- Hmm I wonder if Tumblr will format this chat transcript for me?

	Jim N.
	okay I am posting this very rambling erickson post
	Apr 2
5:	40 PM
	Ken L.
	yes that is rambling insanity
	Ken L.
	YOU ARE WORSE THAN OBAMA
	Jim N.
	haha I am proud of it
	Ken L.
	how many days until cnn fires him?
	Ken L.
	the pressure is pretty solid
	Jim N.
	I think you mean promote him
	Ken L.
	nah they are in DIRE STRAITS
	Ken L.
	and wingnuts are NOT watching the fucking john king show, i can promise you that
	Jim N.
	They're such a lame network
	Ken L.
	cnn is just a fail at this point, should just make it all HLN, nancy grace, both channels
	Jim N.
	everything, everything, EVERYTHING revolves around splitting the difference and having political consultants pretend to debate on equal terms.
	Ken L.
	or whatever, cut all the budget, fire everyone, run a bbc feed
	Ken L.
	yeah it is maddening
	Ken L.
	and serves no-one
	Jim N.
	and it lets them be so easily used
	Ken L.
	except! no-one is watching, so ...
	Ken L.
	that is some major fucking brand erosion there
	Jim N.
	like when eric cantor says "oh some bullet went off somewhere around me too," he knew that CNN would have a panel that night urging republicans and democrats to stop being mean, which they were doing equally.
	Ken L.
	i used to come home, put the teevee on cnn, and turn it off (maybe) when i went to bed
	Ken L.
	i turned it down to play music, but it was still on
	Ken L.
	and on the screen pretty much all the time was NEWS, from around the world.
	Ken L.
	it was awesome
	Jim N.
	I will put it on for like 10 minutes sometimes when I am eating dinner... as annoying and lame as they are, it is much more relaxing than the others
	Apr 2
5:	45 PM
	Jim N.
	and wolf blitzer is funny.
	Ken L.
	ugh i cannot, even when i turn on the tv for 10 minutes in the a.m. or just before i turn off the computer for the night to make sure nothing got bombed, i will generally skip cnn
	Ken L.
	bloomberg has actual news around the clock, that's about it
	Ken L.
	it's biz news but if real shit is going down, they're on that too
	Jim N.
	yeah that is my only reason, make sure nothing got bombed or see when the house is voting on some bill
	Jim N.
	cnn is in HD though. what i'm saying is that I watch it because it looks the prettiest.
	Ken L.
	cnn is so fucking inane, it's as if it's from some country / dimension even WORSE than this one
	Ken L.
	i do not have your fancy yuppie hd flat screen
	Ken L.
	i have this
	Ken L.
	Tv-thumb
	Jim N.
	there was a great daily show segment a few months ago showing dozens and dozens of instances of the same thing on CNN, where JUST as guests are bringing up the meaty or controversial or newsworthy parts of their topic, wolf or anderson cooper or whatever ALWAYS cuts them off to say, "well, it's an interesting debate, we'll have to cut you off there"
	Jim N.
	it's part of their business model to make sure that no one ever WINS a debate, with facts, because then what would they put on teevee?
	Ken L.
	it is such a bizarre idea
	Apr 2
5:	50 PM
	Ken L.
	and it's their whole programming now, at least prime time i guess
	Apr 2
5:	50 PM
	Ken L.
	people sitting around tables barking out talking points OFF THEIR LAPTOP SCREENS
	Ken L.
	does fox do that? msnbc? in some alternate world, is this a successful form of programming?
	Ken L.
	oh man i just got a weird email
	Ken L.
	i will forward it to you, try to make sense of it
	Jim N.
	fox and msnbc just make sure the conservative/liberal side wins every debate. they're terrible. at least they don't strain so hard with EVERYTHING to make it appear balanced, though
	Ken L.
	i feel like i occasionally, very rarely, learn something when watching fox or msnbc do this stuff, like somebody will say, "well i was there on the senate floor last night with ___ ___ and he said an interesting thing, 'no more babies,' what do you make of that?"
	Apr 2
5:	55 PM
	Ken L.
	and somebody else will respond, maybe say oh well that is weird, etc. like they might do things other than sit in a fucking studio with wolf blitzer walking around, reading blogs.

