Okay, I am really sick, with a fever and the coughing and the aches and the whole damn thing. So I haven't been able to get as much writing done as I'd like, because the aches are so severe in my arms and hands, the tips of my fingers occasionally hurt, especially when I type the letter "p" ouch.
This means that I've done a ton of reading today, and I've subjected myself to a few hours of CNN. Jesus. Fucking. Christ. No wonder so many Americans are misinformed, if they are getting their information from cable news. These douchebags do everything they can to create controversy where there is none, and they don't even try to hide it.
Example: Wolf Blitzer, on The Situation Room (which is only watchable because of Jack Cafferty), just teased a segment on Jon Stewart thusly: "He says it will be the most controversial Academy Awards, ever . . ."
Wow. That sure sounds provocative, Wolf! Let's go to the transcript and see when he said that:
KING: All right, let's move to some things. Jon Stewart will host the Oscars Sunday night.
STEWART: It's going to be the most controversial Oscars ever. I would not be surprised if the whole country tunes in.
KING: Will you, truthfully will you get into politics?
STEWART: Sorry? You mean after I retire as a comedian?
KING: No, will you get into politics Sunday?
STEWART: Oh, I'm sure there will be references and such like that but
I'm not -- I'm not going out there, you know, looking to blow the place
up. I want to -- I want to do a nice job. Really for the most part the
pressure I feel is for the actors and actresses and people that are
nominated and who are there and it's their big day and you don't want
to screw up their wedding. You don't want to be the deejay going, you
know, all right everybody let's play Celebrate. Where's my CD? You know.
For fuck's sake. Are you idiots at CNN so invested in propping up your useless bullshit hosts that you'll deliberately mislead your viewers? Watch the fucking tape, and try real, real hard to see the gleam in Jon Stewart's eye, and then try real, real hard to hear the sarcasm in his voice. Then watch a few seconds longer, and see that Jon clearly doesn't intend to do anything to fuck up the Oscars, and in fact understands exactly what he's supposed to do as the host. Here it is again, just in case you missed it:
STEWART: Oh, I'm sure there will be references and such like that but
I'm not -- I'm not going out there, you know, looking to blow the place
up. I want to -- I want to do a nice job. Really for the most part the
pressure I feel is for the actors and actresses and people that are
nominated and who are there and it's their big day and you don't want
to screw up their wedding. You don't want to be the deejay going, you
know, all right everybody let's play Celebrate. Where's my CD? You know.
I wonder if someone at CNN is upset that Jon Stewart made Larry King look like a douchebag, and is still upset that he exposed to the world what a colossal joke Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson were on Crossfire.