Category Archives: CNN

CNN’s Horse Race Reporting: Coming ‘Round the Bend

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

CNN (of course): 2020 campaign second-quarter fundraising totals released The fundraising leaders: South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg: $24.8 million (Includes more than $832,000 earmarked for the general election) Former Vice President Joe Biden: $21.5 million Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren: … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, CNN, Death of the Media, media | 3 Comments

Our Failed Media: ‘Today The Russian Usurper Became Prznint’

Posted on June 6, 2019 by

The Death of the Media Oh, dear. Our failed media thinks that Prznint Stupid has finally pivoted: Morning NO!: “[He] delivered what, again, I believe is the strongest speech of his presidency. There was one especially beautiful moment and I … Continue reading →

Posted in CNN, Comrade Preznint Stupid, The Russian Usurper, Death of the Media, NBC | 16 Comments

News That Will Drive You To Drink

Posted on June 3, 2019 by

Happy Hour News Briefs I guess our Stable Genius just-now figured out that when Rupert Murdoch sold off Fox assets that meant that now there is no version of Pravda across the pond, and therefore no ass-kissing Fox News: I … Continue reading →

Posted in CNN, Comrade Preznint Stupid, The Russian Usurper, Fox News, media | 4 Comments

But Her Emails, er, DNA Testing!

Posted on June 3, 2019 by

You knew this was coming, right? Our failed media is focusing on Senator Professor Elizabeth Warren’s succumbing to Trumpian pressure and taking a DNA test to try to get ahead of Comrade Stupid’s racist nickname for her, which I won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, CNN, Comrade Preznint Stupid, The Russian Usurper, Death of the Media, Elizabeth Warren | 5 Comments

The Incredible Liteness Of Being Chris Cillizza

Posted on May 20, 2019 by

As we’ve noted before, if there is a Pantheon on Dunces someday, Cillizza is going to have a piller to himself. This is a real tweet from a real twit: Donald Trump had the best golf round of his life … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Cillizza, CNN, Death of the Media, media, snark, Talentless Hacks | 14 Comments

#CNN Is A #Dumpster Fire

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

This tweet scrolled past earlier, and I gotta comment: cnn bringing rick santorum on to talk about homophobia, with that chyron, is a fucking choice pic.twitter.com/FFqfeN1rkO — David Mack (@davidmackau) April 26, 2019 I am reminded again that CNN is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, CNN, Death of the Media, Pete Buttigieg, Rick 'Frothy' Santorum (Ew! Gross!) | 3 Comments

Cillizza Sets New Land-Speed Record in Horse Race Journalism Hot Takes!

Posted on April 2, 2019 by

All the media outlets breathlessly tell us how many Ameros the 2020 Goat rodeo candidates are raising, but one outlet stands above the others. Axios email ALERT tells us… “2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he has … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Cillizza, CNN, Talentless Hacks | 5 Comments

Our Failed Media, Again

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

The Hill: “The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) said Tuesday that it would place CNN on a “special media monitoring list,” citing a lack of black representation among the network’s leadership ranks. “NABJ said in a statement that its preliminary … Continue reading →

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UPDATED: The Death of the Media

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

CNN, the network that I love to hate, has done it again! “Sarah Isgur, who served as the Justice Department’s leading spokeswoman under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, is joining the network as a political editor next month, where she will … Continue reading →

Posted in CNN, Death of the Media, media | 5 Comments

The Death of the Media, Part Infinity

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

A funny thing happened yesterday after we posted the Death of the Media, Comrade Stupid made our point for us! The Reliable Sources email thingie tells us: Let’s be clear: Press secretary Sarah Sanders misled the press corps when she … Continue reading →

Posted in CNN, Death of the Media | 6 Comments