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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 10:38 AM
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Inflamed CNBC host calls bloggers ‘digital dickweeds’Updated at 12:06 PM
Source: Raw Story


Inflamed CNBC host calls bloggers ‘digital dickweeds’

By John Byrne

Published: July 1, 2009


Television is a place of maturity and thought. The blogosphere is a place of dickweeds.

That’s according to CNBC host Dennis Kneale, who’s declared the recession over, and went postal on critical financial bloggers Tuesday.

A livid Kneale described bloggers who he alleges have dubbed him “irritating,” “unwatchable,” “Beaker,” “super dipshit” and “clueless” and purportedly compare his show to a Saturday Night Live skit. Some of it, he says, is funny.

“Less funny,” he said sharply, “was comparing me to a 350-pound woman in a thong bikini on the beach.”

His response?

“That was no comedy sketch. That was hope and fortitude, you digital dickweed.”

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/01/9473 /

Read more: http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/01/9473 /
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   ...  xchrom   Jul-01-09 10:41 AM   #1 
   Maybe He Meant Duckweed?  Demeter   Jul-01-09 02:10 PM   #31 
   First you ignore them  SpiralHawk   Jul-01-09 10:41 AM   #2 
   Beaker!  billyoc   Jul-01-09 10:44 AM   #3 
   I know!  Javaman   Jul-01-09 10:54 AM   #9 
   The recession is all over? How does he explain all the states on verge of collapse?  havocmom   Jul-01-09 10:45 AM   #4 
   How does he explain them? Easy. Lazy, irresponsible, blah, blah. You know the drill.  No Elephants   Jul-01-09 10:50 AM   #7 
   I hope he realizes what he has just done  tularetom   Jul-01-09 10:46 AM   #5 
   Words....HURT.  Vickers   Jul-01-09 10:47 AM   #6 
   someones getting a little testy, huh?  Javaman   Jul-01-09 10:54 AM   #8 
   "Television is a place of maturity and thought. " Followed by an immature and dumbass  No Elephants   Jul-01-09 10:59 AM   #10 
   Television is a VAST WASTELAND*...  Tikki   Jul-01-09 12:26 PM   #21 
   My bad. I should have included some PBS Shows. Bill Moyers Journal, Nova, etc.  No Elephants   Jul-01-09 02:40 PM   #34 
   Luckily I can get the Daily Show and the Colbert Report online  tavalon   Jul-01-09 01:54 PM   #28 
   Dennis Kneale: the quintessential dipstick, dick-head, and dickweed imnsho  indepat   Jul-01-09 11:00 AM   #11 
   But if he called bloggers those names, then his show IS a Saturday Night Live sketch--  Mrs. Overall   Jul-01-09 11:01 AM   #12 
   Oh yes, that guy  Turbineguy   Jul-01-09 11:02 AM   #13 
   perfect characterization of the guy n/t  Celebration   Jul-01-09 12:51 PM   #25 
   In the main, he's absolutely correct  Richardo   Jul-01-09 11:05 AM   #14 
   Dennis Kneale: the quintessential dipstick, dick-head, and dickweed imnsho  indepat   Jul-01-09 11:11 AM   #15 
   comparing me to a 350-pound woman in a thong bikini on the beach  DJ13   Jul-01-09 12:03 PM   #16 
   I LOVE the term "dickweed" - he can't be ALL bad if he fired that one off!  HopeHoops   Jul-01-09 12:06 PM   #17 
   The View would sound like a meditation CD after listening to this putz.  imdjh   Jul-01-09 12:07 PM   #18 
   "Digital Dickweed"???? I like it! That's a keeper.  yellowcanine   Jul-01-09 12:20 PM   #19 
   I can't watch that guy  SimonBolivar   Jul-01-09 12:25 PM   #20 
   Says the analog dickweed.  bleever   Jul-01-09 12:41 PM   #22 
   He's been a digital dickweed since at least June 12, 2009.  No Elephants   Jul-01-09 02:46 PM   #36 
   So now I have a name. Cool.  Pacifist Patriot   Jul-01-09 12:43 PM   #23 
   The recession was declared over ....  GOTV   Jul-01-09 12:48 PM   #24 
   I've been called worse at DU  CreekDog   Jul-01-09 12:55 PM   #26 
   But what if dick is indigenous?  jmondine   Jul-01-09 01:15 PM   #27 
   It always is.  No Elephants   Jul-01-09 02:47 PM   #37 
   Evidently, we're still paying attention to them ....!!! Turn the TV off . . .!!!!  defendandprotect   Jul-01-09 02:07 PM   #29 
   That's why I prefer the big name cable stations to the internet for my news  JonQ   Jul-01-09 02:07 PM   #30 
   'Inflamed' - a word we use on hemorrhoids /nt  tomm2thumbs   Jul-01-09 02:31 PM   #32 
   Funny. Both are "D" words.  omega minimo   Jul-01-09 02:33 PM   #33 
   hahahaha... thinned skinned higher-than-mighty frauds  fascisthunter   Jul-01-09 02:40 PM   #35 
   I have a blog (for my practice) - I guess that makes me a digital dickweed.  kestrel91316   Jul-01-09 03:14 PM   #38 
 
xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 10:41 AM
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1. ...
:rofl:
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 02:10 PM
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31. Maybe He Meant Duckweed?Updated at 5:30 PM
Terrible stuff, duckweed. Gets stuck in the propellers.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 10:41 AM
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2. First you ignore them
Edited on Wed Jul-01-09 10:43 AM by SpiralHawk
Then you attack them.
Then you FAIL.

Typical right-wing stategery, this time coming from the pathetic, overpaid, blow-dry, bent-knee corporate media propaganda pimps.

