Did CNN turn satire?

unsung
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in A Moving Train
This can't be a real thing. 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/health/makeup-skincare-male-masculinity-intl/index.html
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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,654
    This inspired you enough to start a whole thread on it?
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    You have heard that most online news sites have a Health/Wellness/Life section, right? And back when they were print newspapers, they had the same thing. Even Fox does. Imagine that!
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,062
    unsung said:
    This can't be a real thing. 

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/health/makeup-skincare-male-masculinity-intl/index.html
    lol talk about nonsensical subject matter , c’mon man I like you better when your defending your gun rights ...
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Modern journalism.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    unsung said:
    Modern journalism.

    Oh, you're funny.

    How long have you been reading newspapers and magazines for?
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,682
    edited March 2018
    There are only three trustworthy news sources: Fox News, Breitbart, and the Twitter account of Donald Trump.

    (Perhaps I've turned satire)
    Post edited by OnWis97 on
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,956
    When I lived in LA half of the news was about celebrity cats and the type of stuff that Veronica Corningstone was stuck reporting on prior to her big break at KVWN filling in for Ron.



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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    unsung said:
    Modern journalism.
    Says the guy who gets his news from memes. 
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    dignin said:
    unsung said:
    Modern journalism.
    Says the guy who gets his news from memes. 
    :lol:
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    dignin said:
    unsung said:
    Modern journalism.
    Says the guy who gets his news from memes. 
    More reliable than CNN.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    unsung said:
    dignin said:
    unsung said:
    Modern journalism.
    Says the guy who gets his news from memes. 
    More reliable than CNN.
    Not with the average you’re batting 
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    We are all now dumber for clicking on this. Thanks unsung. You do have a purpose.
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Degeneratefk said:
    We are all now dumber for clicking on this. Thanks unsung. You do have a purpose.
    Always good for a laugh.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,891
    Why would you think that topic is satire, even sarcastically?
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,762
    OnWis97 said:
    There are only three trustworthy news sources: Fox News, Breitbart, and the Twitter account of Donald Trump.

    (Perhaps I've turned satire)
    :lol:

    You forgot to mention The Onion.
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    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.  
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,891
    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.  
    Yeah, I asked why you thought it was satire even if you meant it sarcastically. In other words, why the concept of satire even occur to you? And why are you shocked that it's a real thing or that it would be addressed in a lifestyle segment?
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,762
    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.  
    I'm not in the least bit surprised.  Most media outlets seem to be gearing themselves in a kind of FaceBook-as-news fashion.  They publish nonsense or trivial issues that appeal. Even worse, they publish rubbish that distracts from important issues.  Distraction  and amusement, the order of the day.

    amuse (v.) late 15c., "to divert the attention, beguile, delude," from Old French amuser "fool, tease, hoax, entrap; make fun of," literally "cause to muse" (as a distraction), from a "at, to" (from Latin ad, but here probably a causal prefix) + muser "ponder, stare fixedly".


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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,891
    brianlux said:
    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.  
    I'm not in the least bit surprised.  Most media outlets seem to be gearing themselves in a kind of FaceBook-as-news fashion.  They publish nonsense or trivial issues that appeal. Even worse, they publish rubbish that distracts from important issues.  Distraction  and amusement, the order of the day.

    amuse (v.) late 15c., "to divert the attention, beguile, delude," from Old French amuser "fool, tease, hoax, entrap; make fun of," literally "cause to muse" (as a distraction), from a "at, to" (from Latin ad, but here probably a causal prefix) + muser "ponder, stare fixedly".


    But this wasn't breaking news. As someone else said, the news covers a variety of topics, including lifestyle ones. This is not unusual, and I don't know what the problem is Brian. The news channels have always had lifestyle fluff pieces like this to give a break from all the horrible depressing shit. I don't think it's meant to distract anyone at all. On the contrary... I'm surprised they have left any room for this at all, given that they are so obsessed with Trump and all his bullshit. THAT is where they distract from real issues. Not with lifestyle piece about makeup.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    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.
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