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04/09/2004 Archived Entry: "Neck-snapping hypocrisy at CNN"
Neck-snapping hypocrisy at CNN.
I know I shouldn't be the least bit surprised at this, but I'm struck by how hypocritical CNN can be without even noticing.
Kyra Phillips just did a segment that kicked off with tut-tutting about Howard Stern being indecent and dropped from Clear Channel, then went to that indecent Larry flynt attempting to open an adult store in Florida (with accompanying disapproving tone)...
...and ended the segment with a fluff piece about 'WonderButt' pants, complete with a camera following a woman around at ass-level, and shots of supermodels' butts.
And like I said - the duality seems completely lost on them.
Replies: 14 people speak up
duality my ass, these people can barely handle singular ideas. im certainly no genius, but the tone and pace of cnn makes me feel like a mensa member. are americans actually this stupid, or are they just intentionally dumbing it down for the lowest common denominator?
any one who has graduated high school, and most people who haven't should feel insulted watching the news
Posted by justin @ 04/09/2004 02:08 PM NY
CNN is awful. They've hit the bottom trying to chase after Fox viewers who would never watch them anyway. Ever since Walter Isaacson went sucking up to the repugs they've been on a long steady decline, and after personally watching the whole Letterman/kid yawning debacle unfold, I've kissed them goodbye for good.
I actually freelanced at CNN in NY years back, and worked with some dedicated, smart people who are now long gone. Between CNN, Faux, and MESSNBC there is absolutely no news network worth a shit.
Posted by Blue Demon @ 04/09/2004 03:37 PM NY
Justin,
"...are americans actually this stupid..." Yes, unfortunately may are that stupid.
Meanwhile on Fox, they had a segment on the inexplicable "The Apprentice." They showed some of the women in racey lingerie.
Idiot Nation, indeed.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 04/09/2004 04:23 PM NY
Whoops, "may" = "many." Wine makes me love turkee preznit.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 04/09/2004 04:25 PM NY
I did notice how the &%$*&*# Kyra was ga-lowing during the piece on the Good Friday pilgrimage to the Vatican.
"Doesn't he (the young boy with no arms) know what we're doing for him there in Iraq???!!!"--#$%^ Kyra
Posted by Vicki @ 04/09/2004 04:39 PM NY
On the other side of the coin: do we really want the FCC in charge of deciding what constitutes "blasphemy", and act they are now levying fines for?
Isn't "blasphemy" saying something that a Christian considers sacreligious? Is patrolling for that an FCC mandate?
Scorpio
Eccentricity
Posted by Scorpio @ 04/09/2004 05:09 PM NY
Hey... Janeane Garafalo just plugged TBTM on "Majority Report"!!!
Posted by Kendog @ 04/09/2004 09:26 PM NY
Here's a goog one for you. Now Ashcroft is on the hot seat. When being briefed about al Quada by the FBI, Johnny wasn't interested.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4702786/
Posted by Demeur @ 04/09/2004 10:50 PM NY
justins comments reminded me of NOFX's "Idiots Are Taking Over"
"..Mensa membership exceeding
Tell me why and how are all the stupid people breeding
Watson, it’s really elementary
The industrial revolution
Has flipped the bitch on evolution..."
Posted by djdissent @ 04/09/2004 11:11 PM NY
i finally got the dish network installed. cnn int'l is better than the tripe on cnn america. besides watching the bbc and c-span, i'm constantly being sucked into programs on worldlink and free speech tv.
Posted by jeff @ 04/10/2004 08:37 AM NY
Sorry to hear about your neck. Mine went when CNN had on:
(a) Anti-gay-marriage fundy zealot trying to clean up our culture. Guest mostly discussed bestiality.
(b) Kira Phillips interviewing evangelical back from Iraq about deaths of evangelicals sent there to convert heathen/Muslims. [paraphrasing] Kira: "And they were killed just for trying to save souls, right?"
Posted by Peanut @ 04/10/2004 09:34 AM NY
i hate to say it, but missionaries (much like mercenaries) get no sympathy from me. imagine if someone went to their church, and told them that their god was false, and that they were going to burn in hell, there would be a riot at the very least, quite possibly a lynching. people take their superstitions personally.
the sole purpose of missionaries is to destroy a culture, and remold it in their image. If 18th century africans had killed more missionaries, i guarantee you that continent would be in much better shape (quite possibly a superpower). christian evangelicals have destroyed every "primitive" culture on earth, from africa, to south america, to the south pacific. if you go to a modern non-christain country, with the aims to convert the locals, you can expect one of 2 results: they ignore you, or they kill you. muslims are not savages, they will not be impressed by airplanes, or antibiotics, or other wonders of the modern world, like tribesmen in some rainforest who have never seen a white devil. they have their god, and they seem to be quite happy with him. when you take your life in your own hands, you cant be surprised when you lose it.
Posted by justin @ 04/10/2004 11:39 AM NY
Justin,
Not all Muslims live in tents, ok? We know about (and use!) technology. But thanks for the sentiment.
Posted by Yasmin @ 04/10/2004 02:49 PM NY
i dont know where you got that from what i said.
i was pointing out that the muslim world IS modern, and white christians have nothing that they would be impressed by, unlike the more tribal targets of evangelist in other parts of the world, who may be impressed by the trinkets we throw at aboriginal peoples to convert them to westernism. i dont think i said anything about tents...
Posted by justin @ 04/10/2004 03:00 PM NY
