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I completely understand the importance of the situation in Egypt, however the interview with Colin Firth was rescheduled for this evening and it is postponed again for more coverage on Egypt. When will it be re-rescheduled?
Really Lulu?
FRANKLY, I AM FED UP WITH READING ABOUT EGYPT.
I HAD PLANNED MY EVENING AROUND WATCHING THE CAST OF "THE KING'S SPEECH" ON YOUR SHOW TONITE.
ENOUGH EGYPT!
LET THAT COUNTRY HANDLE ITS OWN DISASTERS ITSELF, WITHOUT INTERFERENCE, PLEASE.
WE DON'T NEED MORE DEPRESSING NEWS, THANK YOU.
Um. First of all, your all caps post is akin to screaming. Second, "The Kings of Speech" is entertainment. What is happening in Egypt is real. You know. People dying while trying to make life better for themselves and for their families, friends, and countrymen (and women of course). This is CNN, not E! Entertainment.
Maybe I meant to yell, albeit in frustration.
Yes, I am well aware of what is happening in the Middle East, but I also stridently feel as though we should stay out of it, and their affairs, as well.
This is just too much!!! The Firth interview was already re-scheduled once now again and for what!! There are enough prima donna reporters on tv talking about egypt 24/7. They are not reporting the news they are trying to make the news.
apparently CNN and Pierce Morgan have absolutely no respect for their viewers... Since apparently CNN is only capable of playing the same material over and over again perhaps it is indeed time for us to say farewell.
Seriously? Do you have no concept of how important this is right now re: the Middle East, the global political dynamic, and our very future? bigdohnthedj said it best.
YEA ABBIE GO WATCH YOUR MOVIE, WE DON'T CARE IF YOU CARE ABOUT EGYPT OR NOT, PEOPLE WHO KEEP THEIR EYE ON EGYPT DO CARE ABOUT OTHERS AND DON'T LET DEPRESSION GET IN THE WAY TO EARN A BETTER LIFE.
The media needs to step back and take a good hard look at how it covered the first week of the protests in Egypt. At that time there were no pro-Mubarak or pro-stability forces, just the protesters. At that time there were hundreds of prisoners let out of jail, lots of vandalism and looting, some artifacts in the museums were destroyed and the banks, stores and economy shut down. Thousands of people could not go to work, get food or money and had to protect their property with knives and bats. So that was your peaceful protests. I think that the general public just got sick and tired of being held hostage by the protesters especially after Mubarak said he would not run again, pledged democratic elections (and you know they will be watched by the world), fired his cabinet and selected a prime minister. The media only covered the protesters in central Cairo and Alexandria. What about the millions of other Egyptians who might have been in favour of letting Mubarak do a peaceful, respectful exit. After all, Egypt has a 5% economic growth rate, unemployment is about the same as the US, their police have been brutal to people but so have American policemen especially to blacks and Muslims. and Mubarak has been a solid ally of the US in keeping peace in the region especially for Israel. The media ONLY televised the protesters side of the issue. If they get their way and he goes in a few days, all hell will probably break loose in Egypt and then what will you say? Will you take some credit for it? Now the media is painting ALL of the pro-Mubarak people as paid thugs. Well, actually thousands of them are hard working, scared people who have just as much right to be there as the protesters. The media is whining about being harassed but they did not need to be in the middle of the protests to get the story. They were asking for trouble and when they got harassed they are playing the victim card. There are two truthful sayings-'If you play with fire you will get burnt" and "If you play in the traffic you might get hit". They could have reported on the same issues from roof tops or the side of the streets or just outside the square. When I heard Anderson Cooper say he had been punched in the head ten times and another reporter said Cooper had been beaten, I expected to see him with a black eye, cuts, swelling etc. Instead he looked just swell. Not much of a beating. You can't blame the Egyptians for being irritated when the coverage sent to the outside world was so one sided. Yes, there were also thugs yesterday who should be arrested for their violent behaviour but they are not indicative of the whole pro-Mubarak forces. If there were protests going on in the States and some foreign journalist, especially Muslims, were in the middle of it and covering it in a possible biased way, you can bet they would be harassed. The media should have covered the story not become part of it. They have made diplomatic solutions more difficult I fear.
