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Ms. Ham thinks that she has a "right" to be on CNN. In the free enterprise system, CNN can do what they want. It's called "freedom")

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No she doesn't think that, as is clear from the piece she wrote. Her gripe is that she was punished by the network (for critical tweets), without explanation, just as harshly as the the guy who jacked off in front of his colleagues. Like I said, neither CNN nor Fox has any legal or contractual obligation to keep these contributors on-air, but I've got no problem with the networks' rationale and methods for removing them being called out for its pettiness and cowardice.

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Maybe I assume that media will always be petty and cowardly. Last night for instance I watched Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto ( I usually respect Neil) and heard no mention of the Alex Jones verdict. I'm sure that you'll agree that media bias is revealed as much by what they don't cover as by how they cover what they do.

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For instance as per a story in the Arizona Republic, a MAGA candidate for a county school board was caught "doing a Toobin" in a preschool parking lot. Deviance has no ideology but I suspect liberal sites will cover the story while it will be ignored by conservatives including Ms. Ham. Stories only have a value to the media as far as they can be used as a stick to beat opponents.

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