Really, CNN? Really?

[Ichingcarpenter]

Double PLUS GOOD FEAR...... CNN
Double plus good



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[Renew Deal]

1. Isn't Ebola more like Hitler?

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Isn't CNN more like Hitler?

[Renew Deal]

3. Exactly

lol

[merrily]

4. Let's bomb ebola.

Seems to be our solution for a lot of things.

[PCIntern]

5. and he said what that you don't like?

You deal with the source of the disease and you block it from entering the country. This is bad somehow?

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. You like the hyperbole message that ebola is isis

So the source of Isis is Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Well lets start there. The source of Ebola is monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines

The headline is stupid.

[PCIntern]

14. In a literal sense I understand...

I think the point the guy was trying to make, apparrently unsuccessfully, was that you can't give it quarter: it'll kill you without hesitation or remorse. this differs from other diseases. People don't really want to accept that. and I understand that...I've dealt with incurable diseases for much of my career and there has to be a different mindset. Yes I know some get over this but the amount of support required would overshelm any system if it takes off the way it did in Africa. Just a thought...

[SCVDem]

29. We don't wash our dead

And have the family drink the water!

Funerary customs are clashing with common sense.

Just a thought!

[liberal N proud]

7. CNN is the Agent of Fear

FOX too

[Sparhawk60]

8. We are ALL Going to Die

We are all going to die!....just not from ebola. Take a few sensible precautions, and we will be fine. But that message is boring and does not sell air time.

[n2doc]

9. ...

[Fred Sanders]

27. Exactly right, fear makes for ratings, they do not care about accuracy. CNN is the virus.

[hatrack]

10. So, I guess that makes ISIS the Ebola of the Middle East, and Ebola the Hitler of Liberia

Al Qaeda would then be demoted to the Marburg Virus of Syria, the elusive and somewhat Khmer Rouge-ish Lassa virus is now the Khorasan Group of Sierra Leone, and Islamic Jihad will be playing the role of Bubonic Plague (with Stalinist overtones) in Lebanon and Syria.

[pleinair]

17. LOL

[marym625]

11. anything to divert attention from actual problems

They get to spread fear of both ISIS and ebola at the same time while ignoring the rampant militarization of US PDs, the ever increasing wage gap, the war on women, the disintegration of the middle class, etc etc etc.

Pretty soon if we say something like, "ebola isn't the enemy" we'll be classified as unpatriotic.

Same fucking shit, different day.

[maryellen99]

12. I'm shocked that they are not back to covering MH 370

Since they started up the search again.

[marym625]

13. 20 minutes ago

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/05/world/mh370-next-search-phase-begins/index.html

[hatrack]

18. Starting my day with audible snorting

[hedgehog]

15. Nothing like hinting (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) that Ebola is being deliberately spread.

[hatrack]

19. Yes, kind of like saying "Saddam Hussein" and "WMD" in the same sentence, over and over again

[marmar]

16. "The ISIS of Biological Agents"

Translation: It's a hyped-up threat, intentionally overblown for propaganda purposes.

[KG]

20. what is that even sposed to mean?

[hatrack]

21. BOO!!! SCARY!!!

That's what it's supposed to mean . . .

[Old Crow]

22. Ebola hates us for our freedoms! AUUUGGGGH!

And the puppetmasters continue to pull the strings. So glad I don't--and won't--own a television. It is a net-negative influence on life. Whatever you may think TV is offering you, I could show you how it's robbing you of more.

[malthaussen]

23. What would CNN do if we faced a real threat?

Probably hide under the covers.

-- Mal

[hatrack]

24. Dunno - have they talked about ocean acidification or Greenland ice loss lately?

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

[JHB]

25. CNN interviews Denethor, Steward of Gondor, on the Ebola/ISIS Crisis

[unblock]

26. i stopped watching tv news at least 15 years ago.

i'm now better informed than ever and don't miss it in the slightest.

"coming up, there's something in your house that could kill you! but first, these commercials!"

"we're back! what is in nearly every hose that might kill you! but first, let's take a look at a heartwarming story about a lost dog that turned up a year later!"

"and we'll have that story about the thing in your own home that could lead to your death! what is it? well let you know after the break!"

"we're back! and we're almost out of time! could what you don't know kill you? a leading doctor tells us that drinking rubbing alcohol could kill you!"

"bob, i did not know that! i've got some rubbing alcohol in my own house!"

"me too, sue! i'll have to find new recipe for my uh, "iced tea", if you know what i mean!"

"i'm sure i have no idea what you're talking about bob, ha ha!"

"good night everybody!"

"good night!"

[ProfessorGAC]

35. I'm Pretty Close To That

I get news on the intertubes. I almost never watch TV news. Once in a while i'll watch Sharpton's show, or Rachel, but not terribly often.

I don't feel like there's too much of things going on that i'm not aware of.

[unblock]

36. sometimes we catch jon stewart or john oliver

i rarely see anything even there that i didn't know about in near-real time from du.

[enki23]

28. Hepatitis C: The Blackbeard of fish tapeworms.

[R.Quinn]

30. I've been done watching mainstream news for a long time now.

CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, the whole lot of them are nothing but repulsive propaganda tools.

[progressoid]

31. AAAAAIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!

[Zambero]

32. Filling in gaps between unsolved plane crash disasters

With requisite inflammatory rhetoric and 24/7 echo chamber grade persistence, will CNN advance forward to become the "Mother of all misinformation"?

[KurtNYC]

33. Stupidity: The ISIS of Mental Processes

CNN: "okay expert-labelled person, scare the viewers with hyperbole and idiotic analogies for 20 seconds"

Person: "but...that would be irresponsible of me..."

CNN: "NEXT !"

[kestrel91316]

34. Good god. That's beyond shameless.