Your Opinion Counts At CNN — But Should It? 383
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theodp writes "Some people love how CNN employs Twitter to engage its audience. Not Steve Dahl. 'I am not interested in the take of @stinky on the Fort Hood shootings or any other current events,' complains Dahl of the access the media gives to Internet know-it-alls. 'I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion.'"
Yeah! (Score:5, Funny)
I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion
Yeah! That is slashdot's job!!
mmmmmm (Score:2, Funny)
but half baked opions taste so good.
IMO (Score:1, Funny)
In my opinion, *MY* opinion should *always* count.
But that's just my opinion.
Re:Who's Steve Dahl (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah! (Score:1, Funny)
I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion
Yeah! That is slashdot's job!!
I use DSL you insensitive clod!
Re:No it should not matter. (Score:3, Funny)
Agreed. I tell my 12 year old to question all news, and more importantly, to realize that "to yell is to sell", [fear that is]. I turned my TV off after the Nov election. I watch movies and foxnews.com. The only reason I choose Fox is because I don't like the lock CNN has in the airports. I travel every week and it isn't fair that I am forced to watch CNN. Hey slashdot, someone write a map app showing "quiet" spots in airports. Thats where I sit.
Up to 30k [wikispeedia.org]
Re:Comments (Score:1, Funny)
No, that's reporting the "news", not reporting the news. Who gives a fuck what the wife of a washed up singer thinks of a new singer?
Manufacturing the news is a completely different animal and we really haven't seen it since the heyday of yellow journalism in the late 19th/early 20th century. Even the recent tea party marches don't qualify, as Fox wasn't the organization that started them, they just helped get the word out about what other people were doing (eg, reporting the news).
Re:Ironic Question (Score:2, Funny)
Khaaaaaaaaan!
Re:Comments (Score:5, Funny)
What a typical left-wing liberal comment. The government lets people like you post freely to the internet, so how can we trust them to run our healthcare system? I guess that's what you get when you vote a socialist Muslim Kenyan national into the White House.
Re:Yeah! (Score:5, Funny)
but that will take away the righteousness I feel when down-modding things i don't agree with^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H err... when down-modding useless goatse.cx comments. that's it. yeah.
Re:Yeah! (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, I took your advice and now I can't see your post.
Re:Comments (Score:2, Funny)
I think NBC should have ignored these opinions, and covered something else instead, like why Obama is asking people for donations to the U.S. Treasury.
Was that an attempt to say paying taxes is actually a "donation"? Sweet! I'll skip paying this year... sorry, it's the economy.
Re:Comments (Score:1, Funny)
Madonna's booger incident
Link please?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole [wikipedia.org]
Re:Yeah! (Score:3, Funny)
We already have a half a million forums for these people to spout their crap on. Do we really need another?
Ah, but look how useful the musings of the masses [youtube.com] can be when big news happens [youtube.com] (yes, it's relevant to TFA, but in general you owe it to yourself to check out some of Mitchell and Webb's sketches if you haven't seen them before).