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CNN Starting Point
Aug. 22nd, 2012 01:25 pmAt the dentist, they had CNN Starting Point up on the flatscreen with the CC on (no sound).
Is CNN a quality news outlet?
They were very - ahem - excited to show the naked pics of Prince Harry. Well. One of them, anyway. They made it drift around the screen, with a blurred, graphic based on the picture in the background. Then they had a little conversation about how restrained the British tabloid press was being about the scandal. "Unusually restrained." "Remarkably restrained." And the picture continued to drift around the screen. They also noted that we "might recall" the hacking scandal. Now, as this was in CC, I dind't have any voice cues, but to suggest that the hacking scandal is something limited and over that we "might recall" seems inane, considering how it has shaken the foundations of the Fox News empire, brought repeated hearings in Pariment, including testimony by the Murdochs themselves. This story is quite active on NPR, with recent items on July 24 and August 16. But maybe this is a quibble - maybe it was a droll, British, "as one might recall," meaning of COURSE one recalls that, how silly to even bring it up...
They also had a story on Akin. I don't understand why it keeps getting called the "legitimate rape" story. I don't care about his use of the word legitimate. I am concerned that he thinks a rape victim rarely gets pregnant. This should be the "pregnancy immunity" story or something. Srsly.
I was also supremely unimpressed by the plasticness of the women at the roundtable. Perfect hair. Perfect make-up. Pretty dresses. I realize I shouldn't hate you because you are beautiful, but I sort of do hate you, for being (one presumes) smart, analytical, and still bowing to the pressure to be perfectly coiffed and prettily feminine in all the most stereotypical ways. Yes, yes, I know, you will say I am naieve about celebrity or blah blah, plus why CAN'T a smart woman be pretty, too? Because until you open your mouth, chiquita, you look like a bleached blond bimbo, that's why, and I don't understand why you WANT to be part of that social categorizing. If you WANT to be that, I think less of you. If you feel like you HAVE to be that, then shame on the entire process. (And I refuse to apologize for my bleached blond bimbo remark. Absolutely refuse.) I don't recall the female journalists on the News Hour looking that painted and waxed. Of course, the News Hour is not CNN. I guess.
In any case, presuming CNN is a quality news outlet, then GOD HELP anyone getting their news from TV. And I absolutely cry for anyone watching local news. Cry. Stick to NPR, people. You'll see less bullshit and a lot less political advertising, too. Win, win.
In other ponderings, I wonder about the rape pregnancy question. ( Cut for random thoughts on a sensitive subject )
Is CNN a quality news outlet?
They were very - ahem - excited to show the naked pics of Prince Harry. Well. One of them, anyway. They made it drift around the screen, with a blurred, graphic based on the picture in the background. Then they had a little conversation about how restrained the British tabloid press was being about the scandal. "Unusually restrained." "Remarkably restrained." And the picture continued to drift around the screen. They also noted that we "might recall" the hacking scandal. Now, as this was in CC, I dind't have any voice cues, but to suggest that the hacking scandal is something limited and over that we "might recall" seems inane, considering how it has shaken the foundations of the Fox News empire, brought repeated hearings in Pariment, including testimony by the Murdochs themselves. This story is quite active on NPR, with recent items on July 24 and August 16. But maybe this is a quibble - maybe it was a droll, British, "as one might recall," meaning of COURSE one recalls that, how silly to even bring it up...
They also had a story on Akin. I don't understand why it keeps getting called the "legitimate rape" story. I don't care about his use of the word legitimate. I am concerned that he thinks a rape victim rarely gets pregnant. This should be the "pregnancy immunity" story or something. Srsly.
I was also supremely unimpressed by the plasticness of the women at the roundtable. Perfect hair. Perfect make-up. Pretty dresses. I realize I shouldn't hate you because you are beautiful, but I sort of do hate you, for being (one presumes) smart, analytical, and still bowing to the pressure to be perfectly coiffed and prettily feminine in all the most stereotypical ways. Yes, yes, I know, you will say I am naieve about celebrity or blah blah, plus why CAN'T a smart woman be pretty, too? Because until you open your mouth, chiquita, you look like a bleached blond bimbo, that's why, and I don't understand why you WANT to be part of that social categorizing. If you WANT to be that, I think less of you. If you feel like you HAVE to be that, then shame on the entire process. (And I refuse to apologize for my bleached blond bimbo remark. Absolutely refuse.) I don't recall the female journalists on the News Hour looking that painted and waxed. Of course, the News Hour is not CNN. I guess.
In any case, presuming CNN is a quality news outlet, then GOD HELP anyone getting their news from TV. And I absolutely cry for anyone watching local news. Cry. Stick to NPR, people. You'll see less bullshit and a lot less political advertising, too. Win, win.
In other ponderings, I wonder about the rape pregnancy question. ( Cut for random thoughts on a sensitive subject )
