Note to CNN: There is no Assistant Secretary of State for African American Affairs.
By on Dec 1st, 2008 at 11:11 am
Note to CNN: There is no Assistant Secretary of State for African American Affairs.
A CNN chyron from this morning’s press conference:
Susan Rice, the Obama administration’s new U.N. Ambassador, was not the “Assistant Secretary of State for African American Affairs.” There is no such position at the State Department. From 1997-2001, Susan Rice was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
Update The New York Times reports that Rice "was a point person in responding to Al Qaeda’s 1998 bombing of United States Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. But her most searing experience was visiting Rwanda after the 1994 genocide when she was still on the N.S.C. staff":
As she later described the scene, the hundreds, if not thousands, of decomposing, hacked up bodies that she saw haunted her and fueled a desire to never let it happen again.
“I swore to myself that if I ever faced such a crisis again, I would come down on the side of dramatic action, going down in flames if that was required,” she told The Atlantic Monthly in 2001. She eventually became a sharp critic of the Bush administration’s handling of the Darfur killings and last year testified before Congress on behalf of an American-led bombing campaign or naval blockade to force a recalcitrant Sudanese government to stop the slaughter.
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Note to CNN: There is no Assistant Secretary of State for African American Affairs.»
– - This must be the same distinction as Dwight Schrute is the Assistant to the Scranton Branch Manager and not the Assistant Scranton Branch Manager.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:15 amBolton, meet Rice.
Ying and Yang.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:21 amCNN may be suffering from Palin’s Syndrome.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:21 amand these are the ones looking to supplant the AP as a wire service?
December 1st, 2008 at 11:24 amCNN, the most trusted name in news.
‘If the facts don’t fit, we make shit up!’
December 1st, 2008 at 11:24 amThis is not the first time CNN made a factual error.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:25 amGood grief. Perhaps CNN or FUX will run a chyron claiming that she was the Secretary of Ham Hocks and Watermelon, too.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:26 amThis is an appointment the progressives will agree with. Hooray!
December 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am#7. Ham Hocks!
December 1st, 2008 at 11:31 amhammocks?
I thought Bush was the one sleeping on the job….
December 1st, 2008 at 11:41 amAbleCluster Says:
And exactly what would an Assistant Secretary of State do? Hand the Secretary of State toilet paper when its time to wipe? Gimme a break, who cares!
Right on! It’s like trolls who waste their time spamming threads!
Bush bot fever
December 1st, 2008 at 11:51 amAbleCluster Says:
And exactly what would an Assistant Secretary of State do? Hand the Secretary of State toilet paper when its time to wipe? Gimme a break, who cares!
Right on! It’s like trolls who waste their time spamming threads!
December 1st, 2008 at 11:53 amsorry for the double post. the first was under moderation and when I deleted the link (thinking that was the culprit) I resubmitted only to find the block on the original comment removed.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:54 amAbleCluster – flagged for commercial spamming.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:57 amYou mean USA World Police aren’t going to stand by as murder is committed while themselves committing the same act. I am pumped ever day as I watch Barack take the reins of this great nation in his hands How wonderful will it be to have a President speak decisively in English.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pmI’m delighted with Susan Rice as the U.N. Ambassador, and perhaps NOW something will actually be done to stop genocide on this planet. The Bush administration has been playing footsie with Sudan because of their oil, while people are being slaughtered by their own government. It’s not the only place, either. If there’s any just reason to take military action, the prevention of genocide is that reason.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pmAppointments like this one are rain to the desert. Keep up the good work, Mr. Obama!
December 1st, 2008 at 12:34 pm“Note to CNN: There is no Assistant Secretary of State for African American Affairs.”
lol CNN is in the running with Fox Clown Network of blunders. Are you sure that the CNN journalists went to the University of Gumby?
December 1st, 2008 at 1:15 pmI wasn’t able to screencap it, but this morning CNN managed to spell their homestate as “Goergia”, on a story about Sarah Palin speaking there. This from a firm based in Atlanta.
It looks like they’re hiring part-timers and interns to do copyediting…
December 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pmSecretary of State for African American Affairs
Wow – you mean the African Americans have secceded from the Union ? Well I guess if the Confederate States can do so in order to preserve oppression of the people of color, the people of color can do so to escape oppression ?????
December 1st, 2008 at 1:57 pmAside from the CNN error, I like Susan Rice and she was my choice for Na’l Sec. Advisor, but the UN is a good fit for her.
December 1st, 2008 at 5:49 pmShe is way too smart to not be given a position in the new admin.
There’s also no such thing as “The Office of the President Elect.”
December 1st, 2008 at 6:02 pmAlejandro Says:
Did you really think that made a point? It is an accurate designation of what he IS. It isnt an office but it IS a designation. Turning the office of Assistant Sec. of State for African affairs is a COMPLETELY different thing than what CNN called it. The government obviously doesnt need diplomats for AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY. That was actually pretty stupid.
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 am