The Worst Thing About Politics
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Filed in: Media
Is it possible to have just one thing that's the
worst thing about American politics? Yes. Wolf
Blitzer and CNN.
Alright, that's two things, but they're kind of wound tightly together. In fact, Wolf is wound so tight he keeps saying the same thing over and over. CNN has "the best political team on television."
Enough already. How many times a day do CNN's viewers need to know that, Wolf? CNN's political coverage is a cable television production of The Stepford Wives in Atlanta. Everyone at CNN says the same thing.
Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, John Roberts, and everyone else-- except Larry King, whom I suspect already died a year or two ago, since his deathly ashen look hasn't changed in since he posed for the Wax Museum in Las Vegas-- mimics the same phrase.
Personally, I prefer watching NBC's Chris Mattews and Keith Olbermann talk politics, with occasional commentary by Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams, to anything on CNN except Rudi Bakhtiar on Fox (formerly gracing CNN as a reader on Headline News).
Political campaigns are made up of a series of slogans. Obama is the change agent. Edwards is the candidate of hair. Hillary is the queen of mean (I made those up).
Political coverage uses slogans, too. Fox claims to be fair and balanced, proving that the lies of politicians can be used in media.
Wolf Blitzer is entitled to his opinion about CNN's political team. I'm entitled to mine. I think if Wolf Blitzer shaved his beard he'd look like Hillary Clinton's twin brother.
Alright, that's two things, but they're kind of wound tightly together. In fact, Wolf is wound so tight he keeps saying the same thing over and over. CNN has "the best political team on television."
Enough already. How many times a day do CNN's viewers need to know that, Wolf? CNN's political coverage is a cable television production of The Stepford Wives in Atlanta. Everyone at CNN says the same thing.
Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, John Roberts, and everyone else-- except Larry King, whom I suspect already died a year or two ago, since his deathly ashen look hasn't changed in since he posed for the Wax Museum in Las Vegas-- mimics the same phrase.
Personally, I prefer watching NBC's Chris Mattews and Keith Olbermann talk politics, with occasional commentary by Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams, to anything on CNN except Rudi Bakhtiar on Fox (formerly gracing CNN as a reader on Headline News).
Political campaigns are made up of a series of slogans. Obama is the change agent. Edwards is the candidate of hair. Hillary is the queen of mean (I made those up).
Political coverage uses slogans, too. Fox claims to be fair and balanced, proving that the lies of politicians can be used in media.
Wolf Blitzer is entitled to his opinion about CNN's political team. I'm entitled to mine. I think if Wolf Blitzer shaved his beard he'd look like Hillary Clinton's twin brother.
