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Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

Wolf Blitzer: leaves Hannity looking great.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 14:51

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# ? May 26, 2024 02:41

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greatn posted:

Well I have a theory. Anderson Cooper will pull off a mask to reveal he was Jim Webb the entire time, and never campaigned because he was too busy. Then he takes the podium and the debate is moderated by Lawrence Lessig in a Wolf Blitzer costume.

Please don't talk like that, you're gonna give me nightmares.

I mean either that or very oddly satisfying dreams.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 14:53

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

Jesus christ.

like in terms of presenter skill he's loving dire

# ? Oct 13, 2015 14:54

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

If Lawrence Lessig campaigned in a Trump costume I bet his poll numbers would balloon overnight.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 14:55

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zoux posted:

like in terms of presenter skill he's loving dire

Well yes but he's entertaining that way. It's like watching a drunk old man try and navigate the sidewalk.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 14:56

Tender Bender: Sep 17, 2004

I'm really hopeful for the Democrat candidates to show themselves to be the grownups in the room, after the shitshow that was the GOP debates this could be really good optics for the party. I'm gonna be disappointed if this is just more slapfighting with empty platitudes, except about minimum wage instead of the military.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 14:56

showbiz_liz: Jun 2, 2008

sullat posted:

I guess being Speaker is like some sort of curse that you can only get rid of by giving it to someone else? Or maybe that's an STD I'm thinking of. Either way, it will be funny is Boehner ends up being speaker-for-life.

poo poo Follows

# ? Oct 13, 2015 14:57

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Tesseraction posted:

Well yes but he's entertaining that way. It's like watching a drunk old man try and navigate the sidewalk.

In most interviews and segments he doesn't even need to be there. He either just repeats or rephrases what the other person said.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:00

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zoux posted:

like in terms of presenter skill he's loving dire

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:01

BI NOW GAY LATER: Jan 17, 2008; So people stop asking, the "Bi" in my username is a reference to my love for the two greatest collegiate sports programs in the world, the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Like I don't disagree that he's not very good at the job he's Peter Principled his way into having (he pretty much sums up CNN, btw); but good christ Steve Doocy is like so many levels dumber and worse and he's just like the tip of the FoxNews idiot brigade.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:02

big business man: Sep 30, 2012

I wasn't counting the Dooce as a political anchor, he's more of a morning show guy. I was talking about their straight up news anchors, not personality/talk show hosts.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:03

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Gravel Gravy posted:

In most interviews and segments he doesn't even need to be there. He either just repeats or rephrases what the other person said.

Yes, but that's the joy, watching him gormless expression his way through even the simplest activities.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:04

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this_is_hard posted:

I wasn't counting the Dooce as a political anchor, he's more of a morning show guy. I was talking about their straight up news anchors, not personality/talk show hosts.

It's a goddamn news channel. The fact that they've gotten people to go along with this stupid narrative of "well our NEWS programs aren't bad" is shameful.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:06

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

Like I don't disagree that he's not very good at the job he's Peter Principled his way into having (he pretty much sums up CNN, btw); but good christ Steve Doocy is like so many levels dumber and worse and he's just like the tip of the FoxNews idiot brigade.

Steve Doocy is smart enough to not go get trounced on Jeopardy

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:08

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Hell, Huckabee had his own TV show for a while so he counts and is total poo poo in every way except taking money from evangelical crusader-wannabes.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:09

big business man: Sep 30, 2012

BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

It's a goddamn news channel. The fact that they've gotten people to go along with this stupid narrative of "well our NEWS programs aren't bad" is shameful.

relax, i'm not talking about the substance of the channels. Purely in terms of "how well you anchor the news/how skilled you are at public speaking" Wolf Blitzer is easily amongst the worst.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:10

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this_is_hard posted:

I wasn't counting the Dooce as a political anchor, he's more of a morning show guy. I was talking about their straight up news anchors, not personality/talk show hosts.

There's the problem in the comparison I guess, then. Fox isn't a news channel, and what they show isn't news.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:14

Rygar201: Jan 26, 2011; I AM A TERRIBLE PIECE OF SHIT.

Please Condescend to me like this again.

Oh yeah condescend to me ALL DAY condescend daddy.

Fox and Friends isn't news. It's just a Morning Zoo Radio Show on TV

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:15

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

Lessig isn't making it to the Dem debates, is he?

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:16

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gradenko_2000 posted:

Lessig isn't making it to the Dem debates, is he?

