Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:24 AM
riverwalker (6,458 posts)
Erin Burnett is an idiot
she said the NRA ad is o.k. because politicians "use" their kids all the time.
Her examples were: Video of Clintons holding Chelsea's hand walking to the helicopter after the Lewinsky affair. (WTF?!) Photo of President on the couch with his girls watching Michelle speak at the convention. She actually compared these to the NRA's repulsive ad. CNN seems to think if they spray her with enough phoney FeBreeze we won't smell the stench of her RW core. I can't stand her.
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47 replies, 3237 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| riverwalker | Jan 2013 | OP | |
| LittleBlue | Jan 2013 | #1 | |
| holdencaufield | Jan 2013 | #2 | |
| Kingwithnothrone | Jan 2013 | #3 | |
| Sedona | Jan 2013 | #27 | |
| BlueMTexpat | Jan 2013 | #16 | |
| Bake | Jan 2013 | #41 | |
| Jamaal510 | Jan 2013 | #44 | |
| Bake | Jan 2013 | #46 | |
| Eddie Haskell | Jan 2013 | #39 | |
| JNelson6563 | Jan 2013 | #4 | |
| Jamaal510 | Jan 2013 | #45 | |
| JI7 | Jan 2013 | #5 | |
| Summer Hathaway | Jan 2013 | #6 | |
| JI7 | Jan 2013 | #7 | |
| Summer Hathaway | Jan 2013 | #9 | |
| Politicalboi | Jan 2013 | #15 | |
| harmonicon | Jan 2013 | #22 | |
| deutsey | Jan 2013 | #24 | |
| appacom | Jan 2013 | #25 | |
| Walk away | Jan 2013 | #30 | |
| harmonicon | Jan 2013 | #34 | |
| moondust | Jan 2013 | #8 | |
| JI7 | Jan 2013 | #10 | |
| SunSeeker | Jan 2013 | #11 | |
| Elwood P Dowd | Jan 2013 | #12 | |
| Politicalboi | Jan 2013 | #17 | |
| RandiFan1290 | Jan 2013 | #29 | |
| trublu992 | Jan 2013 | #13 | |
| indie9197 | Jan 2013 | #20 | |
| Bucky | Jan 2013 | #23 | |
| Jim Lane | Jan 2013 | #28 | |
| Le Taz Hot | Jan 2013 | #14 | |
| AngryOldDem | Jan 2013 | #18 | |
| ReRe | Jan 2013 | #19 | |
| harmonicon | Jan 2013 | #21 | |
| Chathamization | Jan 2013 | #36 | |
| CE5 | Jan 2013 | #26 | |
| HughBeaumont | Jan 2013 | #31 | |
| CE5 | Jan 2013 | #32 | |
| HughBeaumont | Jan 2013 | #33 | |
| CE5 | Jan 2013 | #35 | |
| ecstatic | Jan 2013 | #37 | |
| sheshe2 | Jan 2013 | #38 | |
| indepat | Jan 2013 | #40 | |
| jillan | Jan 2013 | #42 | |
| fadedrose | Jan 2013 | #43 | |
| Fire Walk With Me | Jan 2013 | #47 |
Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:30 AM
LittleBlue (2,772 posts)
1. She's only on TV because she's hot
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Every time I watch her, she looks completely out of her depth.
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Response to LittleBlue (Reply #1)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:36 AM
holdencaufield (2,927 posts)
2. Apparently ...
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... you are using a definition of "hot" that with which I'm not familiar.
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Response to holdencaufield (Reply #2)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:57 AM
Kingwithnothrone (51 posts)
3. she's a Wall Street bootlicker and always has been
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Of course,they're all bootlickers in the main stream media,in their own little way.They have to look good,but not actually say anything.Of course that is their greatest talent and what they get paid to do by their corporate masters,but when enough people don't have jobs,houses,or food, they won't give a crap how good of a show these elitist puppets are presenting anyway.Many already don't think very much of it.
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Response to Kingwithnothrone (Reply #3)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:02 AM
Sedona (1,730 posts)
27. she licks more than boots
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Her husband is David Thomas Rubulotta, managing director in high-yield sales at Citibank
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Response to holdencaufield (Reply #2)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:06 AM
BlueMTexpat (2,594 posts)
16. I hate to say that my own husband also thinks she's hot.
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So apparently other males do too.
But, IMO, she certainly does rank among the most stupid of the Talking Heads - and that is indeed saying something |
Response to holdencaufield (Reply #2)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 06:35 PM
Bake (21,701 posts)
41. No sh*t. Hot?
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Not.
Bake |
Response to Bake (Reply #41)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:10 PM
Jamaal510 (3,164 posts)
44. Erin Burnett is hot with regards to outer beauty.
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Inner beauty, not so much.
