At 11:04:45 AM ET Monday CNN was airing Vice President Dick Cheney's speech live from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington -- when a large black 'X' repeatedly flashed over the vice president's face! The 'X' over Cheney's face appeared each time less than a second, creating an odd subliminal effect.We applaud Drudge's vigilance in tracking down the latest in liberal media propaganda: Who needs Mary Mapes when you have typography, right? And what better way to mark the anniversary of John Kennedy's assassination than by developing your own crackpot conspiracy theories? Hurry: Someone needs to compare this "X" to the ones on the 1972 Selectric! Clearly, the flashing X was intended to incite seizures among neocon viewers. Unless it was a subliminal message that Cheney's speech should be censored. Or perhaps a subliminal message that Cheney should have a big X on his forehead. Then again, Jon Klein might have just fallen asleep at the keyboard again.
CNN MARKS CHENEY: NETWORK FLASHES 'X' OVER VP'S FACE DURING LIVE SPEECH [Drudge]
CNN'S X-MEN...UPDATE: IT WAS JUST A GLITCH...OR NOT? [Michelle Malkin]
CNN: 'IT WAS A COMPUTER BUG' [Drudge]
READ MORE: CNN , conspiracy theories , dick cheney , drudge report , jon klein , mary mapes , top
• Andrew Sullivan to blog for Time. Welcome to 2003, Time! [NY Post]
• Jon Klein continues to explain how he will drive CNN into the ground then dance on its handsome, tiny grave. [TVNewser]
• Men: perhaps unnecessary. Friends? Totally: "my witty friend Frank Bruni, the New York Times restaurant critic"; "my friend Leon Wieseltier"; "the current Cosmo editor, my friend Kate White"; "my late friend Art Cooper, the editor of GQ for 20 years"; "my pal Craig Bierko"... [NYTBR]
• WH bitchslaps WP. You know when you're in trouble? When you're on the defensive. [FishbowlDC]
• NYT public editor just lies back and takes it from Judy Miller. [Gawker]
• Radosh plays a tiny violin for Mary Mapes: "Mapes [has a] concern about people staking out her house to take pictures of her, digging up information about her from public documents, and interviewing her former colleagues. Have I mentioned that Mapes worked for 60 Minutes?" [Radosh.net]
READ MORE: CNN , White House , andrew sullivan , inside the bubble , jon klein , judy miller , mary mapes , maureen dowd , new york times , washington post
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