Jim N.

okay I am posting this very rambling erickson post

Apr 2

Ken L.

yes that is rambling insanity

Ken L.

YOU ARE WORSE THAN OBAMA

Jim N.

haha I am proud of it

Ken L.

how many days until cnn fires him?

Ken L.

the pressure is pretty solid

Jim N.

I think you mean *promote* him

Ken L.

nah they are in DIRE STRAITS

Ken L.

and wingnuts are NOT watching the fucking john king show, i can promise you that

Jim N.

They're such a lame network

Ken L.

cnn is just a fail at this point, should just make it all HLN, nancy grace, both channels

Jim N.

everything, everything, EVERYTHING revolves around splitting the difference and having political consultants pretend to debate on equal terms.

Ken L.

or whatever, cut all the budget, fire everyone, run a bbc feed

Ken L.

yeah it is maddening

Ken L.

and serves no-one

Jim N.

and it lets them be so easily used

Ken L.

except! no-one is watching, so ...

Ken L.

that is some major fucking brand erosion there

Jim N.

like when eric cantor says "oh some bullet went off somewhere around me too," he knew that CNN would have a panel that night urging republicans and democrats to stop being mean, which they were doing equally.

Ken L.

i used to come home, put the teevee on cnn, and turn it off (maybe) when i went to bed

Ken L.

i turned it down to play music, but it was still on

Ken L.

and on the screen pretty much all the time was NEWS, from around the world.

Ken L.

it was awesome

Jim N.

I will put it on for like 10 minutes sometimes when I am eating dinner... as annoying and lame as they are, it is much more relaxing than the others

Apr 2

Jim N.

and wolf blitzer is funny.

Ken L.

ugh i cannot, even when i turn on the tv for 10 minutes in the a.m. or just before i turn off the computer for the night to make sure nothing got bombed, i will generally skip cnn

Ken L.

bloomberg has actual news around the clock, that's about it

Ken L.

it's biz news but if real shit is going down, they're on that too

Jim N.

yeah that is my only reason, make sure nothing got bombed or see when the house is voting on some bill

Jim N.

cnn is in HD though. what i'm saying is that I watch it because it looks the prettiest.

Ken L.

cnn is so fucking inane, it's as if it's from some country / dimension even WORSE than this one

Ken L.

i do not have your fancy yuppie hd flat screen

Ken L.

i have this

Ken L.

Tv-thumb

Jim N.

there was a great daily show segment a few months ago showing dozens and dozens of instances of the same thing on CNN, where JUST as guests are bringing up the meaty or controversial or newsworthy parts of their topic, wolf or anderson cooper or whatever ALWAYS cuts them off to say, "well, it's an interesting debate, we'll have to cut you off there"

Jim N.

it's part of their business model to make sure that no one ever WINS a debate, with facts, because then what would they put on teevee?

Ken L.

it is such a bizarre idea

Apr 2

Ken L.

and it's their whole programming now, at least prime time i guess

Apr 2

Ken L.

people sitting around tables barking out talking points OFF THEIR LAPTOP SCREENS

Ken L.

does fox do that? msnbc? in some alternate world, is this a successful form of programming?

Ken L.

oh man i just got a weird email

Ken L.

i will forward it to you, try to make sense of it

Jim N.

fox and msnbc just make sure the conservative/liberal side wins every debate. they're terrible. at least they don't strain so hard with EVERYTHING to make it appear balanced, though

Ken L.

i feel like i occasionally, very rarely, *learn* something when watching fox or msnbc do this stuff, like somebody will say, "well i was there on the senate floor last night with ___ ___ and he said an interesting thing, 'no more babies,' what do you make of that?"

Apr 2

Ken L.

and somebody else will respond, maybe say oh well that is weird, etc. like they might do things other than sit in a fucking studio with wolf blitzer walking around, reading blogs.