Good. There is no reason for him to be in the race.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:16

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

gradenko_2000 posted:

Lessig isn't making it to the Dem debates, is he?

He is not, if that's a bad or good thing entirely relies upon if Boyko would have been in attendance.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:17

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mcmagic posted:

Good. There is no reason for him to be in the race.

Now this is a race-ism I'm down with.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:17

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Raskolnikov38 posted:

He is not, if that's a bad or good thing entirely relies upon if Boyko would have been in attendance.

He was actually designated to be Lessig's podium.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:18

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gradenko_2000 posted:

Lessig isn't making it to the Dem debates, is he?

Not officially. I'm still holding hope that he'll try to crash the debate and get tazed by Hillary's security.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:18

VanSandman: Feb 16, 2011; SWAP.AVI EXCHANGER

There's that one anchor on CNN, the fellow that held up a sign saying the N-word and asked the audience if they were offended - he's actively terrible, Wolf Blitzer's just a blithering idiot.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:21

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

Rygar201 posted:

Fox and Friends isn't news. It's just a Morning Zoo Radio Show on TV

No that was/is "Red Eye."

A flock of shitheads so lovely they wouldn't air it until after their audience had the nurse come in and make sure they were asleep.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:21

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

VanSandman posted:

There's that one anchor on CNN, the fellow that held up a sign saying the N-word and asked the audience if they were offended - he's actively terrible, Wolf Blitzer's just a blithering idiot.

Binow likes Don Lemon as well.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:21

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

VanSandman posted:

There's that one anchor on CNN, the fellow that held up a sign saying the N-word and asked the audience if they were offended - he's actively terrible, Wolf Blitzer's just a blithering idiot.

Don Lemon literally thinks pants sagging is one of the reasons that black people can't get ahead in America.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:22

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

gently caress Don Lemon he's not even a real lemon.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:23

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VanSandman posted:

There's that one anchor on CNN, the fellow that held up a sign saying the N-word and asked the audience if they were offended - he's actively terrible, Wolf Blitzer's just a blithering idiot.

Which one asked a group of panelists if the "n-word" was worse than "cracker"?

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:23

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Tesseraction posted:

Now this is a race-ism I'm down with.

Then his campaign can be as spectacular a waste of time as his PAC was during the 2014 elections.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:26

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Gravel Gravy posted:

Which one asked a group of panelists if the "n-word" was worse than "cracker"?

(that wasn't a real debate, you understand, right? The black and white guests all agreed 'yea friend of the family is worse by a mile' and offered different views on how racial slurs effect people based on the amount of power they have in society)

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:26

BI NOW GAY LATER: Jan 17, 2008; So people stop asking, the "Bi" in my username is a reference to my love for the two greatest collegiate sports programs in the world, the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

Binow likes Don Lemon as well.

I do not.

zoux posted:

Don Lemon literally thinks pants sagging is one of the reasons that black people can't get ahead in America.

Yes. He's actively terrible.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:28

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Don Lemmon leaves a sour taste in America's mouth.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:29

sexpig by night: Sep 8, 2011; by Azathoth

Snappy dresser, though

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:30

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zoux posted:

Don Lemon literally thinks pants sagging is one of the reasons that black people can't get ahead in America.

Most of the older black folks I work with espouse this sort of view. The other common gripe is "Pants that say Juicy on the bottom" in reference to young women.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:34

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Talmonis posted:

Most of the older black folks I work with espouse this sort of view. The other common gripe is "Pants that say Juicy on the bottom" in reference to young women.

Yeah but that's just normal complaining about the youth.

On the list of reasons why black people are victims of institutional racism, "certain inner city young black man wearing low sagging pants" doesn't make the top million reasons.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:36

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zoux posted:

Yeah but that's just normal complaining about the youth.

On the list of reasons why black people are victims of institutional racism, "certain inner city young black man wearing low sagging pants" doesn't make the top million reasons.

Of course not. It just reminded me of Bill Cosby always bitching about young people. Well, pre known rapist Bill Cosby.

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:41

big business man: Sep 30, 2012

zoux posted:

Yeah but that's just normal complaining about the youth.

On the list of reasons why black people are victims of institutional racism, "certain inner city young black man wearing low sagging pants" doesn't make the top million reasons.

Bill Cosby has had a long history of blaming the victim, and it makes a lot more sense now that we know a bit of context

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:49

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Milk Malk: Sep 17, 2015

this_is_hard posted:

Bill Cosby has had a long history of blaming the victim, and it makes a lot more sense now that we know a bit of context

# ? Oct 13, 2015 15:53

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