CNN is trying to explain the X!!!

[graywarrior]

[edbermac]

1. Their explanation? Drudge is a neocon asshole...

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. Is that the woman

who's banging Rush Lim ............. <running to bathroom, hand over mouth>

[graywarrior]

3. Yup.

And I wonder what prompted the need to explain.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. Oh, I think we all know

how the sane and sentient among us feel about Dickless Cheney, don't you?

The neocons must rush to assure everyone that it was just Fox needing to reboot.

I'd like to give them a hand with that rebooting .................

[Catherine Vincent]

5. what chickenshits!

[AlCzervik]

6. Did the RNC ever explain the "Rats" ad from 2000?

CNN shouldn't even waste their time.

[Beaverhausen]

7. the X ?

I am definitely missing something here...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. Here you go!

http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/11/22/x-marks-the-spot-on-cnn/

'X' marks the spot on CNN
Posted Nov 22, 2005, 2:07 PM ET by Anna Johns
Filed under: News, Cable

On Monday, CNN fueled the fire among conservatives who like to complain about the "liberal media" when a giant, black X appeared over Vice President Dick Cheney's face. CNN was carrying Cheney's speech live when the big X popped up on the screen a couple of times, each time for less than a 15th of a second. There's a lot of buzz among conspiracy theorists news watchers who are convinced that the X was intentional (ahem, Matt Drudge). CNN says it was a technical malfunction. Why an 'X'? It's used by news stations to set the black level for animations. It really does appear to be an unfortunate mistake that makes CNN looks stupid. I've been in news control rooms where the director is preparing an effect and accidentally punches it up on air. Haven't you ever seen something else appear behind the weather man, other than the satellite maps? However, the "15th of a second" glitch gave this morning's Fox and Friends something to talk about in a segment they called Technical or Tactical? Classy.

[Beaverhausen]

15. Well well...I had heard about that

and I watched a bit of that speech yesterday. weird!!!

[WePurrsevere]

16. So by making a big deal of something Fox should know is "normal" to NEWS

they're admitting to & calling attention to the fact that they actually know jack about doing news right? ;)

[Jaundice James]

11. Wonkette has a blurb and a screen capture on her blog. n/t

[acmejack]

8. I admit it! I did it!

(Maniacal laugh here)

edit: even evil geniuses have spelling problems.

[Jaundice James]

12. No, it was I. I cast the spell! Nahahahaha. n/t

[Rageneau]

9. It was Deus Ex Machina

Only in this case, the Deus was real.

[Jaundice James]

13. Bush has one too. It's a new Mexican beer promotion. n/t

[PDittie]

14. Cheney speech, brought to you by: The Letter 'X'

Some right-wing bloggers went into x-treme hysterics yesterday, after the letter 'X' briefly appeared super-imposed on a CNN feed of Vice President Dick Cheney's speech.

"This is a diabolical plot by CNN to associate Dick Cheney with a letter of the alphabet," said right-wing pundit Matt Drudge, "Ultra-liberal CNN is obviouly trying to subliminally smear Cheney as some kind of straight-edge punk rocker."

Initial reports had it that CNN was responsible for the letter X's cameo. A CNN public relations rep claimed that CNN was not attacking Cheney, but actually wanted to give him an X-Box for Xmas. Later, the letter 'X' took responsibility for the incident, and came forward as a sponsor of Cheney's speech.

At a press conference, the letter 'X' reminded reporters that X stands for X-Unknown, X-Factor, X-Axis of evil, X-Chromosome, Xenophobia, (Camp) X-Ray, and X-Acto Knife.

http://benquirer.blogspot.com/2005/11/cheney-speech-brought-to-you-by-letter.html