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INTRODUCTION [BACK TO MENU]

On April 15th, 2009 during the Anti-Tax Tea Party in Chicago, IL, Susan Roesgen blatantly broke the bounds of journalism and reporting.  During what seemed to be a peaceful, non-violent protest against excess in government spending and increase in national debt, Roesgen of CNN approached the group with an agenda of her own.  See the video below:



TRANSCRIPT
:

ROESGEN: (Reading some of
the signs held by protesters) Uh, let's  see... 'Drop
the taxes,' 'Drop socialism.'  OK. Let's see. You're
here with your two year old and you're already in
debt. Why are you here today, sir?

MAN: Because I hear a president say that he
believed in what Lincoln stood for. Lincoln's primary
thing was he believed that people had the right to
liberty, and had the right...(INTERRUPTED)

ROESGEN: Sir, what does this have to do with taxes?
What does this have to do with your taxes? Do you
realize that you're eligible for a $400 credit...?

MAN: Let me finish my point. Lincoln, Lincoln believed
that people had the right to share in the fruits of
their own labor and that government should not
take it. And we have clearly gotten to that point...(INTERRUPTED)
ROESGEN: Wait, wait... Did you know that the
state of Lincoln gets Fifty billion out of the stimulus?
That's Fifty billion for this state, sir.

MAN: Can you stop this, sir? Hold on, hold on.

MAN: Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am,!!! (Asking to finish his statement)

ROESGEN: OK, well, Kyra, we'll move on over here.
I think you get the general tenor of this. Uh, it's anti-government, anti-CNN, since this is highly promoted by
the Right-wing conservative network, FOX. And since I
can't really hear much more, and I think this is not really
family viewing. Toss it back to you, Kyra.

KYRA: I know Susan Roesgen is having a hard time
hearing me, but wow. That is the prime example of
what we're following across the country there. Susan
pointed out everything plain and clear of what she's
dealing with.


This is egregiously UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT that breaches the basic canons of ethics for journalists. This behavior wouldn’t be permissible in a junior high journalism program, let alone during live coverage of a significant event on a major news network.  Such behavior would be expected from immature members of organizations like DailyKos, ThinkProgress, TheYoungTurks, Digg or other liberal dominated websites, but this type of behavior is NOT EXPECTED from a NATIONAL NEWS NETWORK such as CNN.  It is the responsibility of networks such as CNN that reporters are fair in reporting and are not politically motivated to slant their stories in the direction they see fit (See this video to see Susan's agenda - A protestor scolds Ms. Rosegen regarding her behavior).

It appears that CNN and others were so far behind the curve on the tea party movement that they ceded coverage to Fox News Channel -- then, ironically, used the rival network's coverage as a reason not to take the events seriously. How utterly sad -- for both the country and for any semblance of journalism left. Easily over 100,000 concerned Americans interrupted their busy lives Wednesday to commiserate over the financial future of the nation. And for their trouble, major news networks laugh, call them names and walk away. It says much more about the news gatherers than the people they so arrogantly look down on. When Republicans were in charge, dissent was considered the highest form of patriotism. Now, apparently, it's just a joke. (From: Augusta Chrnoicle)

We are urging CNN to promptly
terminate the employment of Susan Roesgen

Such bias and blunt misuse of national media will not be tolerated.  CNN must set an example that this type of behavior against protestors will not be condoned any longer!

NOTE:  We are hoping that Ms. Roesgen and CNN have the courtesy to issue an apology to the people she offended on that day in Chicago, IL.  They did NOTHING to deserve viscous attacks by Ms. Roesgen. 

 

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susan.roesgen@turner.com

 

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HELP US OBTAIN A CLIP
:  There was a different interview with Susan and Chuck Roberts on CNN Headline News on April 15th, 2009 between 1:00PM and 1:15PM EST.  This clip supposedly contained demographic and partisan remarks by Susan Roesgen.  We cannot seem to locate a clip and a person we spoke to told us that he contacted CNN in regards to obtaining the clip.  He was told that the clip could not be released for viewing due to a "management hold."  Help us obtain this clip somehow. Email it to us if you can (headquarters[AT]firesusan.com) or leave a link to it in the comments section.

  1. SUSAN ROESGEN GETS VERBALLY SLAMMED BY PROTESTOR (FEATURING "GO HOME CNN!")
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zNbWtl4wgM

     
  2. SUSAN ROESGEN IN 2006 JOKES ABOUT BUSH-HITLER COSTUME WORN BY ANTI-BUSH PROTESTOR
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WQbNaXJ8Pw
     
  3. THE PEACEFUL TEA PARTY IN CHICAGO THAT SUSAN FAILED TO REPORT ON - BY HOWTHEWORLDWORKS
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpeScv6EPgQ
     
  4. FOX NEWS COMMENTATOR BILL O'REILLY DISCUSSES BEHAVIOR OF CNN REPORTER WITH GRETA VAN SUSTREN
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEj5vUkMgYo
     
  5. DAILY SHOW - JONATHAN LEIBOWITZ CATCHES SUSAN IN THE ACT
    http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/funny/fox_are...
     
