[BigStupidDogFacedArse]

Any one interested in pointing out all the flaws with this network?

I loathe the heavily opinionated broadcasts. Nancy Grace and Glennbeck telling us what they think is important is not news and shouldn't be scheduled on a station that promises us 24/7 news. Furthermore, I hate the idea of 24/7 news.

I hate the graphic visuals that fly across the screen. I believe news should be boring and stale. An old man or women should be placed in a chair with no graphic logo bouncing in the corner of the screen. This person should be delivering the evening news with the flare a Myalgic Encephalomyelitis patient. The news should be so boring that the only thing compelling you to watch it is the actual story itself.

I hate how journalists can spend 4 hours on an "unfolding event". As events unfold, there is little evidence or facts to report, so the same strands of useless info are presented over and over again. During this time an analyst with an opinion will appear, then, a different analyst with a different opinion will appear. Then we'll have live coverage of a field reporter telling us things like "not sure, too early, maybe, if so, how come, perhaps, and ok?" Amount of news reported:0 Amount of fear generated: 100

I hate how they manufacture fear. If the middle east is calm, if world politics is quiet for a day, if no major disasters are to report, then our friends at CNN will march over to an investigation bureau and find a recently abducted kid, who is almost always cute.

I hate how they restrict their coverage to presidential hopefulls who have multi-millions in funding and as a result don't need the exposure. I can't stand their polling system. Why do we have polls?

I can't stand their special features, and more to the point, the titles they choose. DEATH GRIP:Inside Pro Wrestling? Or the all time in broadcasted fecal matter, "The Iraq War: The road to freedom". A live play by play of the opening battles, the victory, the insurgency etc..

CNN is nothing more than entertainment. I don't feel smart pointing this out either, since it's been well written about before. When will 'we the people' just stop watching it. If we ignore it, the giant whore will leave us alone. I swear, I ignore street whores all the time ( I live in one of those areas) and it really works.

[TheOrator]

My all-time favorite CNN moment (apart from the famous "Al Gore next President!" bit) has to be this reporter outside the Vatican when Pope John Paul II was giving himself Last Rites.

"Yes, that's right, Pope John Paul II, 84 years old, is dying. He has been Pope for 26 year now, 26 years and counting."

Well, I suppose he can still count if he wants to.

[BigStupidDogFacedArse]

As I type this post, here are the current headliners at CNN.com

Latest News
O.J. Simpson back in custody 10 min
Track star Marion Jones sentenced to prison
Mayor: City failed 4 slain children
Ticker: Giuliani ask staff if it's OK not to pay them
WCVB: Harvard student killed taunting teen
Iraqis pop a wheelie to forget about war
Kids chug milk, barf in science class
'Hannah Montana' uses body double in concert
Tiny polar bear naps with toy, dreams noisily
WISC: School food fight ends up in court
Shotgun jailbreak led to love on the run
Asteroid probably won't hit Mars, scientists say
New hybrid gets up to 150 miles per gallon!
Police hunt suspect, dead Marine's grave 20 min
CNNMoney: Don't fear Countrywide buyout

Did the live coverage of the Pope's death have a death analyst discuss his current state of death?

This post has been edited by BigStupidDogFacedArse: 11 January 2008 - 04:40 PM

[reiner]

My favorite moment was flipping through the channels and seeing PIRATE ATTACK labeled on a map with a big yellow square off the coast of east Africa. I was ecstatic.

This btw was an attack on a US Naval ship, but man that image hyped it up.

[J m HofMarN]

You guys remember when they used to have a little box on screen at all times that told us what the threat level was?

