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01/27/2004 Archived Entry: "Jesus. My head is starting to hurt."
Jesus. My head is starting to hurt.
I'm watching CNN right now, and the level of vapidity is rising fast. Anchor Carol Lin and the style critic for the Washington Post are talking about the candidates' favorite music. Sample conversation:
Lin: So John Kerry claims that he loves the Beatles' Abbey Road....Segal: Yes, he claims he likes Abbey Road, which is pretty plausible....
Why is Kerry, according to these idiots, claiming that he likes the Beatles? Are we to the point where a direct answer to a question of taste is viewed as suspect?
Or are the anchors at CNN the stupidest people in broadcasting nowadays?
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News Flash: cable news anchors ain't the Algonquin Round Table. And no, CNN anchors are most definitely NOT the most idiotic. Looking for stupidity at its purest? Try "Fox and Friends" cable in the morning. I guaranty it will take your breath away.
Besides, in spite of her embarrassing banality, Carol Lin is gorgeous. I predict that within the next two years all the cable news programs will be anchored by Victoria Secret's models dressed in lingerie. I look forward to watching Tyra Banks interview Greenspan to discuss the latest Beige Book report.
One of the great things about living in a nation of idiots: it makes a mediocrity like me feeli like an intellectual giant.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 01/27/2004 12:22 PM NY
I can just see the screaming, 36-point font Drudge headline now: "JOHN KERRY FLIP-FLOPS AGAIN, SAYS THAT EXILE ON MAIN STREET FAVORITE ALBUM.... DEVELOPING"
Posted by norbizness @ 01/27/2004 12:45 PM NY
Er, feeli = feel. Intellectual giant? Yeah, right.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 01/27/2004 01:03 PM NY
CNN: stupid.
From Media Whore Online:
On Monday's Inside Politics, Judy Woodruff discussed Tuesday's primary with two New Hampshire Voters, one of them a Dean supporter named Judy Fox:
WOODRUFF: So you're sticking with Howard Dean?
FOX: I'm sticking with him.
WOODRUFF: Despite all the publicity of the last week about the speech in Iowa?
FOX: Oh, that. That didn't bother me at all.
WOODRUFF: Why not?
Posted by skimble @ 01/27/2004 01:59 PM NY
While I agree that the folks at CNN *can* be a bit vapid, I'm *totally* with Metropolitan99 on "Fox and Friends," or as I like to call them, "Fox and Fools," or "Fox and Frauds." Watching them, much like watching the Anna Nicole Show, will actually make you dumber!
Posted by Tina @ 01/27/2004 02:22 PM NY
You expect anything better of the teleprompter support units?
Posted by salvage @ 01/27/2004 02:24 PM NY
Yeah, they are stupid. But even stupidity has depth: It's so they can tell themselves they can spot it when politicians lie.
They are dimly aware Bush lied to them, that's the origin.
Posted by HM @ 01/27/2004 03:33 PM NY
At least he doen't like the Butthole Surfers.
And besides, you can't play Abbey Road backwards and get any satanic messages. So he's still electable. But just catch him scratchin', and it's all over.
Posted by Rocknroll @ 01/27/2004 07:39 PM NY
CNN is terrible-getting worse every day, and it wasn't always the case.
Judy Woodruff is a joke. Does she still put on that ridiculous leather jacket every once in a while? It makes her look like David Bowie after a sex change...
Posted by Blue Demon @ 01/28/2004 07:57 AM NY
Is there anyone within 20 years either side of Kerry's age who doesn't like/love "Abby Road?"
George Bush *CLAIMS* (wink wink, nudge nudge) to like puppy dogs and apple pie. (Of course, the Connecticut-born Bush is still afraid of horses, drug tests, serving in the military, raising responsible children, unscripted press conferences, and the Bill of Rights).
BTW - How would anyone be able to tell if Bowie had a sex change?
FYI - John Ascroft's favorite song is "Stuck In The Middle With You" because it reminds him of his "favorite, wonderfully delightful scene in 'Reservoir Dogs.'"
Posted by Larry Dean @ 01/28/2004 11:57 AM NY
