The Situation Room

The Situation Room is an afternoon newscast on CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005. The newscast is subdivided into an hour devoted to politics, an hour devoted to security, and an hour devoted to international news. A number of CNN journalists often join Wolf, including Jack Cafferty, Ali Velshi, Zain Verjee, Paul Begala, and James Carville. The show replaces Inside Politics and Wolf Blitzer Reports.

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CNN - Wolf Blitzer - August 8 - 2005 - Jack Cafferty - Ali Velshi - Zain Verjee - Paul Begala - James Carville - Inside Politics - Wolf Blitzer Reports

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The show has garnered much criticism for covering human interest stories; notably devoting almost an hour of commercial free coverage to a story about a virus affecting their outdated Windows 2000 computers. Much of this criticism comes from satirist Jon Stewart who has mocked the reporting of the show on multiple ocassions.

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Windows 2000 - Jon Stewart

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