[Despondent]

You can't spell Clinton without Cnn

[TruJade]

CNN focuses on the wrong things
they might as well be linked to ET, Extra and Access Hollywood
who cares if Jaime Lynn Spears is preggers
its her life to ruin

what the threat level it is
b/c if i were American i would assume it was always orange
just steps away from terror and shock and awe

or that Hilary Clinton doesn't cry enough and thus won't make a good leader
for goodness sakes the womans married to Bill. . . true story

Thought when it comes right down to it
i can't stand Nancy Grace but the stories she covers

are just so atrocious and terrible sometimes
you can't look away, much like Maury or The Steve Wilkos Show

[Snake Logan]

Any woman that forgives her husband for adultery shouldn’t be allowed into office. It shows that she is weak on crime or doesn’t believe in the system.

This post has been edited by Snake Logan: 13 January 2008 - 03:00 AM

[TruJade]

Whhhhhaat!

Usually i would agree with you
b/c adultery if one of those near unfogivable things

but a merciful leader is just as improtant as one who
can put your nose to the grindstone

[Snake Logan]

Merciful? The man is rich. The reason she doesn’t dumb her husband is because she is a greedy old crow.

[TruJade]

Wow that wasn't hateful at all
Although it would be oh so easy to do
perhaps oh... umm, she LOVES him!!

okay she may seem like a tired, old, witch-like hag
that is convinced she is the greatest
but she's still human

and its not to hard to believe
she probably would have received
more money in the divorce settlement

[Snake Logan]

Lets pretend she does love him. That misguided love she has for her husband can only hamper America. What if he does something corrupt and she found out? She would pretend it never happened because of her love for him. Either way, bad to have as president.

[BigStupidDogFacedArse]

You can't spell Clinton without Cnn

What does that mean?

What if he does something corrupt and she found out? She would pretend it never happened because of her love for him

Can you hash up any previous examples in US history when a President in office was exposed for corruption by a friend/spouse? I'm not sure Bill's corruption is relevant any how, he's no longer accountable to the voter.

Merciful? The man is rich. The reason she doesn’t dumb her husband is because she is a greedy old crow.

I'm all for 'sticking it' to the politicians, but what are you basing that on?

This post has been edited by BigStupidDogFacedArse: 13 January 2008 - 11:13 AM

[Snake Logan]

What does that mean?

Obviously he means that the CNN is a propaganda outlet for Clinton supporters.

Can you hash up any previous examples in US history when a President in office was exposed for corruption by a friend/spouse?

Perhaps Deep Throat was a family member of Nixon, I don’t know.

I'm not sure Bill's corruption is relevant any how, he's no longer accountable to the voter.

Look to the past to determine the future. Clinton lied under oath. Perhaps Bush followed his example when it came to Iraq?

I'm all for 'sticking it' to the politicians, but what are you basing that on?

Somehow I doubt she is sticking with him because of his charms.

This post has been edited by Snake Logan: 13 January 2008 - 11:48 AM

[BigStupidDogFacedArse]

Snake Logan, I really disagree with your statements.

Ya obviously it means CNN loves the clintons, I'll let Despondent speak on his own behalf.

Your second response merely proves there is no precident. And to worry about family members corruption and this some how ties into to presidential integrity is just total fluff.

I said this

I'm not sure Bill's corruption is relevant any how, he's no longer accountable to the voter.

Your response was this

Look to the past to determine the future. Clinton lied under oath. Perhaps Bush followed his example when it came to Iraq?

I don't get it. So if Laura Bush runs for president, her love for her Husbandwill come back to haunt her since she'll defend him cause he's prone to corruption or perhaps not prone but may just fuck up while Laura sits in the oval office. Laura will defend him cause of love/marriage/baby thingy and this will be bad? What the fuck?

You told us That misguided love she has for her husband can only hamper America What if he does something corrupt and she found out? She would pretend it never happened because of her love for him.

Somehow I doubt she is sticking with him because of his charms.

This comment is dripping with the glue from postage stamps.

edit: I've made the dreaded mistake of assuming you're not 14. I just realized, only now, that these forums are filled with diversity.

This post has been edited by Spoon Poetic: 13 January 2008 - 12:43 PM
Reason for edit:: Be nice, children.