Comments on Et tu, Mr. Destructo?: CNN Sucks Really Bad

"I'm so tired of that line of criticism&q...

2012-01-13T08:16:43.913-05:00

"I'm so tired of that line of criticism" is not a valid response to a valid line of criticism.

It's the teenage equivalent of responding to "clean your room" by saying "I'm tired of you telling me to clean my room" and using it as justification for leaving your room dirty.

It's an intellectually lazy, invalid, time wasting

@CrystalGeyser, I'm not sure how I feel about...

2012-01-12T13:24:00.032-05:00

@CrystalGeyser,

I'm not sure how I feel about the flame war, but I had to print that just because of the My Little Pony thing.

If nothing else, James Carville, Cajun Nosferatu, ...

2012-01-12T11:31:14.090-05:00

If nothing else, James Carville, Cajun Nosferatu, is awesome and was worth reading every single word of the article

@Anonymous Neh: Hey, I'll be happy to have a ...

2012-01-11T13:51:52.005-05:00

@Anonymous Neh:

Hey, I'll be happy to have a discussion in a dignified manner, just as soon as you start one that's more complicated than "O woe is me - this is all so vapid. Can't anybody entertain such a deep person as myself?"

That's right. It's on now, motherfucker. You just messed with the wrong aspy Internet tough guy, 'cause I

I once read an anecdote by somebody who claimed to...

2012-01-11T05:21:30.238-05:00

I once read an anecdote by somebody who claimed to have run into Wolf Blitzer in a grocery store. They said he asked for some help figuring out whether or not a carton of broth included vegetables, like the photo on the packaging.

Neh" here, coming back late... @Mobutu Thank...

2012-01-10T20:45:42.324-05:00

Neh" here, coming back late...

@Mobutu Thanks for the response. I understand where you're coming from, and I appreciate the thought and work that went into the piece. I just have a hard time getting as worked up or outraged about this stuff as I used to. I keep thinking, Ignore it and it will go away. Yes, I know, wishful thinking, but what's the alternative? Getting blue

okay, so i nearly choked on my food and spit up my...

2012-01-09T15:43:18.827-05:00

okay, so i nearly choked on my food and spit up my Coke on about 9 occasions while reading this. this post reads like a "Best Of" of snarky and caustic (but on point) commentary that my mind grapes desperately need on a daily basis in order to survive, filled with so many great quotable lines ("Informed, reasonable, black — you could spend the entire night of Iowa coverage just

@Mobutu: Hey, that's the type of guy I am. I h...

2012-01-09T14:06:01.799-05:00

@Mobutu: Hey, that's the type of guy I am. I have no love for navel-gazers who deliver an argument to nobody in particular and then get upset when people actually respond to them, retreating behind axioms and half-truths. They're the bottom-feeders of philosophy. Freshmen straight out of Philosophy 101 are more coherent and at least occasionally have some insight (even if they smell like

I love that dog/MONEY TOILET line.

2012-01-09T13:21:28.732-05:00

I love that dog/MONEY TOILET line.

Tangent: It's absurd and an obvious conspiracy...

2012-01-09T10:57:45.449-05:00

Tangent: It's absurd and an obvious conspiracy that Al Jazeera English isn't available all over the country. As far as original, thoughtful TV reporting goes it's pretty much untouched by anything in American media. That includes, obviously, its reporting about the US. I live in DC and thank my lucky stars every morning that I can watch AJE's coverage of world events, instead of

Spot on. Regarding all the fatigue over media cri...

2012-01-09T10:18:36.759-05:00

Spot on.

Regarding all the fatigue over media critique, when something is bad and it keeps being bad, we need to keep pointing out the badness until it goes away.

Dude, I'm being all conciliatory and junk here...

2012-01-09T01:26:14.139-05:00

Dude, I'm being all conciliatory and junk here, and then you're riling shit up afterward.

Although I am a huge supporter of your water brand.

Really, my comments were not addressed so much ...

2012-01-09T01:18:13.713-05:00
Really, my comments were not addressed so much at this post or Mr. Destructo specifically as they were at the entire spectrum of discourse.

Ah, there's your problem! Not to put too fine a point on it, but in general when somebody says something that appears to be a response to what another person said, the assumption is that it is a response to what the first person

Really, my comments were not addressed so much ...

