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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:22 PM
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20 dead - 300 wounded; 12 dead - 25 injured; 17 dead - 6 wounded;smile
There something very wrong with CNN, with all Media Whores and with our country because it's the same with most ALL Whore anchors and most ALL Whore GOP leaders but no one seems to notice, care, or do anything about it.

I've just watched a CNN anchor say, "In Turkey 20 dead - 300 wounded; in France 12 dead - 25 injured; in Iraq 17 dead - 6 wounded" and before the 'wounded' dribbled out of her mouth, like feces dripping out of her anus, she had a smile on her face from ear to ear telling me to pay attention to the up coming commerical and we'll be right back to look at the weather for this fine day.
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:27 PM
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1. I'm glad you brought this up because I...
was afraid it was just me being too critical of the media. I've actually seen the anchors smile WHILE they discuss horrid and tragic events.

It seems like a total disconnect from what they are saying.

:hi:
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homelandpunk Donating Member (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 02:21 AM
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14. Ted Koppel's creepy daughter does it ALL the time on CNN
What is scary is it does not seem to be a disconnect... she knows what is coming out of her mouth, and glows with glee as the newest tragedy is reported, with smiles and a look of "this is fun" on her face. God!
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LeftistGorilla Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 09:47 AM
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18. I noticed that too...
and when she asks questions to guests... it's like she doesn't know what the hell she's talking about...
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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 08:17 AM
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15. Why do our 'responsible and moral' CEOs allow this to continue?
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hadrons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:28 PM
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2. and this is the audience the mediawhores are targeting
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:28 PM
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3. They don't have enough fingers
to plug up all the holes. American media is a disgrace.
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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:29 PM
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4. dark
it's over. we lost. darker days ahead. i don't know what to do. you see it too. everything is upside down. kooyaniskaqsi. hard to stay sane. humankind is in for a lesson.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:32 PM
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5. Yes, they seem to lose the smiles only when
reporting on Kobe, Rosie, Laci...or on how mean the Dems are being to the repigs.

How 'bout that?!
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TNDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:35 PM
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6. "She can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye."
Makes me think of the Don Henley song.


I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something, something I can use
People love it when you lose, they love dirty laundry

Well, I could've been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear, give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em all around

We got the bubbleheaded bleach-blonde, comes on at 5
She can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye
It's interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet?
You know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet
Get the widow on the set, we need dirty laundry

You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone, keep your dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff, kick 'em all around

Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
Love to cut you down to size, we love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing
When it's said and done, we haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry

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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 09:09 PM
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13. Darn my stupid computer
You beat me to this one. It is very fitting don't you think. Was Don Henley before his time? :)
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 08:30 AM
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17. I love Don Henley’s songs
And he is not really ahead of his time, just an astute observer.
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 10:15 AM
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19. I love
Don Henley too and I was just kidding about him being ahead of his time. :)
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DemNoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:35 PM
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7. Paula Zahn is the worst offender
She always smiles when talking about death.
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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:44 PM
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10. zahn is the rick sanctorectum of 'journalism'

if she were in the same room with joe ('what dead assistant?') scarborough a black hole of scantimonious hypocrisy would open that would engulf the entire solar system.

if Paula Zahn were a tree, it would be an improvement (except for the landscape, of course)

Paula Zahn: proof positive that pretty is skin deep while UGLY is to the bone

i could go on, and on.........

but Hillary is speaking on c-span so who wants to thing about whorezahn?
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:39 PM
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8. The little princesses have to look attractive when reporting
or they get their precious little butts kicked off the airwaves. Surely, you know that only male anchors can be "serious," (and unattractive). That's why I've pretty much given up on any cable news...
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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:51 PM
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12. It's not gender. I see the Whore Males do it as much as the Whore Females
This time my computer just happen to be on when CNN was on and it pissed me off so much I said something.

We've got 3 main countries greaving from these horrid acts; Israel, Untied States, and Turkey. And 3 major religions greaving from these horrid acts; Jewish, Christian and Muslim.

CNN; No honor, no dignity, no honesty, no morals. CNN should have their FCC license revoked!
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:41 PM
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9. "Amusing Ourselves to Death" decries that exact situation
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-03 08:47 PM
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11. ....and FOX News playing to the tune of these clowns
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 08:30 AM
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16. I noticed this yesterday as well.
Joie Chen seemed to have her mind on more pleasant things than the worst day for US Forces in Iraq since the war began. Maybe she was smiling because her botox injections paralyze the muscles that turn it the other way. Jeez, I was crying all the way to pick up my kids at my in-laws thrity miles away, and she was ready to move on to happier stories. Someone please take her off the serious news desk.

Were the others that bad?
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 10:21 AM
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20. These people are NOT journalists
These folks are television personalities. There is not a Walter Cronkite among them. Most of these talking heads would be just as happy announcing lottery numbers if it got them on national television. It is truly sad the way they read the "dead" numbers as if they were tomorrows weather. Sick & Sad.
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