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Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Fair and Balanced

I live in Atlanta. We drink Coke here. Home to the Braves and Turner Networks. Turner to some degree helps elevate Atlanta beyond the recognition of similar cities due to its secure foothold in the television industry. Most designers I know here are employed by Turner either directly or indirectly, as the network giant uses much of the local talent pool for everything from broadcast to web design. This is why I choose CNN as my news channel. I have it in the back of my head I'm supporting the local design community. Atlanta has always been CNN turf. Today I passed Centennial Park where the CNN Center resides and noticed two taunting billboards by Fox News. Fair and Balanced reads across the street where tourists take the CNN studio tour. It's like when Charlton Heston made a trip to Littleton, CO, to speak at an NRA rally after the Columbine incident- blatantly aggressive and plainly in poor taste. I always thought Fox News was the Current Affair of news reporting. Now I just see them as slimy. Here's some images, please draw your own conclusions:

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