CNN fact checks Obama SNL skit......., page 1

No, I'm not kidding....





If this isn't solid proof that the MSM and CNN in particular are lap dogs for this white house, than noting is. Who in their right mind thought it would be a good idea to fact check a comedy skit? Can anyone guess how many times they fact checked skits against Bush (much less the everyday attacks)? It never happened! Not even on Fox!

reply to post by dbates

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The Daily Show still spends most of the show attacking Republicans, who don't even have power anymore. Its one of the most out of touch shows on TV in my opinion. Its like Bush and the Republicans never left office.

Personally, I think SNL was warning Obama with this skit. As if to say, "you better start doing what we want or else".

reply to post by Wimbly

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"SNL is an important factor in how many people get their information around the world..." According to CNN's reporter this means an in-depth debunkment is called for - - politically speaking.

Comedy is the New News.

reply to post by converge

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especially through their media outlet Fox News. Knowing that I think it's very relevant what The Daily Show does.

You act as if "spending most of the show attacking Republicans" is merely a political bias and don't, apparently, even consider that it's due to the divisive and destructive politics of Republicans.

By yours own logic, the Daily Show should be more focused on all the Democrat networks (there are more of them) and the people who hold the majority in congress. Are you seriously suggesting the Democrats haven't been obstructing, attacking, mudslinging and demonizing over the past 8 years up to the present? Perhaps your problem is that you immerse yourself in left wing dominated media that is constantly focused on attacking Republicans, which leads you to rationalizing the lack of focus on Democrats that control the government and media.

Yes, the focus from the Daily Show on Republicans is based purely on political bias. When Republicans controlled the government, their excuse was. "they're in control". I heard it over and over. Now you've all convinced yourselves that its normal to continue that way.


[edit on 6-10-2009 by Wimbly]

reply to post by Wimbly

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Whatever. What does it matter dude? It's comedy. Same for these CNN guys. Get a grip it's comedy. Remember Chevy Chase doing Gerald Ford? Man that was funny stuff.

Yahoo is getting in on the breathless defense of their dear leader.

news.yahoo.com...

But are SNL's accusations of Obama being a do-nothing president accurate? Let's run down the list of the nine promises SNL lampooned President Obama for doing "nothing" on to see where he actually stands.

Does anyone recall the media ever running to Bush's or any Republican's defense like this? Hell no and you never will.

Originally posted by Wimbly
Yahoo is getting in on the breathless defense of their dear leader.

You forgot to mention a minor detail:

-- Brett Michael Dykes is a contributor to the Yahoo! News Blog.

This is not a news story, it's someone's opinion on the Yahoo! News blog.

Does anyone recall the media ever running to Bush's or any Republican's defense like this? Hell no and you never will.

Although reluctantly, I guess I have to qualify Fox News as being part of the media, and in light of that, yes the "media" has ran to Bush's and the Republican's defense. I'm surprised you don't remember any piece defending Bush since you apparently are such a fan.

A big one that comes to the top of my head was Fox's special Fighting to the Finish that basically attempted to rewrite history and portrait Bush as a great President, to the point of comparing him to Abraham Lincoln and coming out with nuggets such as Bush having delivered "some of the most eloquent and visionary speeches ever delivered by an American President".

According to ATS internet slang should be used sparingly when posting, but when faced with something like that, one can only LOL.

edit:
I forgot to mention the Washington Post which has defended the Valerie Plame leak by the Bush Administration and the support for torture techniques among other things.


[edit on 6-10-2009 by converge]

reply to post by converge

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Brett Michael Dykes may contribute a blog for Yahoo, but this was not labeled as a blog. This was an column under the heading of "Yahoo News". Perhaps it is similar to an opinion column on the editorial page of a newspaper, but if that is the case, then Yahoo should label it as an "opinion column" rather than running it under the heading of "news".

Either way, both CNN and Brett Michael Dykes are overreacting to an SNL comedy sketch parody -- the style of parody SNL has done many times in the past -- and their overreaction is very unbecoming and reeks of desperation (desperation for what reason, I don't know).

...to paraphrase William Shakespeare, "they doth protest too much, methinks"

Originally posted by Hazelnut
reply to post by Wimbly

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"SNL is an important factor in how many people get their information around the world..." According to CNN's reporter this means an in-depth debunkment is called for - - politically speaking.

Comedy is the New News.

The MSM really needs to shut the hell up - they are either being told to do these stories and make the claims they do, or they are literally that stupid that they attack a comedy skit to make a story out of it.

Who in the right mind gets their information through comedy shows? I mean I watch the Colbert Report sometimes, but I never take the 'news' that I see on there as complete fact... Do people really take what they see on comedy shows that literally? Doubtful...

reply to post by doped00

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"All hail our glorious and most excellent supreme being leader of the universe"

Hmm...
"Galactic rule commander"

No, still too much. How about this?

"Leader of the free world"

(There's comedy gold in just that CNN statement)

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