Random Observations…No.2
SHAME ON CNN…AGAIN! After a few nights of watching Anderson Cooper’s attempt to replace Aaron Brown, I give up. At that time of the evening I am not interested in 15 second highlights and headlines on a few dozen of the day’s top stories. I need some meat. Pardon me while I channel surf for Aaron…
WHAT’S A HOKIE? Which is the silliest college team mascot: Virginia Tech HOKIES, Oregon DUCKS, or the Texas Christian HORNED FROGS?
JANGLE IN YOUR POCKET Have you noticed that the new coins all look alike? It is so easy to get nickels and quarters confused. Why did the mint do this to us? What was wrong with the old designs?
BABES OF CNN Paula wearing glasses… Erica’s hair color changed… What’s next? Larry loses the suspenders? A clean-shaven Wolf?
WHERE’S THE BEEF…Errr…PORK? Hardee’s has the best sausage biscuits on the planet. Nobody else is even close enough to claim 2nd place.
ESPOONERISM As many times as I have seen and heard him on ESPN, I still can never remember if it is Herb Kirkstreit or Kirk Herbstreit.
SHRINKING VOCABULARY If we eliminate the phrases “you know”, “know what I mean”, and “I mean” from usage, most sports stars and teenagers would be unable to speak at all. Knowwhuddamean?
WINSTON’S LAW, COROLLARY 31 The more often a person says they know nothing about their computer, the less likely they are to listen to someone who does.
PEP REALLY There’s not much better way to warmup for a football game on a crisp Saturday afternoon than with a couple of hot and spicy Bloody Marys.
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My first encounter with CNN was while staying with the inlaws in Malaysia. 10 years ago. I wasn’t impressed then. I suppose I’m spoiled with things like Channel 4 News and NewsnightBBC2 here. It was all so upbeat and unreal. On subsequent visits I went to BBC News Channel, and introduced the inlaws to some real news reporting. I’m not sure they have forgiven me yet.
Just before the war in Iraq, I was in Malaysia again and we were all around the table discussing this. My sister-in-law said that CNN reported that everyone in the UK was behind the war. I was gob-smacked. (No-one I’d spoken to in the UK wanted war.) She asserted that this was true. I responded that I was not sure that CNN either knew or cared what the we in the UK wanted in regards to the impending war. Again she seemed to have more faith in CNN than somebody who actually lived in the UK.
Later when there was a massive anti-war march in London, sis-in-law called me. CNN got it wrong she said, and how moved she was watching the speeches on BBC News. Oh well it takes a little while.