Finally somebody with some brains!!! Just what I was thinking. So Mr. Cooper and a couple of other "journalists" got a punch or two...after the one sided biased reporting of the Egyptian crisis if I were Egytian I would give them a kick too.
They say there were no incidents when the anti-government protesters were in the square!!! of course not...they had it all their own way!! Strange that when the other side shows up and then there is of course confrontation, that CNN and those like Cooper...Morgan ...Blitzer etc....suddenly are surprized and shocked that there is trouble... Really guys...you are not reporters you are now part of the problem...now that you have gotten a punch in the nose I am sure the so called democracy protesters will be given the same status as Joan Of Arc!! Can't touch a journalist.
honestly, when will the colin firth interview be rescheduled? just decide on a date and stop keep changing things! did cnn expect the conflict in egypt to be over by tonight when they they announced on monday that the colin firth interview will be today? don't advertise it if you don't think it's gonna happen.
Lulu and Abbie are what's wrong with this country. That is all.
Agree wholeheartedly.
I'm what is wrong with this country? CNN, ABC, NBC, FOX , CBC and BBC constantly have live coverage of the conflicts in Egypt that for 1 hr some people would like to have something else to view. I have been following the conflict through each day since this began last week. A break for a few moments does not make me what's wrong with this country. By the way...why do you assume I am an American?
There are like 700 hundred channels not covering egypt right now. You people need to pick one and stop crying about Colin Firth. Maybe Colin Firth doesn't even feel comfortable talking about HIMSELF at a time like this. Maybe Colin Firth can't peel himself away from Egypt coverage for two seconds to do the interview. I for one wouldn't, and I commend Mr. Firth for have his priorities straight if in fact it is the case. As has been mentioned, Piers Morgan already made an ass of himself asking Walters trivial questions this week while NBC was actually covering real news at 4 a.m. Cairo time, so I'm sure if Mr. Firth were standing by desperate for tv time, CNN would gladly run with it.
For the record, I too greatly anticipate any Colin Firth interview, and now that I know one is pending on CNN, I will happily tune in when it happens, as long as I'm not enthralled in the coverage of this historical event.
4 a.m. Cairo time on THAT night happened to be the first violent all nighter when the tide totally turned in Egypt, which counts as news.
CNN, ignore these jerks. Your coverage has been spectacular, all my resentment toward your crappy programming has been replaced with memories of the film "Live from Baghdad" and a re-found respect for why you are important.
If my country had every been in the throws of violent revolution, I would hope that the world were watching. Oh wait...
If the earth is round, women are from Venus and Drew Barrymore is both an actress and producer, than why can't one also compare apples with oranges?! Fact is that the world is getting dirtier and dirtier, and more and more people want to be part of it. They want to feel alive, on the news, contributors of sort; and if perverted celebrities.. even best! They want the "Freedoms of the Western Worlds." They want the Hollywood Boulevards, the red light districts, the right to kill innocent babies still in the womb (But no dogs other animals because that wouldn't be a right thing to do and a crime worthy of jail time.) Anyhow, I hope that I got my point across about the world getting dirtier and dirtier, and that more and more people view that as Humanitarian Progress of Civilization. Thanks and good day.
Abbie and Lulu:You comment was insensitive and sadly delusional. What happen in Egypt effects us all if you did not realize this is a global world. Human suffering is the same regardless the pigments of our skin. The division between us is done by politic,religion and culture. Piers, Anderson, Nick, Amanpour and all the wonderful reports are is doing a fantastic job educating us..... this is a global world. We sadly let our past leaders support corrupt regimes all over the world by our tax dollars. When you will be paying $10 to $15 at your gas station because our foreign polices fail us. Mubarak sold the Egyptian people, just like Sadat, Sadam, Zardari, Karzi, Shah of Iran have. We can't be buy foreign leaders. Thank you Peter Bergen for educating us with a fantastic book The Longest War. Why have we been paying Mubarak for 30 years ? to protect what and had who expense?