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Response to Jamaal510 (Reply #44)
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 01:17 PM
Bake (21,701 posts)
46. Different strokes, I suppose.
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She's not my cup o' tea on the outside either. But then it's hard to separate the outer and the inner when you know the inner is ugly.
Bake |
Response to LittleBlue (Reply #1)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 06:02 PM
Eddie Haskell (1,147 posts)
39. Funny
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I watched her the other night and thought she looked so much older.
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:09 AM
JNelson6563 (24,771 posts)
4. She greatly admires Rush.
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Wistfully states "he's a very smart man". Sickening.
Julie |
Response to JNelson6563 (Reply #4)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:12 PM
Jamaal510 (3,164 posts)
45. She's correct. Rush is smart--
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--smart at lying to millions of Americans and stoking fear.
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:11 AM
JI7 (40,091 posts)
5. she is a fucking idiot, yesterday she compared the Lance Armstrong thing
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to Tiger Woods cheating on his wife.
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Response to JI7 (Reply #5)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:15 AM
Summer Hathaway (1,778 posts)
6. Which means
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all things considered, she's probably on her way to a brilliant career in what passes for today's 'journalism'.
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Response to Summer Hathaway (Reply #6)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:20 AM
JI7 (40,091 posts)
7. it's typical of the lazy ignorant reporting you see, same during the campaign
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reporting where they would make stupid ass comparisons . if a republican did something negative they would have to report on something negative on democrats even if it was some stupid shit like Michelle Obama not wearing sleeves.
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Response to JI7 (Reply #7)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:29 AM
Summer Hathaway (1,778 posts)
9. Yes, it's lazy and ignorant
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and yet it is accepted as 'journalism'.
That's because "both parties do it", and "both parties are the same." I know that's true because I heard it on FOX-News - or read it on DU - well, one or the other. Getting hard to tell the difference between the two. |
Response to Summer Hathaway (Reply #6)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:59 AM
Politicalboi (9,485 posts)
15. Ain't that the truth
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Old Walter Cronkite and Mike Wallace are spinning big time in their graves.
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Response to Politicalboi (Reply #15)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:43 AM
harmonicon (11,937 posts)
22. Mike Wallace was a hack. Don't kid yourself. (nt)
Response to harmonicon (Reply #22)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 07:01 AM
deutsey (16,809 posts)
24. Yeah...Edward R. Murrow is a better example, imo
Response to harmonicon (Reply #22)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 07:43 AM
appacom (170 posts)
25. Not always
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He had many good years.
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Response to appacom (Reply #25)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:18 AM
Walk away (4,595 posts)
30. But he spawned Chris so he's starting in the negative. nt
Response to appacom (Reply #25)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:33 AM
harmonicon (11,937 posts)
34. Maybe.
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I mean, I agree that his old shows seem to have been really good, but by the time I was paying attention (I was born in the 70's), he was a pretty crazy old man.
I so clearly remember watching back-to-back his interview with Jiang Zemin, unedited, and as CBS presented it. He/CBS might as well have been the propaganda arm of US government and industry with the hatchet job they carried out. |
Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:22 AM
moondust (8,278 posts)
8. Relevant bio.
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Last edited Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:33 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) From Wikipedia:
She is the youngest daughter of corporate attorney Kenneth King... She attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware... ...attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she studied political science and economics, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in political economy. She is married to Citigroup executive David Rubulotta. Burnett began her career as a financial analyst for Goldman Sachs in its investment banking division, where she worked on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. With a BA? |
Response to moondust (Reply #8)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:42 AM
JI7 (40,091 posts)
10. well, look At Luke Russert
Response to moondust (Reply #8)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:42 AM
SunSeeker (5,035 posts)
11. LOL. Good catch. nt
Response to moondust (Reply #8)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:05 AM
Elwood P Dowd (7,194 posts)
12. Shouldn't her husband's name be
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David Robulotta from the the Citigroup law firm Cash, Steele, and Robulotta?
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Response to moondust (Reply #8)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:08 AM
Politicalboi (9,485 posts)
17. Already rich and doesn't belong at the job
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These news stations would do better to hire average people who prove themselves worthy and pay them half of what these bimbo's get. As they get ratings, and improve, they get a raise.
How many more years do we have to put up with Andrea Greenspan on MSNBC. Doesn't she also have enough money to last her 20 lives over. They need new blood every few years, and they are missing out and we are missing out. |
Response to Politicalboi (Reply #17)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:15 AM
RandiFan1290 (1,788 posts)
29. It's more about the propaganda than anything else.
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They are all 1%ers spreading their propaganda to bovine America.
