Sunday morning, January 30, CNN trumpeted the fact that only 10% of Iraqis who live in the US drove hundreds of miles in winter weather to cast their votes in the Iraqi elections. First, I am impressed at how large that number is, considering the real difficulty of getting to a voting place. Second, only about 60% of registered Americans voted in our recent election. This with polling places so numerous that many, or perhaps most, Americans can WALK to their polling place. Or could, if they got out of their cars. Third, keep up the good work, CNN. Soon your ratings will be so low compared to Fox News that even Ted Turner should be persuaded to question your objectiveness.

“CNN, the most trusted name in news”? Not.

Alice R. Keller, Asheville
Published on Monday, 7 February 2005, in the AC-T