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July 17, 2003
CNN to Package News by Topical Themes
by Scott Ott

(2003-07-17) -- As the major news organizations go into their annual summer re-run cycle, CNN announced today it will package its programming in topical categories as "headline theme shows".

Among the categories scheduled for rebroadcast:
-- Arab TV airs more tapes from guys we thought we had killed.
-- Democrats shocked and saddened at things George Bush does.
-- If you lived here, this weather would probably kill you.
-- Someone you never heard of is missing...possibly killed.
-- The economy, while apparently rebounding, will likely get worse.
-- Diseases with acronyms or animal names will probably kill you.
-- Someone is killing people in a town you never heard of.
-- Something you use everyday will probably kill you.
-- Everybody in the world still hates America.
-- Someone you never heard of just won the lottery.
-- Someone famous said something outrageous.
-- Stories we broke keep making news on our network.
-- Disturbing video you need to see again and again.

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Posted by: Ross at July 17, 2003 10:20 PM

--And the French are still against whatever we are doing

Posted by: The Other Scott at July 17, 2003 10:25 PM

--The Clintons, ad nauseum

Posted by: The Other Scott at July 17, 2003 10:26 PM

Ahhh the Clinton News Network.

Yes, lots of killers out there and certainly nothing newsworthy. I will say I was really disappointed in Foxnews for airing the "story" about "Bambi Hunting". For an extra fee, one can mount their quarry when finished. Nevada, a great place for family values


There was a guy near here who "mounted" his deer after killing it.

Why does America tolerate the intolerable? Can't we just put those sorts of fools out of our misery? I'm ranting about prisoner rights, and I'm sure one of the lawyers will explain it to me. I still don't get it.

Posted by: Fr. Guido Sarducci at July 17, 2003 10:28 PM

Don't forget, the NAACP, will still side with the Democrats, BUT, just so they won't get to comfortable, they will tell them, "There is still a lot of work to be done! Now, where are our reparations?"

They can also put Jesse Jackson on a film loop, and splice in the Organization that is his, 'Shakedown of the Month!'

Posted by: Susan Serin-Done at July 17, 2003 10:37 PM

How about, Michael Moore just made another documentary, about some stupid white guy/Republican/Bush, and has been hailed as 'King of Hollywood'!

Posted by: Susan Serin-Done at July 17, 2003 10:41 PM

Off topic. After watching Tony Blair address Congress today, I think I figured out why Hillary Clinton doesn't stand and clap more during speeches.

She was easy to spot because of the bright dress. (Orange, I think.) After the first several times she got up, I noticed some sparks coming off the arms of the chair, I think maybe there was too much friction with her 'wide load' bottom, and the chair. I also noticed she had a sour, 'Nancy Piglosi' look on her face, UNTIL, she realized the camera was on her, then changed to a wide smile!

Speaking of Piglosi, I think her hands must have hurt, because everytime Blair said anything about Bush or the war, she didn't clap.

I think Daschle may be part dog, as he seemed like he was going to jump in Tony Blair's lap. I'm sure Kerry told Blair, "Just so you know, I'm not against Britan's involment in the war, JUST Bush's. If I could, I would be on the front lines in Iraq, I was in 'NAM', ya know!"

Posted by: Fly on the Wall at July 17, 2003 10:59 PM

With regards to the story itself: straight up funny stuff, had me laughing audibly.

Posted by: Understated at July 17, 2003 11:12 PM

Speaking of reparations will our 42nd President be eligible?

Posted by: Jericho at July 17, 2003 11:18 PM

I now wonder since Benin has apologized for their part in the slave trade can I receive reparations from them for my ancestors who died trying to free the descendants of the people they sold into slavery?

Posted by: Jericho at July 17, 2003 11:20 PM

So I don't get accused of thread highjack...

How about CNN stories about people we accidently killed while liberating millions?

Posted by: Jericho at July 17, 2003 11:22 PM

If Arab TV airs stuff from not-quite-dead feeling-much-better nasty people, we should go and bomb the [self-censored] out of them again. If we know where they are.

Jericho: No, they only slant it the other way - 'We killed these people because we wanted the oil... no war for oil... Halliburton... Big Oil... peaceful dictator... no WMDs... Bush lied... Hey, Comical Ali, what do you think about this? Oh, you hate Bush? Why? Got anything to say to him? Oh, here comes a person who will say something we don't agree with. Quick, turn off the camera.'

Posted by: Ken Stein at July 18, 2003 12:36 AM

--the Castro-Carter Summit for Peace
--some story about Terry McAuliffe making some empty statement that we applaud
--Your Air is Dirtier than Four Years Ago, and It's All Bush's Fault
--"The Interchangeables"--[you'll have to seach for that thread] all criticizing President Bush, but none of them give an actual solution

Posted by: The Other Scott at July 18, 2003 01:07 AM

Do you people actually watch CNN, or do you just parrot stale attacks on it without bothering to think for yourselves?

Quick, someone quote Ann Coulter to prove that CNN is run by traitors.

Posted by: Dizoo at July 18, 2003 01:52 AM

Dizoo
You are correct, and welcome to the BS Hate Fighters United! That Right wing dominated CNN gets me burned up too. I would never parot them.

