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July 30, 2004
| Balloon "Incident" Audio

CNN picked up audio of a panic stricken Convention Director as the balloons were slow to fall.

Audio can be heard here.



Posted by PoliticaObscura at July 30, 2004 03:16 PM | TrackBack
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Apparently, this feed was given to ALL the media so that they would know what was coming next in the spectacle. CNN is the only one that decided that it was “news worthy” in and of itself!

The funny part, not only did the Clinton News Network “pick it up”…they broadcast it LIVE!!! It was QUITE humorous watching them have to apologize…!

Posted by: DevilDoc [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 30, 2004 05:06 PM

Hey, if this crap qualifies as “news,” to the extent that this is what people are talking about went wrong with the Democratic Convention, I think it was a resounding success.

Posted by: Todd [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 30, 2004 06:41 PM

Todd: If the Republican National Convention Director went on a swearing jag like this, it would be all over ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN, probably PBS and Fox too. Remember Cheney in the Senate?

It would be a very telling compare/contrast to observe how the press has covered Cheney, Kerry, and now this.

Posted by: gus3 [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 30, 2004 07:15 PM

I know how the guy felt. I hate them fricken balloons!! But, I guess they just didn’t want to fall on a democrat and get soiled!

Posted by: dickmr [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 30, 2004 11:12 PM

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