.

CHRISTMAS DAY: Joe Johns was in for John; Carol was in for Kiran; Alina Cho was in for Heidi; Richard was in for Tony Harris; from 1pmET on, all repeats (with the exception of Larry King Live, which was new but pre-recorded.) Zain Verjee was in the studio for news breaks.

FRIDAY: Nic Robertson was in London to report on the Pakistani troop movements; Peter Bergen was in New Orleans and also discussed the situation; Joe = John; Carol = Kiran; Alina = Heidi; TJ = Tony; Richard = Kyra; TJ = Rick; Suzanne = Wolf; Lisa = Lou; Campbell aired a pre-recorded special; Larry = himself; Erica = Anderson.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas week... now let's make plans for New Year's!

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Light and Easy Viewing

Hey everyone. I was going through my old video clips that I have collected over the last few months but had not gotten a chance to use them. Tonight post are just some light moments from CNN.

TJ Holmes and Randi Kaye share a story about a bear rescue.

Don Lemon jokes with TJ Holmes about getting a mortgage.

Larry King was given a square in Los Angles. Larry gives thanks for this honor.

A few months back I posted news of Stephanie Elam's engagement. Stephanie returned after her wedding and Brianna Keilar and Don Lemon talked with Stephanie about her special day (what a beautiful bride by the way).

Melissa Long and TJ Holmes talk Elvis and who does not love TJ as Elvis in a white Elvis suit.

John Roberts sends his co-anchor Happy birthday wishes from Denver. Kiran sure enjoyed her "29th" birthday.

That is it for me this week. Have a great one ~ Sapphire

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

Odds and Ends

Yes, it seems to have been Ali Velshi week at CNN, and I have a mixture of serious and fun for you today. We'll start with the heavy stuff and then lighten up as we go along. (Hint: Ali's clips would be near the end...)

There was an incredibly strange story this week about a mayor of a small town in Maryland whose front door was kicked down, his dogs shot dead, and he and his mother-in-law tied up... by the police. This is the original story CNN did on it for Newsroom on Thursday, along with an interview with the mayor himself:

The city of Buffalo, New York re-named a street in honor of the late Tim Russert this week:

Tuesday, Miles O'Brien was on vacation, but "phoned one in" to cover the story of a chemical found on Mars that throws doubt on the chances for finding any signs of life there:

Brooke Anderson reports on a new documentary about the highwire walk done by Philippe Petit between the Twin Towers back in 1974. It was astonishing then; now it is also incredibly moving to recall an impossible feat that can never be repeated:

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We've all posted something about Ali Velshi's beard since he showed up with it Wednesday, but I wanted to share the reactions from the morning Newsroom anchors. Heidi Collins, are you crushing on Ali?

Well, of course it couldn't last... and Heidi's crush is short-lived:

On Issue #1 Friday, they did a story about the thriving Bollywood film industry. It's a great piece (my favorite Bollywood movie is Bride and Prejudice -- yes, a remake of Austen -- starring Aishwarya Rai, the actress featured here, and Lost's Naveen Andrews) and as a special bonus, at the end of this clip Ali Velshi dances!

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Where in the World...?

SATURDAY: Reza Sayah reported from Tehran about the nuke talks; Wilf Dinnick from Jerusalem on the Hamas/Fatah skirmishes; Nic Robertson was back in London to discuss events in Pakistan; Rick Sanchez hosted Your $$$$; Susan Roesgen co-hosted Newsroom (as she also would Sunday); John King hosted This Week in Politics.

MONDAY: Rob Marciano sat in for John Roberts all week; Randi Kaye was in for Kyra Phillips all week; Tom Foreman was back in DC; Anderson Cooper was back in NY.

TUESDAY: Miles O'Brien (above) was on vacation in Lakemont, Georgia, but... well, you saw his report!

WEDNESDAY: Candy Crowley was in Elkhart, Indiana with the Obama campaign; Jamie McIntyre was at Guantanamo Bay to report on the Hamdan verdict; Arwa Damon was in Baghdad, but filed a report about a refugee camp north of the city; Dan Rivers reported from Bangkok on President Bush's pre-Olympics address critical of China (both those reports will be posted Monday).

THURSDAY: Sanjay Gupta was in Los Angeles to tape his interview with Matthew McConaughey.

FRIDAY: Susan Roesgen was in Sherman, Texas to report on the bus crash there; Jamie McIntyre was back in DC; Wolf Blitzer was in for Larry King.

That's all for today... I'll see you again Monday!

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Staying in touch

Remember back to the days when communication from viewers to anchors/reporters meant typing out an actual letter, mailing it to the network and then waiting for it to crawl through the system? Those days are long gone, and while we haven't advanced to precisely instant communication, we certainly do have dialogue.

CNN has stayed at the forefront of the new technology by encouraging viewer participation through the incredible iReport system, which they have been utilizing for just over a year now. With seemingly everyone carrying camera phones these days, setting up an easy system for people to send in photos and videos has opened up so many stories to first-hand views that were never before possible.

Additionally, CNN has a wide array of blogs and obviously encourage their reporters and staff to communicate with us through them. With many of them, we also get a fantastic behind-the-scenes view of what is happening. If you haven't yet checked them out, here are some links to a few of the most popular ones:

Of course, most people know about the AC360 blog.
It has been truly ramped up of late, with the "Morning Buzz" post that highlights stories they are working on. Many of the regular contributors post info on breaking stories, while the producers and other staff give us a glimpse of what we don't see onscreen.

