The Power of Instant Communication

A weird thing happened while Vice President Cheney spoke this afternoon at the American Enterprise Institute. The live CNN telecast suddenly placed a large black "X" over VP Cheney's face. It flashed on and off quickly, several times. All the while, the caption at the bottom of the screen read "I do not believe it's wrong to criticize."

Accident or subliminal message?

This evening, Matt Drudge appeared on the FOX television show Hannity & Colmes to report this strange event. While they were discussing the implications of bias in the media, a representative from CNN called the show and claimed the "X" was the result of a computer "glitch." A repeating glitch, evidently.

Within a few minutes, a frame from the CNN telecast with the "X" clearly visible was posted on the Drudge website as evidence.

Notice to the media - you can't easily get away with shenanigans in this age of digital recording, internet communication, and 24-hour news. So if you accidently appear biased, you'd better make it right immediately before it becomes someone else's story. And if you do it on purpose, don't whine when you're held accountable. There's always somebody watching.