  6. MARK LEVIN TALKS TO NORM (the man with child who is harassed by Susan Roesgen)
    http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x906rh
     
  7. NEIL CAVUTO, FOX NEWS ANCHOR OF YOUR WORLD, TALKS TO NORM
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBef6Pqkx4
     
  8. FOUNDINGFATHERS ARRIVES AT THE CHICAGO TEA PARTY RIGHT AFTER SUSAN GOES ON THE AIR
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xWGvdRQ9Q
     
  9. RICK SANTELLI - RANT OF THE YEAR - THE BIRTH OF THE TEA PARTIES
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA
     
  10. FOX & FRIENDS, MORNING CABLE NEWS SHOW ON FOX NEWS, DISCUSSES CONDUCT OF MSNBC AND CNN
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCo76RZjHo0
     
  11. CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS CITIZENS EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATION AT THE TEA PARTY - FILMED BY CITIZEN
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWA109_LNsA
     
  12. FOX NEWS ANCHOR SHEP SMITH ADDRESSES NEIL CAVUTO, DISCUSSES ROESGEN's REMARKS REGARDING FOX NEWS
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjk6CSjlTVs
     
  13. MEGYN KELLY, FOX NEWS ANCHOR, TALKS TO MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER ABOUT SUSAN ROESGEN
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhyN5bmB6AE&
     
  14. MEDIA MALPRACTICE - COMPILATION OF VARIOUS NETWORKS
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPgWw5eUFmY
     

If you have any more videos, please submit them in the comment section.  We will post relevant videos on this list!

 

IN THE NEWS AND AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE [BACK TO MENU]
Here are articles that discuss the situation at various news outlets and blogs that are worth reading.  If you have any articles you would like for us to put up, please place a link to it in the comment section!

TVNEWSER:
CNN Reporter at Chicago Tea Party: It's "Anti-CNN Since This is Highly Promoted By the Right-Wing, Conservative Network Fox
"CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen could barely get through her live shot at the Chicago tea party this afternoon. Over shouts of, "You're not a reporter," Roesgen quickly wrapped up an interview with an attendee, then said, "I think you get the general tenor of this. It's anti-government, anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox.""

TVNEWSER: Partied-Out CNN Reporter Takes a Break
"So far Roesgen is not talking publicly about the situation. CNN tells us she's now on a previously-planned vacation."

NEWSBUSTERS: 'Anti-CNN' TEA Party Reporter Rejected for Gig at Fox News - Twice
"One peculiar line from one of her peculiar rant-filled reports was that the TEA Parties were being "anti-CNN" because they were "highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox." Well it turns out she wasn't always so anti-Fox. "

MICHELLEMALKIN: CNN beclowns itself
"So, the Tea Party protests are “not fit for family viewing” according to one very unhappy CNN reporter, Susan Roesgen, who also fumes over what she calls an “offensive” anti-Obama sign that compares Obama to a fascist. "

NATIONALREVIEW: CNN's Susan Roesgen: Taking Hackery to New Heights
"...then she talks to a guy who seems perfectly reasonable and rudely cuts him off multiple times. She then attacks Fox News, ranting that the crowd is anti-CNN and says that the tea party is not "family viewing." Of all the leftist protests I've covered over the years — and I've covered many of them — I have never seen a reporter enter the fray and act personally offended by the many, many examples of outrageous behavior at a protest. I have never seen a reporter enter the fray and act personally offended by the many, many examples of outrageous behavior at a protest. There's little to be gained by it, and it's simply not professional. What Roesgen is doing here pure hackery. Even as grandstanding, she fails. She goes about things with all the subtlety of a brick through a window, and in the end it appears she's just an angry jerk."

AUGUST CHRONICLE: 'Disgusting' doesn't cover it
"In one of the most unprofessional acts of "journalism" we've ever seen, CNN's Susan Roesgen "covered" a tea party by combatively peppering a young father with leading questions, arguing with him, then giving up and disparaging the entire event as "anti-CNN.""

POLIGAZETTE: CNN & MSNBC and the End of Journalism
"Wednesday made clear that two networks - MSNBC and CNN - have truly jumped the shark. They have made a tremendous turn to the left - they did years ago, and especially last year already, of course, but their left-turn has now reached the point it cannot get any worse. The two networks have simply become outlets for the liberal-wing of the Democratic Party, and (therefore) for the White House."

THE OBSERVERS: 'Pro-Obama CNN' attacked at Tea Party
"A CNN reporter who struggled to keep her cool during one of the anti-Obama demonstrations on Wednesday was subsequently attacked by both the immediate crowds and then the entire online Tea Party community."

RENEWAMERICA: CNN and MSNBC: sexual degenerates and liars
"The major news networks, except FOX News, spent the day ridiculing, harassing, and insulting honest Americans who have a Constitutional Right to protest their government. They continuously lied to their viewers as to the reason for this enormous protest."

CANADA FREE PRESS: Shame on you CNN
"By now you’ve probably heard of the shameful actions by Susan Roesgen, the CNN reporter who harassed attendees at yesterday’s Chicago Tea Party. Instead of reporting on the Tea Party, Roesgen picked people out of the crowd to confront and argue with, before signing off her report by labeling the tea party movement as “anti-CNN” and “not family viewing.”"

