Or, as I like to refer to it, ‘America’s Got Treason.’ (They're Coming for Your P*nis!)

June 2022

“The January 6th committee hearings will be televised beginning this Thursday — or, as I like to refer to it, ‘America’s Got Treason.’” —Stephen Colbert

“Let’s poke some fun at CNN, which is, according to an internal memo, stepping back from overhyping everything as ‘breaking news’. Which means overhyping everything is now up for grabs, so we have breaking news. Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you shocked and terrified to report that what I am saying right now means nothing. It is all a false sense of urgency created to keep you captivated long enough to get to the next Lipitor commercial.” —Stephen Colbert

“The cable news network, which recently hired the Late Show showrunner Chris Licht to replace its ousted chief executive, Jeff Zucker, plans to cut back on the breaking news graphic because ‘its impact has become lost on the audience’ and CNN should be focused on ‘informing, not alarming’ viewers. And with CNN out of the game they’ll leave plenty of alarming for the folks over at Fox News. In fact, they are now counter-programming with Tucker Carlson’s new show Look Out! Gay Immigrants Are Coming for Your Penis!” —Stephen Colbert

“Louie Gohmert, the Republican congressman from Texas who spoke out against the indictment of former Trump adviser Peter Navarro by complaining Republicans can’t lie to Congress or the F.B.I. Gohmert is upset because some of his fellow Republicans are getting hit with contempt charges for refusing to cooperate with the committee investigating the insurrection on January 6th, and what he’s upset is they’re not even allowed to lie about it. At least he’s not lying about how upset he is about not being allowed to lie, I guess. Small victory. This statement used to be the kind of thing that could ruin a person’s political career, but now that we’ve been MAGA-tized it barely even makes a dent.” — Jimmy Kimmel

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2022/03/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

10 Media Strategies of Manipulation (more entertainment, less news)

                                    

“Earlier in the day, the network’s president, Jeff Zucker, announced his surprise resignation after he disclosed a consensual relationship with a colleague. ‘As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo’s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years,’ Zucker said in a statement. ‘I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn’t. I was wrong.’ 

Man, this must’ve been a really weird day for CNN. On the one hand, it’s bad that your boss is resigning under a cloud of scandal. On the other hand, you got the scoop! You may not know this, but he’s the one who made CNN what it is today. He’s the one who pushed it toward entertainment more, and less news. 

He’s the one who said, ‘Enough of those international correspondents, let’s just get people fighting on camera!’ Like you remember when CNN would just make us watch Trump’s empty podium for an hour? That was his choice. Zucker often kept Donald Trump on air, even before his election in 2016, because he liked Trump. Because he knew Trump was good for ratings, because Jeff Zucker is the one who gave Trump the job for The Apprentice, and The Apprentice is the only reason that Trump went on to become the president – agh!!! 

But the craziest part of the story, was how far the blast radius from former New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s scandals reached. So Andrew Cuomo was such a creep that he took down himself, his brother Chris and the president of CNN. He’s like Ronan Farrow but by accident.” —Trevor Noah

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/12/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and_10.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”