CNN is a true embarassment. Laughing about Kerry not getting a bounce.

[spanone]

FUCNN. Literally laughing! Bill Schneider comparing the convention to the failed George McGovern. This is total bullshit. Carol Lin just asked Schneider if Kerry 'had blown his wad' at the convention. This is truly sickening. FUCK CNN http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/01/polls.bounce/index.html

[BattyDem]

1. "had blown his wad"???

Did she actually say that?

On edit: I read in another thread that she actually did say that. :wtf: Since when is that a "journalistic" thing to say? I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, but ... damn! Just when I think they can't sink any lower ... :eyes:

[spanone]

3. She said it......

[SharonAnn]

36. She May Not Have Known What It Referred To.

If it's used casually in their work environment, she may haved though it's just an expression.

[Junkdrawer]

48. Bwahahahahaha Carol Lin doesn't know what "blowing a wad" means...

:eyes: Suuurrre she doesn't.

[GiovanniC]

51. Like "Sloppy Seconds"?

Everyone was tossing that term around referring to Kerry's selection of Edwards because he was supposedly second to McCain (a lie).

The administration called Edwards "sloppy seconds" and the press ran with it until they realized they were using orgy-speak.

[spanone]

53. Then she best get her ass educated. Where's Michael Powell?????

[Endangered Specie]

33. She probably knows a thing or two about that.

All things considered.

[Eric J in MN]

35. The phrase can be taken two ways.

She would probably claim she was making an analogy to spending a wad of cash.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

54. Bullshit.....

Totally naive.....


All words , phrases, and colloquialisms have etymologies....


And the etymology of "blowing your wad" is that it's a euphemism for the male ejaculation....

[Pachamama]

43. She said it -I heard it...& since I'm already in shock to the recent right

swing from CNN (drastic might I add) I sat there dumbfounded and shocked because I just couldn't believe I heard what I had just heard....does she understand that she was referring to a man ejaculating his sperm in orgasm and not having anything left? :wtf:

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. I just had the CNN Headline news on,

and at the same time that the chick was saying that Kerry didn't get a bounce, the scroll at the bottom was saying that a new Newsweek poll shows that Kerry got a good bounce out of the convention. :wtf:

[bookman]

4. You beat me to the post. CNN is an embarrasment

I couldn't belive this BS! Schneider is shuch a Bush shill!
He just did a Bush public service announcement.

Edward R. Morrow is turning in his grave. Journalism is dead.

[Bluebear]

5. Thanks I started a thread and was doubting I heard that!

BLOWN HIS WAD!

[madrchsod]

11. sounds like the kin`a gal

you wouldn`t take home to meet your ma...

[progressivebydesign]

6. What did you expect from CNN, friends of the "SLOPPY SECONDS" Party! N/T

[salinen]

7. I wish we could do more to CNN

than just complain.

[Cha]

23. Hurt them bad!

[T Bone]

42. Protest in front of their headquarters?

Like a strike. No one crosses the picket line?

[Bluebear]

8. Call them (404) 827 – 1500

[redstateblues]

27. CNN's Mailbox is Full- And CNN is Full of Crap

I tried to call CNN to register my complaint about their obvious bias and was unable to leave a message.

[cthrumatrix]

52. everyone should call them ...this is no better than Fuax ....propaganda

[NightOwwl]

9. She said WHAT?

Blown his wad? Is she the same one who accused Kerry's pick of John Edwards 'sloppy seconds'?

Un-fucking believable.

[Gloria]

10. So, they make their own poll the news...this is so typical of what

goes on now. God forbid they spend the time reporting on a Kerry rally, or discuss a policy.

I hate these people.

Malloy is coming back just in time................

[AbbeyRoad]

12. On my local news just now...

the very first thing they mentioned was the CNN poll and said that this is the first time in, I think they said, 30 years that a candidate's numbers have gone down after a convention. There was no mention of other polls that show a clear bounce. That's what I get for not changing the channel before the "Heartland News" came on. I usually avoid it like the plague.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Torches and pitchforks.

It has been my fantasy for months now to see (and be a part of) a huge, angry crowd assembled in front of CNN headquarters in ATL, with torches and pitchforks. Thousands and thousands of people protesting the murder of journalism.

