Did CNN turn satire?

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,029
    ^
    Modern journalism.
    So Faux!
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  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    OnWis97 said:
    There are only three trustworthy news sources: Fox News, Breitbart, and the Twitter account of Donald Trump.

    (Perhaps I've turned satire)

    Don't forget Infowars and Gateway Pundit, where Unsung gets a lot of his news.
    Never been on either hotshot.
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,908
    unsung said:
    OnWis97 said:
    There are only three trustworthy news sources: Fox News, Breitbart, and the Twitter account of Donald Trump.

    (Perhaps I've turned satire)

    Don't forget Infowars and Gateway Pundit, where Unsung gets a lot of his news.
    Never been on either hotshot.
    Not a chance in hell of this being an accurate statement.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,950
    I was watching batman v superman last night, and the news people were watching in the movie were actual CNN correspondents, like Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, etc. Does no one else think this blurs the lines between respected truths and entertainment? Should real journalists be playing themselves in a fictional medium?
    It doesn't both me. Movies are allowed to reflect the real world.
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  • PJ_Soul said:
    I was watching batman v superman last night, and the news people were watching in the movie were actual CNN correspondents, like Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, etc. Does no one else think this blurs the lines between respected truths and entertainment? Should real journalists be playing themselves in a fictional medium?
    It doesn't both me. Movies are allowed to reflect the real world.
    of course, but the movie studio would have PAID those journalists, and they would have PAID CNN for the use of their logo. You don't find that a little ethically grey?
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,532
    unsung said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Why would you think that topic is satire, even sarcastically?
    I don’t.  I was being sarcastic.  In the world we live I am shocked that this is a story, much less a real thing.  
    Funny yesterday the kids decide to walk out and guess what Fox doesn’t even mention it , hoe come you didn’t post that which is news worthy...
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,171
    PJ_Soul said:
    I was watching batman v superman last night, and the news people were watching in the movie were actual CNN correspondents, like Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, etc. Does no one else think this blurs the lines between respected truths and entertainment? Should real journalists be playing themselves in a fictional medium?
    It doesn't both me. Movies are allowed to reflect the real world.
    of course, but the movie studio would have PAID those journalists, and they would have PAID CNN for the use of their logo. You don't find that a little ethically grey?
    I don't. Not if they are appearing in a movie. If they were folding advertising for the movie into the real-life news broadcast it would be different. But appearing in a piece of fiction that doesn't pretend to be anything else doesn't seem ethically grey at all.

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,950
    edited March 2018
    PJ_Soul said:
    I was watching batman v superman last night, and the news people were watching in the movie were actual CNN correspondents, like Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, etc. Does no one else think this blurs the lines between respected truths and entertainment? Should real journalists be playing themselves in a fictional medium?
    It doesn't both me. Movies are allowed to reflect the real world.
    of course, but the movie studio would have PAID those journalists, and they would have PAID CNN for the use of their logo. You don't find that a little ethically grey?
    Nope. What are you thinking is ethically grey about it? Like, you think the fact they do that would keep CNN from reporting certain things about that studio or something? I seriously doubt that, even in the slim chance that it would even come up. I think what you're saying would apply to politicians, not news anchors or outlets. They're a business, so this seems fine to me personally. Doesn't concern me.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,029
    I kind of like it when real people play cameos in movies where they play themselves like Bruce Willis did in Oceans 13 (or was it 12?).  That was funny as hell!
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  • Sen. Patrick Leahy was in a bunch of Batman movies.  Some people are media nuts
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    It's not ethically gray; it's just plain wrong. CNN doesn't exist in Metropolis or Gotham. :glasses:
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,029
    dankind said:
    It's not ethically gray; it's just plain wrong. CNN doesn't exist in Metropolis or Gotham. :glasses:
    :lol:

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  • PJ_Soul said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I was watching batman v superman last night, and the news people were watching in the movie were actual CNN correspondents, like Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, etc. Does no one else think this blurs the lines between respected truths and entertainment? Should real journalists be playing themselves in a fictional medium?
    It doesn't both me. Movies are allowed to reflect the real world.
    of course, but the movie studio would have PAID those journalists, and they would have PAID CNN for the use of their logo. You don't find that a little ethically grey?
    Nope. What are you thinking is ethically grey about it? Like, you think the fact they do that would keep CNN from reporting certain things about that studio or something? I seriously doubt that, even in the slim chance that it would even come up. I think what you're saying would apply to politicians, not news anchors or outlets. They're a business, so this seems fine to me personally. Doesn't concern me.
    I don't know, to be honest. Just kind of struck me. it's never even been on my radar prior to last night. possibly because that was in pre-"fake news" nonsense era. possibly because most movies use made up news outlet names (or local ones that no one outside of that locality would know). 
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  • dankind said:
    It's not ethically gray; it's just plain wrong. CNN doesn't exist in Metropolis or Gotham. :glasses:
    LOL. until last night,  I had no idea that Gotham and Metropolis were like the twin cities. 
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    brianlux said:
    dankind said:
    It's not ethically gray; it's just plain wrong. CNN doesn't exist in Metropolis or Gotham. :glasses:
    :lol:

    There's Galaxy Broadcasting System (GBS) in Metropolis, Gotham News Network (GNN) and Gotham City News (GCN) in Gotham.

    Zack Snyder sucks! 
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,976
    edited March 2018
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    dankind said:
    It's not ethically gray; it's just plain wrong. CNN doesn't exist in Metropolis or Gotham. :glasses:
    :lol:

    There's Galaxy Broadcasting System (GBS) in Metropolis, Gotham News Network (GNN) and Gotham City News (GCN) in Gotham.

    Zack Snyder sucks! 
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  • Ha!  That is awesome
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Unsung getting owned again
  • where is the story about the 97 year old grandmother who claims to have the best meatloaf recipe in the country?
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    where is the story about the 97 year old grandmother who claims to have the best meatloaf recipe in the country?
    My grandmother is not 97. 
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,496
    unsung said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Why would you think that topic is satire, even sarcastically?
    I don’t.  I was being sarcastic.  In the world we live I am shocked that this is a story, much less a real thing.  
    Funny yesterday the kids decide to walk out and guess what Fox doesn’t even mention it , hoe come you didn’t post that which is news worthy...
    YEs they did, I saw it last night on tv.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/15/parkland-massacre-sparks-wave-state-level-gun-reform-efforts.html
    http://video.foxnews.com/v/5751752258001/?#sp=show-clips
    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/15/hs-student-video-goes-viral-for-being-lone-participant-in-schools-national-school-walkout.html
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  • i heard on the radio that fox spend less than 30 minutes talking about it. most of it was hannity and that dr laura lady bashing the kids as being influenced by moveon.org.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,496
    i heard on the radio that fox spend less than 30 minutes talking about it. most of it was hannity and that dr laura lady bashing the kids as being influenced by moveon.org.
    I m Not a Fox News fan at all but 30 minutes on a story seems pretty damn adequate to me. 
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  • the radio report i was referring to said fox news spent 30 minutes total of the entire news day on this, across all shows.
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    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,496
    the radio report i was referring to said fox news spent 30 minutes total of the entire news day on this, across all shows.
    AAAaaaaah, much different bud. That s horse shit. 
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  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    my2hands said:
    Unsung getting owned again
    Yawn.
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