2012-01-09T01:13:31.772-05:00
Really, my comments were not addressed so much at this post or Mr. Destructo specifically as they were at the entire spectrum of discourse (you know, out there, in the ether).
Well, I can't really reply to that. That's the ether's job.

I wasn't trying to impugn the efforts here, so much as I was just bitching in general about wandering around the

So..."Neh" commenter...let me try and wr...

2012-01-08T23:54:24.778-05:00
So..."Neh" commenter...let me try and wrap my head around this. You are fatigued by media criticism, and you are trying to find something that offers something more constructive rather than simply mocking media personalities or trying to capture the essence of their flaws. If I have that right, it's a totally understandable kind of fatigue. But the entire point of media criticism,

Man. Fuck Piers Morgan. It's kind of disgrac...

2012-01-08T14:31:34.972-05:00
Man.

Fuck Piers Morgan.

It's kind of disgraceful that he's an (apparently) respected media commentator / interviewer in America now. Come on America. We're better than this.

This article had both jokes and was really right a...

2012-01-08T14:21:34.236-05:00
This article had both jokes and was really right about things, and I enjoyed reading it. Who's the killjoy?

I struggle not to be consumed with rage every time I have to be exposed to CNN (at the airport, naturally) and anyone articulating the reasons for that anger makes me feel a little less alone in this sea of 1984 insanity.

@Mobute Non-"neh" here. I agree, maybe i...

2012-01-08T13:48:40.736-05:00
@Mobute Non-"neh" here. I agree, maybe it's just because I read you a lot that I feel I'm informed enough to not feel the need for this post as much. You are doing good work breaking down their shittiness.

Being the original anonymous poster...Really, my c...

2012-01-08T13:27:33.935-05:00
Being the original anonymous poster...Really, my comments were not addressed so much at this post or Mr. Destructo specifically as they were at the entire spectrum of discourse (you know, out there, in the ether). I wasn't trying to impugn the efforts here, so much as I was just bitching in general about wandering around the internet with a lamp, looking for an honest opinion that doesn't

We get CNN is awful, or at least those of us wh...

2012-01-08T13:11:34.186-05:00
We get CNN is awful, or at least those of us who will ever "get" anything do.
Hey, fair enough. But, look, not everybody exists at the same point on the savvy/exhaustion spectrum as you do. (The same things that can be tired or familiar to you can be novel and fun for someone else, and writing to the vanishing segment of topics that nobody's heard about is a losing

Um, that was directed to the first Anonymous. (Why...

2012-01-08T13:00:42.392-05:00
Um, that was directed to the first Anonymous. (Why doesn't anybody use names anymore?)

Anyways, since I'm posting again, I might as well ask: Anonymous "Neh", what exactly is Mobutu a symptom of? Since you say he's "another symptom", what are the other things that are also symptoms? Why exactly did you think this article was intended to elevate the

@Anonymous: Wow! That's a perfect impression o...

2012-01-08T12:48:45.732-05:00
@Anonymous: Wow! That's a perfect impression of a stupid person.

@Mobute: Sure, the "neh" guy was really ...

2012-01-08T12:46:09.698-05:00
@Mobute: Sure, the "neh" guy was really obnoxious, but he has some semblance of a point. We get CNN is awful, or at least those of us who will ever "get" anything do. Eloquently pointing out the hows and whys of their ineptitude doesn't "elevate the dialogue," or whatever he said.

I think I'm starting to lose my taste for s...

2012-01-08T12:40:08.649-05:00
I think I'm starting to lose my taste for slicked-up loathing featuring oh-so-clever metaphors and righteous repulsion. None of it elevates the dialogue or does any more for anyone reading it than CNN does for folks watching. I'm not even sure it manages to be funny because it's working too hard to make sure you don't see how much it also wants to be right. (Here comes the John

Currently living in Ioway, I'm still stunned b...

2012-01-08T12:33:41.520-05:00
Currently living in Ioway, I'm still stunned by the shitstorm that blew through last week. I haz a serious sad for the folks of New Hampshire now. well, at least the regular folks there, not the OMG! fucktards actually following the "debates."