[LibertyorDeath]

17. Million Person March on CNN We have the Power

This is what scares them Shitless all of them the

Media

Politicians

Financial Elites

We have the Power & they have to do EVERYTHING in Their Power to stop us from realizing or using this Power.

but it's right their everyday just waiting.

Someone will harness it one day some brilliant charismatic MF will harness it and bring the Whole Shit house Down !

[Cha]

26. I've been advocating this for years...and that sounds real Good..

A Million People march on cnn..the chicken noodle network...they are the old Pravda.

[KittyWampus]

20. Honestly. "SHOWDOWN WITH CNN"

I swear... we need thousands to descend on CNN.

This is beyond anything.

[sandnsea]

29. Better than protesting in NYC

I really think so. The whole thing is just too much. And I cannot even believe she said that. Then they get in an uproar over "shove it"? They have to be stopped.

[PlanetBev]

32. How about torches and a five-strand-hemp

So we can hang those motherfuckers.

Didn't any of these nimrods see "Network?"

[goclark]

40. Let's not make it a fantasy

Are their some Atlanta DU's that will picket?
It would have to be something very creative in order to gain the attention of the national news sources.

Didn't Ben and Jerry's do something creative that was anti-Bush?

What if everytime their is a protest march of any kind we carry a sign that says "DON'T TRUST CNN AND FOX."

I don't want to let Fox off the hook either.

As I see it, we political junkies can instantly know when the dig comes in at CNN. Fox and other outlets.

But, the average citizen does not. We need to get the truth out so that EVERYONE knows thatthey are not to trust CNN for anything.

[LibertyorDeath]

14. "Carol Lin just asked Schneider if Kerry 'had blown his wad'

Hang tight their Carol You'll be Chocking On It Soon Enough :)

[alfredo]

16. Turn her in to the FCC.

[Kimber Scott]

34. I wrote to the FCC about Fox showing vaginal penetration by a penis

and this is the response I got:

"You are receiving this email in response to your inquiry to the FCC.

Hello,
* Programming considered indecent, obscene, violent or otherwise offensive to some viewers may be transmitted over cable systems. The FCC Cannot Restrict Non-Broadcast (Cable) Programming
Thankyou"

Don't expect any help from them.

[alfredo]

55. So fox could show porn films as part of its news and the

FCC won't do anything. they can't say fuck or other words on Comedy Central, and it is cable. They also blur genitals when showing nudity.

Seems like a double standard when it comes to Faux neuz.

[Neshanic]

15. Excuse me while I slip into something more whorish.

She said it, and I dropped the newspaper I was reading. I thought, she could not have said that, but she did.

She has to stop fanatasizing about her dreams while on air.

[spanone]

25. Carol Lin makes Paula Zahn look like Walter Cronkite.

Without objective news coverage democracy is dead.

[NightOwwl]

18. Bwah-ha!

I know this didn't start out to be a funny thread, but it's got me LOL. :7

[fujiyama]

19. Wow

and we all thought it couldn't get worse than Fox News.

CNN is worse. MSNBC is approaching it.

[the_outsider]

21. just watch c-span and no other news channel ever

and tell them you are not watching because ... Least we can do.

[Mad_Dem_X]

49. I will only watch C-SPAN

Those other channels make me physically ill.:puke:

Especially FOX.

[Cha]

22. I hope someone has a tape of this disgrace to humanity and

sends it back to them when Kerry/Edwards wins!

[DaveSZ]

24. Maybe it's because it hardly got any coverage?

Anyways, CNN is as bad as Fox News.

[Cha]

28. Actually I read that more People watched Kerry's speech

than Gore's. And all the People I've talked to saw it on c-span or pbs. But if they watched pbs..they didn't get to hear Willy or Carole sing.

And Kerry/Edwards did get a big bounce..cnn is just playing the fool..

Don't they think we are watching?..where are they getting their ratings from? There must be plenty of Dems all over the Country who are beyond Disgusted with cnn..not just us on du.

[markses]

30. Contact Info?

[Octafish]

31. The NETWORKS hardly gave DEMs COVERAGE.

They should be ashamed, especially CNN.

Then, again, does anyone remember TIME's founder, Henry Luce? A real piece of shit....

