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09/02/2003 Archived Entry: "CNN tells you where the jobs are."
CNN tells you where the jobs are.
In their continuing effort to snag that steadily-growing unemployed demographic, CNN has started a series called 'Where The Jobs Are.' Now mind you, they're not telling you where you can find a job - the first installment is about the Maine lobster industry, and they even sounded a cautionary note that the lobster boom may be fading.
They just telling you where other people have jobs. We should all tip our hats to this valuable public service that CNN is performing for the unemployed in this country.
As the employment situation in this country continues to stagnate, it's telling that CNN isn't giving tips on finding a job or what industries are hiring. They've turned the unemployment situation into just another way to fill a segment of a daypart. And whether they intend it or not, CNN appears to be rubbing people's noses in the fact that they're unemployed by telling them about other people who have jobs that they won't be able to get themselves. Unbelievable.
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That raw nerve. That oh-so sensitive raw nerve. Someone just pricked my raw nerve with a sharp, pointy needle.
Glad I didn't catch that segment. Would've screamed at the top of my lungs. Only thing I hate worse than those utterly useless employment reports is that Jaguar commercial. Oh, you know the one. Three thirty-somethings are at work, walking down a corridor, when suddenly a jaguar runs past them. After a moment of incredulous silence, one of them remarks, "guess it's time to buy that new Jaguar." There are no words in the English language to adequately covey how much I despise that commercial. Do people really decide to spend $40k-$50k on a four-wheeled conveyance powered by an internal combustion engine based on a hallucinogenic vision of a large South American feline?
Okay, maybe I'm being just a tad sensitive. But have you seen last Sunday's NYT Job Market segment? Christ, it's a friggin' pamphlet!
Next time I see a movie with Mercedes Ruehl in it, I'm gonna say (out loud), "guess it's time to buy that new Mercedes." Then I'll take that Mercedes and run over those CNN talking heads. Next I'll put it in reverse and run over them again...just to make sure I did the job right the first time.
Phew, I'm starting to feel better already. Thanks for letting me ventilate.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 09/02/2003 12:37 PM NY
why would they want to corner the market on unemployed viewers. im unemployed, and let me tell you, although we watch a lot of television, we dont buy a hell of a lot of new things, other than food. they should try to sell stuff to people who buy stuff, like people with jobs, or at least trust funds
Posted by justin @ 09/02/2003 01:08 PM NY
OT, LA callin it like it is:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-scheer2sep02,1,969608.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
Is LA waking up? Could this prod NYT and WaPo out of stupor? Just dreamin'
Posted by dreamin @ 09/02/2003 03:49 PM NY