Also I notice Mr ScrappleFace left "Bush Lied" off his categories, but that Bush told a big fat whopper of a lie, and it's the big story of the new milineum.

If you click my name you'll learn about proof about his lie, from someone trained to find the truth!

Hate Fighters Unite!

Posted by: Bambi Stokes-Hymington at July 18, 2003 05:24 AM

Bambi Stokes Hymington's thoughts for today:
Well, I'm sure most of you logged on hear to see what Bambi Stokes-Hymington was thinking today. Well, I'll tell you you won't go away disapointed.
1. Some advanced aged individual was involved in a fatal car incident in California. Although I'm waiting to see what King George has to say before I completely make up my mind about it I must say I'm often a scatter brain driver myself because of fast foods and cell phones and I don't want a Republican government to decide whether or not I get a liscense or not.

2. You know who doesn't get enough credits? Katie Couric, that's who. She's perky and not only tells about the latest lies from King George but also the latest shoe fashions for summer and excellent cookie recipes. Someone who helps me decide who to vote for and provides me with tasty cookies is numero uno in my book. And she doesn't "package" her news. So there.

I'll be back more with later.

Posted by: Bambi Stokes-Hymington at July 18, 2003 07:45 AM

But Bambi (who kinda is a man): Katie doesn't need to package her news...it's all the same:
1. Lies Bush Told
2. Shoe fashion because she is so upset and feels bad about The Lies Bush Told.
3. Cookie because she has this complusion to eat sweets when she is so upset and feels bad about The Lies Bush Told.

Posted by: The Other Scott at July 18, 2003 08:45 AM

Dizoo...us, be satirical in our programming ideas for CNN? On THIS site?

One questions: what did you inhale?

Posted by: The Other Scott at July 18, 2003 08:47 AM

As much as I hate to respond to anything from Scott Ritter:

Ritter said Washington had never meant to let U.N. inspectors finish the task of disarming Iraq

If they didn't have weapons, what was there for the UN inspectors to finish? Should we have just let them continue to inspect ad infititem?

Wow. Where does he get his information? To both know that Bush was lying and know Iraq had no weapons after quitting in 1998, he must really be in tight with the current administration. I'm impressed.

Posted by: Cassandra at July 18, 2003 09:08 AM

We need more interviews with semi-toothless morons who just got a) flooded out of their shack and have vowed to rebuild for the fifth time, or b) just got their double-wide destoyed by a tornado.

Posted by: some random guy at July 18, 2003 09:10 AM

Any bets on when the California legislature proposes a bill to require retesting and certification of older drivers?

Posted by: some random guy at July 18, 2003 09:11 AM

- Global warming is a fact, it's caused by US industry and the European countries hate us for it.

- Heart warming yet troubling stories about down and out single mothers who face terrible hardship because evil Republicans have: put a time limit on collecting welfare/ enacted work-fare/ don't provide free day care etc.

- Troubling stories about violent hate crimes that don't have Caucasians as the victims or homosexuals as the perpetrators.

- Entertainment profiles of (insert celebrity name here) that touch on what they are doing now but focus on their political opinions.

- Stories about employees who lost their retirement savings by recklessly and greedily over investing in a once high flying company stock when they had multiple investing options that would have minimized the risk. Stories will include vilifications (some justified) of greedy corporate executives and pronunciations that everyone's retirement plan is in similar danger.

Posted by: Frodo at July 18, 2003 09:11 AM

...and Sparky the Water-Skiing Squirrel!

Posted by: some random guy at July 18, 2003 09:31 AM

--Outrageous, bigotted, anti-religious things our founder and hero Ted Turner said recently while intoxicated.

"HEY, who let the Fox Nexs guy work on my teleprompter?" Aaron Brown

Posted by: KJ at July 18, 2003 09:36 AM

I love that water skiing squirrel!

Posted by: Frodo at July 18, 2003 09:48 AM

The media also does a great job of educating civilians about the military by running stories on:

- military single mothers who apparently didn't read their enlistment papers, chose to have a baby without arranging for a caretaker, and are shocked to find that they may have to deploy with everyone else

- the current whereabouts and troop deployments of American forces. This is a great public service to the military family, especially since the service member is told not to reveal this information to family because it's supposed to be a secret.

- how there are a few members of the military who don't agree with the President's foreign policy.

- apparently there are also some military spouses and parents who want their service member to come home.

- in the world's largest military, which is mostly composed of young men from 18-24, there are apparently a few bad apples who get involved with underage females.

Posted by: Cassandra at July 18, 2003 09:56 AM

I would like to point out to Scrapplers that I have filed a multi-zillion dollar suit against CNN seeking damages, royalties, and rights to Ted Turners' CNN rooftop condo one weekend a month on behalf of my client, the water skiing squirrel. CNN has made millions showing video of my client whenever news gets slow. I mean, you can't have a missing person story every night for months until the next war ... never mind. The point is, CNN has profited from my clients' image and work over the years, and it must stop.