The Situation Room does not have a show blog, but they utilize The Political Ticker for the latest campaign news. Also, CNN's resident curmudgeon and voice of reason Jack Cafferty has his own blog for when you just have to weigh in on the insanities of the day.

To keep up with what is happening in the Middle East, check out the companion blog to CNN International anchor Hala Gorani's show, Inside the Middle East.

And for a behind-the-scenes look at reporters all over the globe, you want to bookmark the In The Field blog. I love this one because it lets the reporters talk about all the interesting things they go through when working on a story. They make it look so easy, but it almost never is!

There are many more blogs to investigate on the main CNN Blog page, and of course all the blogs have RSS notification capability. If you want to stay in the know, CNN is making it easier than ever.

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While we're talking about communication, I have a mini-rant to get off my chest...

I love the crawl, I really do. But there is one thing I wish they would stop doing -- when something happens to a person, they post it in this order: Name, bio material that takes about a minute to crawl across the screen, what happened.

I can't tell you how many times I have just held my breath waiting to find out what happened to someone... especially since all too often what happened is that they died! But it might be that they had a child, got married, slipped and broke their arm, got an award, etc.

Please, CNN Powers-That-Be, can't you place the EVENT info before the bio info? Don't leave us hanging, it's bad for our hearts!

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Where in the World...?

Another big political week on CNN saw most of the "usual suspects" heading for New Hampshire to cover the Tuesday primary. Late Edition had input from Suzanne Malveaux in Nashua, John King in Portsmouth, and Dana Bash in Salem. John and Dana later headed for Manchester to host and give commentary for the re-airing of the ABC debate. Monday, John Roberts and Kiran Chetry hosted American Morning from Concord, joined by Candy Crowley.

Also on Monday, Zain Verjee began a week of reporting from Nairobi, Kenya; Susan Roesgen was in Fernley, Nevada to report on the massive flooding there following a levee break, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta appeared on Larry King Live from Sarasota, Florida.

Tuesday, John King was part of The Situation Room's coverage of the primary; TSR aired out of the special election HQ in NY, and the coverage of the voting went on throughout the evening, as we saw for Iowa. Elsewhere, Nic Robinson (above) reported from London for Your World Today.

On Wednesday, American Morning started an hour early, with the hosts back in the New York studio. Back on the campaign trail, John King went to Grand Rapids, Michigan; Dana Bash to Greenville, South Carolina; and Suzanne Malveaux to Jersey City, New Jersey.

Thursday, John King and Dana Bash were in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the Republican debate and remained there through Friday. Randi Kaye spent those days investigating the missing/murdered Marine at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. And Arwa Damon (below) is back in the Baghdad bureau, where unusually cold weather saw an extremely rare snowfall in that city. (Go ahead and say it: hell froze over this week...)

That's it for me today, enjoy the rest of your weekend! CNN is presenting another Ballot Bowl this weekend, if you want to hear any of the candidates as they work for more support.

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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Czar, Campaign Killers, & Pop Quiz Answers

The YouTube debate was not the only exciting new program that aired on CNN this past week. In case you missed them, there were also two new documentaries. The first was part of the Broken Government series, Campbell Brown's Campaign Killers.

The program examines the impact of political attack ads in the election process.

Have you heard the term "swift voting" a campaign? It stems from the 2004 Presidential campaign, when an organization ran a negative campaign ad against John Kerry. The Kerry campaign chose not to address the claims made in the attack ad for over two weeks. The ad, their decision not to respond to it quickly, and the media's coverage of the claims made may have contributed to President Bush's victory.

The swift vote ad is only one of many featured in the program. The Urban Legend ad attacking Rudy Guiliani, the General Betray Us ad, and the Willie Horton ad attacking Michael Dukakis are just a few that are highlighted.

Campbell Brown interviewed Eli Pariser, the founder of MoveOn.org. He’s not exactly what you might expect when you think of someone who runs one of the most influential liberal political action committees of recent years. He's under 30 and runs the site out of his apartment. There are no MoveOn.org corporate offices.

The segment that really surprised me was about Mark McKinnon’s history of ads class. Mud slinging ads are not a product of TV. Thomas Jefferson used attack ads in the form of pamphlets in the 1800 campaign against President Adams. They worked then, too.

The internet has changed the rules a little bit. Now, anyone with a computer can create their own ads and post them on the internet. The 1984 style ad attacking Hillary Clinton was posted on the internet anonymously. Campaigns have no control over what might be created on their behalf by a well meaning individual.

Friday night, Christiane Amanpour’s Special Investigation Unit’s Czar Putin premiered. The program takes a critical look at Russian democracy.

Communism is history in Russia, but is democracy a reality? Fashion week in Russia gives the allusion of capitalism. Income levels have increased since the fall of communism and the government is elected. The program takes a critical look at current day Russia and suggests that Vladimir Putin’s party has total dominance over the political process and silences any opposition.

Here are few highlights from the program:

Anna Politkovskaya , a Russian Journalist , was a critic of Putin’s democracy. She happened to have been murdered on Putin’s birthday, so the celebration of his birthday overshadows the anniversary of Politkovskaya’s murder.
220 journalists have been killed since 1991.
Garry Kasparov, grand chess master and a would be Presidential candidate of the Other Russia party, tries to run for President, but is unable to get his name on the ballot.
NTV was a TV network that criticized Putin and has since been shut down.
Alexander Litvinenko, a former spy, was critical of the government. The British authorities are still trying to get hold of the person responsible for his murder so that they can prosecute him.