Anderson Cooper you are in our thoughts, please, please stay safe. We love you.
Seriously?this is so horrifying.It will take years to go back to where Egypt was before the violence.
Thank you Peter Bergen for educating us about the Muslim Brother Hood. We in the States chose to stay in dark because of people like Spitzer and Mr. Zuckerman keep spinning myths. President Sadat was not assassinated by the Muslim Brother Hood but what is Spitzer and Zuckerman doing ?
I think some of you that actually want it to be on 24/7 are delusional. They interrupted Wednesday night to have Barbara Walters on, why not Mr. Firth & company? It is 1 hour when it is 4 AM in Egypt. Nothing was happening there. They could have interviewed covert Cooper and others an hour later....it wouldn't have hurt anything and given everyone an hours break, as the interview is pre-recorded.
Those of you who are quick to criticize viewers who want Piers Morgan to deliver what he promised should examine your own logic. Just because a viewer wishes to see an interview promised in advertisements throughout the day doesn't equate to a viewer being unaware of the significance of the ongoing situation in Egypt. It doesn't mean that the viewer doesn't comprehend the ominus significance of intimidation of journalists. It doesn't mean that the viewer doesn't appreciate the domino effect seeming to be overtaking the rest of the Muslim world. It doesn't mean that the viewer doesn't recognize the potential for catastrophe, or the incalculable impact on U.S. relations with that part of the world. Maybe it merely means that after fifteen non-stop hours of CNN reporting the exact same thing over and over and over again, those viewers already grasped the situation and didn't need or care to hear the exact same thing over again for yet another hour. By noon yesterday, anyone with three brain cells understood that the intimidation, abuse and detention of journalists was a sign that someone didn't want the rest of the world to know what was going to happen next. Perhaps the aggrieved viewers didn't need to be told that again for a ninth straight hour. If you did, then maybe you should be questioning your own powers of comprehension, not those of the viewers who merely wished for a one hour break.
Why wouldn't CNN repeat the same over and over if it's a news & information network, it repeats it much in case many other viewers tune in at different time. It does broadcast breaking news which is new updates on the story. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT DON'T WATCH IT AND STOP COMPLAINING, same for Abbie and Lulu.
Well, insofar as CNN is a consumer-driven business, its viewers have every right to express their opinions on the programming, pro or con. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't make their opinion unworthy of consideration in the network's market analysis and programming choices. Who are you to tell someone else that he/she cannot voice his/her opinions just as you obviously feel free to do? While CNN and other networks were fixated on Egypt, rerunning day-old street shots, and repeating ad nauseum the same information, significant developments were afoot in our own Congress without so much as a mention, and all but the most tenacious citizens left uninformed. If Egypt is teaching us anything, it should be that we should attend to our own house lest we find ourselves in the same situation. Most of us can give due attention to the developments in Egypt without neglecting anything else for days on end.
Thank you Linda for stating the obvious....I have watched the coverage for many hrs and wanting to view an interview for 1 hr when nothing new was happening in Egypt would have been a change only for 1 hr. Anyone with any sense would know we all whom view CNN care about the conflicts.
CNN hasn't promoted any interview with Morgan right now, it's OBVIOUS that there isn't going to be an interview, only continuous coverage on the Egyptian revolution.
To Kandyce, the Colin Firth interview was pre-recorded by CNN. So they can put it on anytime.
To CNN, could you please re-announce another date for Colin Firth if you aren't showing it tonight? Many thanks
for your kind assistance.
For a moment there, I genuinely thought Lulu and Abbie were joking.
Then I realized they weren't. Ugh.
A societal uprising that could forever change the political structure of one of the most energy-rich region in the world and has already changed the international politics involving US, EU, and the Arab World...
'No, but I want Colin Firth!!'