tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post4323992788749342668..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: In Case You Thought The Slapfight Between Trump And CNN Couldn't Get Any Stupider...Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-17843831598147232632017-07-04T19:47:52.879-04:002017-07-04T19:47:52.879-04:00OK Winst!
Just remember, when you're getting ...OK Winst!<br /><br />Just remember, when you're getting really pissed off and rolling your eyes... you said, 'Keep saying this to me'!Darius Jedburghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-55140984565555115602017-07-04T13:42:13.165-04:002017-07-04T13:42:13.165-04:00Yeah yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah...keep saying this to ...Yeah yeah. Yeah.<br />Yeah.<br />Yeah...keep saying this to me... I'm definitely susceptible to getting all fired up in one direction and losing perspective.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-24999657024138689262017-07-04T12:26:08.294-04:002017-07-04T12:26:08.294-04:00My point is that the massive asymmetry deprives th...My point is that the massive asymmetry deprives the rhetoric of 'on the one hand... on the other...' of its point. <i>This</i> way of bitching about the media gives a false impression that their antics mitigate Trump's horrific clownshow / trainwreck in some way. And it's not even as if the Washington Post has much power <i>qua</i> media. (CNN more so, but not as much as Fox.)<br Darius Jedburghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-65608001416750013422017-07-03T17:27:47.496-04:002017-07-03T17:27:47.496-04:00Who could disagree?
He's a terrible person i...Who could disagree? <br /><br />He's a terrible person in the world's most powerful office. <br /><br />The situation is bad, bad, bad.<br /><br />I do not disagree with that in the least.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-555721146632405242017-07-03T17:24:12.918-04:002017-07-03T17:24:12.918-04:00Not to belabor the obvious, but...
Trump is the m...Not to belabor the obvious, but...<br /><br />Trump is the most powerful man in the world. What he does affects <i>everybody</i>. Darius Jedburghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-45024821297846205962017-07-03T13:50:05.068-04:002017-07-03T13:50:05.068-04:00I'll be in my room.I'll be in my room.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-41607533754699296052017-07-03T13:46:57.603-04:002017-07-03T13:46:57.603-04:00Well, you could check youtube. He's asking th...Well, you could check <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpVd7k1Uw6A" rel="nofollow">youtube</a>. He's asking the panel if the theory is "preposterous", not necessarily endorsing it. But that is the point. CNN drives meaningless stories into the ground and will do literally anything to keep them alive.<br /><br />Including wondering whether planes were swallowed by black Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-52636070982746153132017-07-03T13:28:46.961-04:002017-07-03T13:28:46.961-04:00Are you...making that up?Are you...making that up?Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-29821402774553198332017-07-03T13:22:33.206-04:002017-07-03T13:22:33.206-04:00So just to beat the drum on CNN's business mod...So just to beat the drum on CNN's business model of being obsessed with minor news events, let's go back to the Malaysian Airlines debacle. To keep that story alive, Don Lemon literally theorized <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/don-lemon-black-hole-malaysia-jet" rel="nofollow">that it might have been swallowed by a black hole</a>. A black hole. In the Pacific Ocean. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-34376591369265910322017-07-03T12:02:53.596-04:002017-07-03T12:02:53.596-04:00Well, honestly, I don't really know how to com...Well, honestly, I don't really know how to compare their awfulness.<br /><br />Trump: fucking don't get me started. <br /><br />CNN: WTF???<br /><br />The PC left: not merely self-deceived, limp-wristed narcissists...but straight *Twilight Zone*...<br /><br />I mean...I think Trump is off the goddamn scale. Just...a whole different order of terrible... I'm reduced to sputtering fury.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-17672331881332760082017-07-03T11:45:16.052-04:002017-07-03T11:45:16.052-04:00No argument that this CNN business is ludicrous, b...No argument that this CNN business is ludicrous, but...<br /><br /><i>Both sides are right about some stuff, and both sides are wrong about some stuff</i><br /><br />I'm starting to get a kind of <i>Twilight Zone</i>/<i>Invasion of the Bodysnatchers</i> feeling about this, Winston. The basic attitude of yourself and the Mystic seems to be:<br /><br />ON THE ONE HAND: [Insert very long list Darius Jedburghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-63768545747591873642017-07-02T19:59:27.078-04:002017-07-02T19:59:27.078-04:00I don't know what to think about your first th...I don't know what to think about your first three paragraphs--but they're worth thinking about.<br /><br />But those final two paragraphs are gold, Anon, gold!<br /><br />Seriously, that really flipped a switch on for me about CNN. And that point about CNN and Trump complementing each other...that's great, man. You ought to publish that somewhere.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-19988935579415670302017-07-02T17:06:53.815-04:002017-07-02T17:06:53.815-04:00"As for what they *ought* to *do*...well...ba..."As for what they *ought* to *do*...well...back away from the ledge? Cut out the sensationalism and yellow journalism? Look up the word 'objectivity' at dictionary.com?"<br /><br />I don't actually think this is so simple. For one, the brand is significantly tarnished by now. Second, they need ratings, and they drove away everyone not looking for negative Trump coverage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-71427509450749738342017-07-02T16:43:40.382-04:002017-07-02T16:43:40.382-04:00I think that the #RESISTANCE(tm) is trying to make...I think that the #RESISTANCE(tm) is trying to make Trump flip his shit. Which...he came into office with a head start on that, and he's gotta be at least halfway there by now... Maybe CNN sees themselves as part of that. <br />Or maybe they see the middle shrinking and the crazy left ascendant, and want to outflank MSNBC. <br />Or maybe they realize that the crazier Trump gets, the better Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-64928424470799478312017-07-02T16:32:56.468-04:002017-07-02T16:32:56.468-04:00Space spaces are for the unwashed SJW proles. CNN...Space spaces are for the unwashed SJW proles. CNN will make a call for civility. It's the same game essentially, but they are just a lot more artful, or really less jargon-bound, in their tactics.<br /><br />But another thing, how should a news organization deal with the fact that they are now in outright conflict with the administration? In CNNs case it is completely deserved; they have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com