RIGHT PUNDITS: Susan Roesgen: Angry CNN Reporter Calls Tea Party Protesters Anti-Government and Anti-CNN
"She appeared quite angry about the whole thing. The previously little known reporter certainly made a name for herself by her confrontational and barely (if at all) contained contempt for the Tea Party protesters. "

NEWSBUSTERS: Avoiding Criticism: CNN Shuts Down Anti-Tea Party Reporter's Email Address
"Well, for the past day Americans have been emailing her to let her know how they feel about her unprofessional attitude. Apparently, CNN does not appreciate hearing from its viewers, though, because all of a sudden anyone that sends an email to Roesgen's CNN email address will have it returned as address unknown!"

WIZBANGBLOG: Susan Roesgen: Leftist Masquerading as Objective Journalist
"It's not a shock that Roesgen is a leftist. What is shocking that she actually thinks she can get away with portraying herself as an objective journalist."

NEWSBUSTERS: CNN's Fox-Bashing/Fox-Job Applying Roesgen 'Tak(ing) a Break'
"CNN's Susan Roesgen has had a rough week, what with all the ordinary American/First Amendment practitioners bashing she so passionately and obnoxiously delivered in her TEA Party reporting."

BOSTON HERALD: Tea Party won't end
"CNN’s Susan Roesgen, an alleged “reporter” covering the Chicago Tea Party, lashed out at the participants like an angry MoveOn.org member."

 

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS [BACK TO MENU]

Why go after Susan?

For the reasons we listed above.  We are not looking to hurt this woman personally, but her behavior towards the protestors breaches ethical journalism standards, and it is something that should not be preached to the public though national news.  A news corporation has a responsibility to its stockholders and its viewers.  We are against the behavior of Susan Roesgen and what she did to the public: demean.  Even though every network has a bias, Susan used her political beliefs to antagonize the protestors and make an event seem "anti-government."

What should Susan have done differently?
BE AN ACTUAL REPORTER, NOT A STIMULUS PRESS RELEASE OFFICER!  Go in there, get the facts, interview both sides: some angry people and some peaceful people.  Be fair.  Get some balance. You know what's surprising?  We found that the majority of the protestors were peaceful!  They took time out of their own lives, rain or shine, to protest excess government spending and prolonged civilian burden.  Sure you may not agree with their message, but they have EVERY right to protest as you enjoy the same right.

What about Fox News Reporters?  They are always spewing hatred and anti-government propaganda!
This is just nonsense.  Do some research.  Ratings tell a different story. The majority of anti-Fox News comes from the left and only the left. Judging from past and present events, it is clearly evident that the left considers everything not remotely left to be right-wing-extremist propaganda.  If you feel different, please dig though your own files and find us a clip where a Fox News REPORTER engages in this behavior at a protest. Fox caters to its audience, which seems to have a larger conservative base.  If you don't like Fox, change the channel.

Who is the woman who scolds the reporter afterwards, the "suburban mother" ?
We don't know, but we sure would like to find out!  She handled herself really well, and set the reporter straight!  It's people like this that make protests worth going to.  If anyone knows who she is, please let us know.  We would love to have a statement from her and post it on this website!

What do you get out of this financially?
Absolutely nothing.  We are not after money or fame.  We just want to make sure that reporters do not use their political views to hurt others who are rightfully voicing their opinions--be they liberal, conservative, Democrat, or Republican

 

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Note: We are not going to initiate a mass automatic pre-filled email campaign as one ultra-left "progressive" blog had done against a news commentator.  Not only did they catastrophically fail, the owners of the blog were verbally reprimanded by corporations for resorting to spam tactics to send their statements. We learn from their mistakes. Hence, you have the ability to send your own message if you wish.

 

NOTICE TO MSNBC [BACK TO MENU]
In just the past week, MSNBC has been subject of ridicule from various media outlets, commentators, and even from their own correspondents. On the Olbermann show and throughout MSNBC, we have heard two very tasteless, defamatory, and degrading statements as follows:

  1. Janeane Garofalo refers to all anti-tax tea day party participants as "racist rednecks." (see video here). 
  2. David Schuster and Olbermann have both been using vulgar terminology to address anti-tax tea party participants.
     (Rachael Maddow and Anderson Cooper-CNN were also taking part in this despicable behavior)

All you fellow MSNBC watchers, you must take action against this.  Sure it may be commentary, but that does not completely blanket you from following ethical standards of journalism.  We are planning to start a campaign against this behavior.

 

MESSAGE TO SUSAN [BACK TO MENU]
Susan, we want to tell you that if you feel this strong about the government, that you have every right to run for a position in it! Perhaps your talents of reading off the stimulus press release might serve better as the Press Secretary for President Obama  than at a tax protest. Just don't run into and ridicule and denigrate American citizens for peacefully protesting against our government. 

If you, Susan, want to release a press statement to us, contact: susancnn(AT)firesusan.com.  We will post your statement if you want. 
Note: this email address will only accept emails from the CNN domain name (@cnn.com).

Check back daily to see if we hear from Susan!

 

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