| Kasz216 said:
1) Situations like that usually involve interviewing tons of people then picking out the one or two idiots. 2) It was a lot more then just republicans.
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The thing that so few people understand about how the news is used to form opinions is by the information that is left out of their reports ...
At any gathering it isn't too difficult to find the most offensive and least intelligent member of the crowd, or the least offensive and most intelligent member of the crowd, and it is not unusual for reporters to seek out one of these people for an interview based on their own personal opinion about the gathering. On top of this, the editor can look through the dozens of interviews and sellect the one which best portrays the crowd in the light he wants to portray them in.
The fact that CNN's reporters, news anchors and commentators couldn't hide their distain for these protestors, tried to lecture the people they were interviewing about the greatness of Obama, and responded with the least professional attitude I have ever seen from any news organization, makes me think that they probably presented these crowds in the worst light possible.
