http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/1996/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/cnn-touts-slam-80s-mythology-promoting-militarism-greed <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Jay Kernis, senior producer of CNN's In the Arena program, promoted liberal writer David Sirota's thesis that "<strong>the mythology of the 1980s still defines our thinking on everything from militarism, to greed, to race relations</strong>." Sirota bashed 80s cultural touchstones such as The A Team and Ghostbusters for being "<strong>hideously militaristic</strong>" and the "<strong>ugliness </strong>of [their] <strong>anti-government message</strong>."<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/cnn-touts-slam-80s-mythology-promoting-militarism-greed" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division BiasAlert CNN CNN.com DavidSiorta HuffingtonPost IntheArena JayKernis liberalmediabias Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:29:00 +0000 37464 at http://archive2.mrc.org