Neil deGrasse Tyson and former CNN science correspondent Miles O'Brien had a nice chatabout how cable news -- especially CNN -- doesn't do so well with this "reporting" stuff. On Tyson's "StarTalk" podcast, O'Brien said that CNN didn't care so much for science reporters: “After all, what do we know about the Kardashians?” RawStory insists that this was a "joke," but this is CNN, after all. Tyson & O'Brien discussed a number of journalistic sins at the cable network, notably the tendency to present "two sides" of every story, as if all perspectives, however badly informed, were equal:
If it were possible to run a retail establishment where you put shrink-wrapped dogshit on a tray, labeled it "steak", and people came in and bought it every day, the metaphor would work.
Why it works on teevee is one of the great mysteries of our age.
Yeah, the notion that their "word of God" was plagiarized will really go over well with the fundies. I can hear the butthurt screeching already.
I haven't noticed any FNC commercials when I have watched the show via "on demand," but then my remote is equipped with a handy "Mute" button.
"They will find you," says Tyson.
Perhaps, but the way TV news is packaged, they'll have to have the patience to wade through Wolf Blitzer, Morning Joe and every other sewer out there. That's assuming CNN even bothers to put it out there in the first place. Catering to the Lowest Common Denominator is what cable news is all about-- if it wasn't, we'd still have things like opera on Bravo, or actual arts and entertainment on A&E.
Do sexy Vikings count?
“But why does anyone want to see all sides of a reporter?”
Sideboob, <i>duh!</i>
Damn you ....
Faux &quot;News&quot; would be the NewsMax of . . . oh wait.
If it were possible to run a retail establishment where you put shrink-wrapped dogshit on a tray, labeled it &quot;steak&quot;, and people came in and bought it every day, the metaphor would work.
Why it works on teevee is one of the great mysteries of our age.
Yeah, the notion that their &quot;word of God&quot; was plagiarized will really go over well with the fundies. I can hear the butthurt screeching already.
The night that I came home And you were not alone.
You said he was a nudist who&#039;d come in to use the phone.....
Thank you, so much
I haven&#039;t noticed any FNC commercials when I have watched the show via &quot;on demand,&quot; but then my remote is equipped with a handy &quot;Mute&quot; button.
The only time I ever turn on CNN is to watch Bourdain.
Yeah, but he sure implied that they had lifted it from the Babylonians. I&#039;m not sure they will like that one bit, nosireeee,
&quot;They will find you,&quot; says Tyson.
Perhaps, but the way TV news is packaged, they&#039;ll have to have the patience to wade through Wolf Blitzer, Morning Joe and every other sewer out there. That&#039;s assuming CNN even bothers to put it out there in the first place. Catering to the Lowest Common Denominator is what cable news is all about-- if it wasn&#039;t, we&#039;d still have things like opera on Bravo, or actual arts and entertainment on A&amp;E.
&ldquo;We&rsquo;re in the boutique age of journalism. CNN is just the department store &mdash; the Wal-Mart of journalism,&rdquo;
Which makes FOX News the Dollar General, I guess.
&quot;drunken, drugged out, fake boobed, duck lipped, bitchy, horrific personality, fake hair extensions and utterly moronic&quot;
we&#039;re still talking about the Kardashians, right?
Are we forgetting. BoobsForQueens.com? That&#039;s BoobsForQueens.com.
It&#039;s not the REAL Miles O&#039;Brien unless he&#039;s being tortured at least once per season, either psychically or physically.
Silly me, I thought it was to present the &quot;facts&quot;, not to make facts up for the sake of &quot;drama&quot;.