They talked this country into Bush's bullshit with very little little resistance. |
Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:17 AM
trublu992 (155 posts)
13. Its amazing what you can accomplish in this country if youre willing to serve the corporate power.
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It burns me up that she and Maria Bartiromo are thought of as financial experts and journalists when they both couldn't comprehend an credit card statement.
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Response to trublu992 (Reply #13)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:27 AM
indie9197 (122 posts)
20. I think Maria is hotter, personally
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but if you turn to TV news for facts you are looking in the wrong place. As with politicians, journalists are bought and paid for.
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Response to Bucky (Reply #23)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:03 AM
Jim Lane (3,831 posts)
28. Here's Bartiromo's commentary on the song
Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:35 AM
Le Taz Hot (14,435 posts)
14. Erin Burnett?
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Whose in-depth analysis of the Occupy Movement consisted of the following: <giggle> "Seriously?"
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:23 AM
AngryOldDem (8,785 posts)
18. That's low, even for her.
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Whenever I see her I wonder how she's managed to get so far with so little talent or brains.
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:26 AM
ReRe (2,866 posts)
19. Seriously!!!!!
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....CNN is one step up from FOX if you ask me. She is one of the main reasons I don't watch CNN much anymore. And of course I didn't hear her give this foolish false equivalency. I'm with you, riverwalker. She makes me sick.
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:41 AM
harmonicon (11,937 posts)
21. You watched CNN? Oh, geez.
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I don't know who this person you mentioned is, but I know they're a lost cause, simply because they are on CNN. Did you turn it on, mistakenly thinking that it might contain news? It hasn't done that in over a decade. You're better off just ignoring it.
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Response to harmonicon (Reply #21)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:40 AM
Chathamization (209 posts)
36. This.
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Chances are, if news is on TV, it's going to be horrible, with ignorant people who've been hired by other ignorant people saying nonsense in a serious way, expecting others to take it as the truth while being too lazy to actually research what's happening.
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 07:44 AM
CE5 (62 posts)
26. She IS an idiot
Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:38 AM
HughBeaumont (20,454 posts)
31. Beijing Burnett: A Blueblood Bombshell Putting a Sexy Face on a Toxic Narrative.
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One who's seen her "work" on the right-wing outhouse CNBC knows where she's coming from.
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Response to HughBeaumont (Reply #31)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:49 AM
CE5 (62 posts)
32. This is weird though
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just googled Burnett and she is apparently hated by two far right wing teabaggers, Debbie Schulssel and Pamela Gellar.
If you can stomach it: #! |
Response to CE5 (Reply #32)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:31 AM
HughBeaumont (20,454 posts)
33. I think it's relative.
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After all, how fine is the line between "corporate-stroking right wing" (Burnett) and flat-out batshit insane (Geller and Schlussel)?
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Response to HughBeaumont (Reply #33)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:33 AM
CE5 (62 posts)
35. True, Burnett gave Gellar a platform
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The contrarian viewpoint Burnett takes may be an act.
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:43 AM
ecstatic (18,599 posts)
37. my understanding is that Soledad O'Brien is the only
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person worth watching on CNN, but her show comes on really early! I've never seen Erin cover any topic with any credibility, and on top of that, she's boring as hell, so I've never watched more than a couple of minutes at a time (usually due to being too busy with other tasks). Piers' recent debates with gun morons has been interesting too, but he's a tool on most other issues.
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:45 PM
sheshe2 (4,854 posts)
38. I left CNN for good in 2005...
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That was when they ran the story, on Natalee Holloway, ad nauseum! CNN acted like it was Breaking News 24/7.
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 06:06 PM
indepat (18,909 posts)
40. Why not tell us what you really think of Erin with the bark on?
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:41 PM
jillan (31,392 posts)
42. I think it's time for me to send off a little email to CNN. Anyone care to join me?
Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:59 PM
fadedrose (5,955 posts)
43. I can't stand her either...
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I used to think she was beautiful, but the more I see of her, the less atttractive she is. She has some sort of smirky grin when she interviews a Dem when she thinks she "caught" them... I already sent an email to CNN and told them to pack her bag and send her to Fox...
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Response to riverwalker (Original post)
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 01:21 PM
Fire Walk With Me (37,053 posts)
47. Erin Burnett is married to a Citigroup managing director.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/12525029
Are media and banking in bed together? Yes, literally. Breaking news: CNN'S Erin Burnett is a married woman! The 36-year-old anchor married David Rubulotta, 42, a managing director at Citigroup, in a ceremony at City Hall on Friday that was officiated by a Justice of the Peace. --- CNN also took money from Bahrain to say "everything is fine" regarding the situation there, while it is NOT. Amber Lyon called them out. Bet you haven't heard about this on CNN. |