The public continues to lose trust in the corporate media whores and to turn to bloggers for real reporting. The blow-dry bumpkins continue to whine, and to lose credibility and market share.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 10:44 AM
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3. Beaker!
:rofl:
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 10:54 AM
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9. I know!
:spray:
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Jul-01-09 10:45 AM
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4. The recession is all over? How does he explain all the states on verge of collapse?Updated at 11:02 AM
Edited on Wed Jul-01-09 10:45 AM by havocmom
All those unemployed/under employee people?

The fact that the infrastructure is still crumbling and can't get fixed?

The amount of debt with no signs of digging out?

What the hell is he smoking? Oh, his own ego, evidently.

edited for typo
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 10:50 AM
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7. How does he explain them? Easy. Lazy, irresponsible, blah, blah. You know the drill.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Jul-01-09 10:46 AM
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5. I hope he realizes what he has just done
He's just place a great big "kick me" sign on his ass. If he thinks his on air whining is going to make people leave him alone he's gonna get an unpleasant surprise.

I think they are starting to wake up to what people actually think about them. And they don't like it very much.

I love it when they snap.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Jul-01-09 10:47 AM
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6. Words....HURT.

:rofl:

Dude, when you start name-calling on TV, even some schmuck crap like CNBC, it means you've LOST.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 10:54 AM
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8. someones getting a little testy, huh?
I guess he hates it when someone calls him on his bullshit.
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 10:59 AM
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10. "Television is a place of maturity and thought. " Followed by an immature and dumbass
comment.

Hey, cut him some slack, willya? Being that funny, even unintentionally, can't be as easy as he makes it seem.

"Television is a place of maturity and thought. The blogosphere is a place of dickweeds."

Yup, still hilarious.

You can't make this up. Well, not unless you're a genius, like Stephen Colbert. Now, during the Colbert Report, television really is a place of maturity and thought. Ditto The Daily Show and Real Life.

Anyone know of any others? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 12:26 PM
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21. Television is a VAST WASTELAND*...
except for the amazing Science based programs we watch with our grandson...
p.s. most of them show up in some form or another on the internets with
accompanying written materials, anyway...


Tikki
*quoteth:myself and Newton Minow...
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 02:40 PM
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34. My bad. I should have included some PBS Shows. Bill Moyers Journal, Nova, etc.
Updating your Newton Minow trivia (no charge):

The boat on Gilligan's Island was named after him. And he hired Obama as a summer clerk at Sidley Austin, where Obama and Michele met.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Jul-01-09 01:54 PM
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28. Luckily I can get the Daily Show and the Colbert Report online
When I hear about "journalists" like this throwing hissy fits, I know I made the right decision to kill my TV
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indepat (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 11:00 AM
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11. Dennis Kneale: the quintessential dipstick, dick-head, and dickweed imnsho
:P
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Mrs. Overall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 11:01 AM
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12. But if he called bloggers those names, then his show IS a Saturday Night Live sketch--
doesn't he get the irony of his own actions?

I love when bloggers win.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 11:02 AM
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13. Oh yes, that guy
the one who is always trying to out-idiot Larry Kudlow.
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Celebration Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 12:51 PM
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25. perfect characterization of the guy n/t
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 11:05 AM
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14. In the main, he's absolutely correct
A lot of bloggers ARE dickweeds.

But no way is television a place of 'maturity and thought'. Those days went out with Watergate.
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indepat (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 11:11 AM
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15. Dennis Kneale: the quintessential dipstick, dick-head, and dickweed imnsho
and besides those, he often acts like a smarmy ideological asshole as he spews his radical and rancid extreme RW malarkey. :P
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 12:03 PM
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16. comparing me to a 350-pound woman in a thong bikini on the beach
Thats just screaming "Photoshop".......

lol
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17. I LOVE the term "dickweed" - he can't be ALL bad if he fired that one off!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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18. The View would sound like a meditation CD after listening to this putz.
And his comment on anonymity shows a lack of understanding of the history of anonymity in the American republic.
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 12:20 PM
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19. "Digital Dickweed"???? I like it! That's a keeper.
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SimonBolivar (2 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 12:25 PM
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20. I can't watch that guy
What a waste of programming time.
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22. Says the analog dickweed.
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 02:46 PM
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36. He's been a digital dickweed since at least June 12, 2009.
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23. So now I have a name. Cool.
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24. The recession was declared over ....
... by the same people who never saw it coming?
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26. I've been called worse at DU
:D
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27. But what if dick is indigenous?
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 02:47 PM
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37. It always is.
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29. Evidently, we're still paying attention to them ....!!! Turn the TV off . . .!!!!
Edited on Wed Jul-01-09 02:08 PM by defendandprotect
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 02:07 PM
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30. That's why I prefer the big name cable stations to the internet for my news
they are far more mature and thought out.

:sarcasm:
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32. 'Inflamed' - a word we use on hemorrhoids /nt
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 02:33 PM
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33. Funny. Both are "D" words.
"Digital Dickweeds" :rofl:
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-01-09 02:40 PM
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35. hahahaha... thinned skinned higher-than-mighty frauds
getting pwned by a bunch of bloggers.... CNBC, your gimmick has been exposed.
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38. I have a blog (for my practice) - I guess that makes me a digital dickweed.
Funny, that. I got a phone call from a guy with a NorCal county health department this AM who found me via my blog (which clearly identifies me, so no you can't have the URL, lol) and wanted to enlist my help in finding out some info about rabies control laws around the US.

Wow. Little old me.

After a nice conversation about rabies and figuring out what he was looking for, I got his email address and went to work sleuthing. I found a lot of what he needed and sent it off to him, feeling good about myself and glad to be helping out a public entity in need.

So I should maybe get back to him and apologize for being a dickweed and suggest he ignore my email??
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