I warn Scrapplers that should you continue a string of posts about my client for your own shameless profit, you may be added you to the water skiing squirrel lawsuit. My client didn't spend years of dangerous training over waters containing big, squirrel eating catfish just to have a bunch of liberal wankers in Atlanta make millions showing some paparatzi taken video of him over and over again.

Govern yourselves accordingly.

Posted by: KJ, counsel for water skiing squirrel at July 18, 2003 09:56 AM

But can the squirrel snow-ski?

Posted by: Cassandra at July 18, 2003 09:57 AM

No, that is his cousin Flakey the Snow-Skiing Gopher.

Posted by: some random guy at July 18, 2003 10:22 AM

More and more often it seems that what I see on TV news is just a repeat of what I've already read on weblogs this morning, yesterday, or earlier in the week (with the weblogs offering more in-depth coverage.)

Except for the squirrel.

Posted by: mb at July 18, 2003 11:04 AM

Unfortunately, the news isn't as informative, is WAY too biased (even in just the headlines used), and isn't nearly as funny.

And they don't have Cassandra.

But we'll offer them Comical Rummy (who really isn't).

Posted by: The Other Scott at July 18, 2003 11:14 AM

CNN BREAKING NEWS

The French government today announced it has commenced a major operation to stamp out domestic terrorism.

"This morning French police swooped down on several sites across France arresting computer users who dared defy the government and continue to use the outlawed term e-mail. These terrorists are a threat to the superior culture of France and they will be eradicated", stated FranÁois Goebbels, Minister of Culture and Propaganda.

Minister Goebbels stated that the war on terrorism will be a long hard fight but swore that his ministry would not stop until it has identified and eliminated all foreign infestations that threaten the pure French culture.

Posted by: Frodo at July 18, 2003 12:54 PM

Cassandra,

As to the source of Scott Ritter's information, I think he gets it from 14 year old girls.

Posted by: Big Time Sublime at July 18, 2003 01:15 PM

Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

I just read my Scott Ritter post - that should have been "ad infinitem"

D'OH - preview first, THEN post.

Posted by: Cassandra at July 18, 2003 01:34 PM

I think the squirrel could host a show at CNN.

Whatta ya think dizzy? Ask your boss for us, OK?

Posted by: Okie Dokie at July 18, 2003 06:13 PM

Dear KJ, council for water skiing squirrel:

Please be advised we will be watching your lawsuit closely for your amount of monitary winfall, as we are prepared to sue Mr Squirrel's owner. We feel his feet and paws, MUST HAVE been super-glued to the ski's and hand-hold, and intend to prove this, in a court of law!

Respectfully, PETA

Posted by: PETA, Squirrel Skiing Division/Serin-Done Enterprises at July 18, 2003 10:42 PM

So you assume my client was using improper substances and did not water ski b/c of his hard work, training and skill? You have accused my talented client of being a cheater here on an international web blog and you are clearly a speciesist.

I am drafting the Complaint for defamation and species discrimination against PETA now.

Posted by: KJ at July 19, 2003 12:38 AM

Cassandra and big time Sublime. I am informing you now that you got it all wrong about Mr. Scott Ritter. He get's his information from me and that is an un impeachable source. It's his jollies that he get from those 14 yr. old females. That he learned from Uday.

And believe me now, that's their business, I don't wanna know.

Posted by: Mr. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf at July 20, 2003 11:29 PM

Scott, you have saved us so much time. We do not have to read newspapers or watch the news for a long time. You have given us all the news stories for the next year.

If any news event is not on your list, the media will ignore it.

Posted by: Jake at July 20, 2003 11:31 PM

Hmmmmmm..........Flying Squirrels.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 21, 2003 04:33 PM

I have this creepy feeling ,that at the moment of my demise i will be lead through the gates of heaven and god will turn towards me and it will be ted turner

(Captain picard&Q;)

Posted by: chinditz at July 21, 2003 06:47 PM

Can you be God if you don't believe in yourself?

Should have had more self esteem focus as a child.

Posted by: KJ at July 22, 2003 09:42 AM

I guess He wasted all His time in school learning biology, planetology, cosmology, etc. I guess His school wanted right answers, instead of "feeling good" about yourself.

Funny. I used to "feel good about myself" in school when I got a test back that had a good grade on it.

Posted by: some random guy at July 22, 2003 11:49 AM

Why God Never Received Tenure at the University

Because he had only one major publication.
And it was in Hebrew.
And it had no cited references.
And it wasn't published in a refereed journal or even submitted for
peer review.
And some even doubt he wrote it himself.
It may be true that he created the world but what has he done since?
His cooperative efforts have been quite limited.
The scientific community has had a very rough time trying to replicate
his results.
He never applied to the Ethics Board for permission to use human subjects.
When one experiment went awry, he tried to cover it up by drowning the
subjects.
He rarely came to class, just told students to read the book.
He expelled his first two students for learning.
Although there were only ten requirements, most students failed his
tests.
His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountain top.
When subjects didn't behave as predicted, he often punished them, or just deleted them from the sample.

(From http://www.workjoke.com/projoke15.htm)

Posted by: Ken Stein at July 22, 2003 01:29 PM

HELLO MY NAME IS P!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: P at February 23, 2004 05:00 PM