CNN PUTS KERRY OUT OF SYNC

Earlier today I mentioned how Fox News attempted to "gore" Howard Dean. Now, I see that CNN's Inside Politics (current motto: "getting on its knees for Arnold faster than a hooker in the wings at a bodybuilding competition"), through bad editing, has made Senator John Kerry look stupid, in a manner that truly wasn't his fault.

Judy Woodruff was reporting on a cutesy bit about Kerry holding a concert-fundraiser. They showed footage of the senator meeting up with Moby on stage, and then joining a local band called Pop Gun 7 on the guitar.

Then CNN showed a few seconds of the song they were playing (Bruce's "10th Avenue Freezeout", a most righteous choice indeed).

The problem? The audio was a half-second off from the video.

Why is this a big deal, that mere half-second? Well, it makes Kerry appear as if he's cluelessly strumming his guitar along with the music. In short, it makes him look like a boob. But it's not his fault. You can see in the video that the band's drummer (to Kerry's right) is not only out of sync with the audio, but he's perfectly IN sync with Kerry's guitar. Not only that, but the chord Kerry is strumming is an F, which is correct for the snippet of "Freezeout" that CNN played for us.

There are two possibilities here:
1) CNN edited this bit in a lazy, incompetent fashion,
or
2) CNN was trying to make Kerry look bad

At least they didn't cut to Candy Crowley to discuss his seemingly horrible musicianship. (In a side note, Candy Crowley truly is the Bill Walton of political reporting)

Anyway, CNN owes John Kerry an apology.