CNN aka The Barney Hour, TV that will make you puke
God has it really been all the way since December 23 that I wrote in here? That shit about time flying? WELL IT’S TRUE.
Let’s see, I have taken to putting voice notes in my iPhone when I think of things I want to write about. But the success of that whole thing is dependent on listening to the notes later on. I haven’t quite progressed that far yet.
Couple of things I remember being interested in / puzzled about:
1. You know those signs on the back of commercial vehicles that say “How’s My Driving? Call 800-555-1212.”
Well, does anyone ever call? And more importantly, does anyone ever call and say “Hey, you know that van you got, #12054-B? Well I’m calling to report on his driving. It’s great.” No I bet they just get psychos who have some vendetta against random strangers who call to say ol’ Van #12054-B’s driving is SHIT. I have to try calling one day and heaping praise on someone, good driving or not, and see what happens. I bet I’d get hung up on for being a prank caller.
2. I can’t find the story now but CNN had a week or two ago a thing about this couple who failed to report their missing minor child for TEN YEARS. They just “forgot.” They said they “thought he ran away.” He was, I think, 10 at the time. “Oh hey … didn’t we have a kid? I haven’t seen him lately … so what’s for dinner?” What. the. fuck. The police, last I heard, had searched their back yard and “found an answer to a question,” which I think means they found a bag of bones buried somewhere. Will have to read CNN to find out more.
Except I am mad at CNN for broadcasting a disgusting piece on John Travolta and the death of his son. They were “reporting” (N. B. isn’t it sad that CNN has debased itself to “reporting” instead of merely reporting sans quotation marks?) on what happened and were playing a tape of John T. and his wife Kelly Preston, all smiling and happy, saying “hey” to the photographers. I thought, what a weird fucking way to greet reporters at the airport who are asking you about your DEAD CHILD, and why are they dressed in formal wear? And then I realized that CNN did not have footage of the actual John Travolta at the airport, arriving home after cremating his son, so they were playing some awards ceremony red carpet bullshit instead. Filled with John T. and his wife smiling and laughing and looking all happy, while Larry King talked about how tragic it was in the background. And that is when I decided that CNN and Larry King are big fucking sellout assholes, only marginally better than Fox News.