The 1930s: Nazis Parading on Main Street Part 1: The Plot Against Roosevelt

One cannot hope to gain an understanding of fascism in America without first looking at its roots in the 1930s. For most readers, the 1930s evoke images of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. However, this wrenching decade of world economic turmoil involved far more serious events. From the beginning of the decade, events were conspiring to unleash on an unsuspecting world the horrors of the Second World War and the unfathomable inhumanity of the Holocaust. The Second World War would go on to shape the geopolitical scene for the remainder of the century. Claims arising from the Holocaust would still be front-page headlines as the world entered the 21st century.

The 30's were a decade in which Nazis openly paraded, unopposed, in the streets of America and were supported by many. Much of the details of 1930's fascism are still shrouded in secrecy. It has been over a half-century since the end of the war, yet news is still surfacing of corporate America's dealings with the Nazis. As of yet, no one has exposed, in a comprehensive manner, the connections between the 1930's fascists and today's American right wing. Many of the events of the decade have been quietly swept under the rug, such as the plot against Roosevelt. The press downplayed the assassination attempt at the time and even today, most people are still unaware of it.

Just as economic hardships in Germany led to the rise of Hitler, many Americans hit by the depression joined the fascist ranks. Likewise, it was the long and deep recession of the 1980s that lead to a reemergence of fascism, not only in the United States but worldwide, as the world transformed from the industrial age to the information age.

In the 1930s membership in fascist groups expanded, with some groups claiming over a million members. This influence extended to the very end of the twentieth century. Many of today's far right extremist groups were founded by former pro-Nazis, an example being the Posse Comitatus founded by former Silver Shirt leader, Henry Lamont Beach. Other far right extremist groups, such as the World Anti-Communist League, are rife with former pro-Nazis and even Nazi war criminals. The Republican Party has been infested with Nazi war criminals. Many of the ethnic heritage groups the Republican Party set up under Nixon are nothing short of havens for former Nazi war criminals. The American Security Council founded in the 1950s was formed by elements from three pro-Nazi groups of the 30s, and exerted a serious influence on the Reagan administration, as did the LaRouche fascist group.

CONTINUED...

http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/1930s.html

[lpbk2713]

37. Carol Lin was a principal in that Letterman video piece

a few weeks ago. The one where CNN reported that "White House sources" claimed that a video clip that Dave used (about a kid falling asleep during a Chimpy speech) was doctored and then CNN retracted. Dave was pissed.

[soggy]

38. i can just hear them on election day...

Mr. Kerry only got 295 electoral votes today... not a very impressive win...

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

39. Sorry

you cannot leave a message at this time, because this user's mailbox is full.

That's what the viewer comment line says in a recorded message when you try to leave a message about their programming.

If you call during the day you wait FOREVER to talk to a live person. They supposedly record your comments and pass them on.

My ass. Don't watch that channel, seriously. Just turn it off.

[autorank]

41. BOYCOTT CNN...NOW!!!

The absurdity of the American Enterprise Instituter's Schneider doing politics and polling for CNN is rivaled only by the Republican Party's Luntz doing 'focus groups' for C/MS NBC. I bet some serious money that 60%, at least, of the CNN audience consists of Democrats. A serious boycott could drop their audience by at least 20% (all the cable news operations have relatively small audiences). This would cost them serious bank...and then Ted Turner could buy it back at a bargain. Do it now!!!

[Pachamama]

44. I'm boycotting them...I was a loyal viewer...I did leave 3 messages

Maybe that's why their mailbox is full? I bet you a lot of pissed people were calling after the convention coverage....

[Norquist Nemesis]

45. If you're boycotting, be sure to let their advertisers know

that you won't be watching anymore and why. Let them know that their advertising dollars are being wasted. The advertisers are able to put enormous pressure on them. Also, let the advertisers know who you ARE watching...and why.

If the public (consumers) tell them directly they will begin to take notice. Don't forget to forward a copy to CNN and the network that you are watching. :)

[VOX]

46. You got that right. No more CNN -- ever.

And let's let them AND their sponsors know it.

:kick:

[newyawker99]

47. Hi autorank!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

50. "Blown His Wad"

Coming up.... Robert Novak's "Moneyshot"


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