January 16, 2006

Oh My! It seems that CNN is in the US government's pocket.
posted by Skrik 18 years ago
  • Well.... DUH!
  • Um...okay? Either my sarcasm meter's on the fritz or this is one of the stupidest newsfilter FPP evar. Please to explain exactly what you mean here, Skrik.
  • Maybe those intelligence officials fired after their bumblings in Iraq got a job in CNN. Yeah, that's it.
  • That's a bit of a leap. In fact, there are rumblings that Christiane Amanpour is one of those Bush was spying on without judicial oversight.
  • Sorry, that was for the post, not for Flagpole.
  • pretty much every journalist get's banned from Iran at some point, but i would like to see the explanation for the mis-translation
  • E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease?
  • I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't make the leap from "CNN mistranslated" to "CNN in Bush's pocket". Skrik! We demand explanation!
  • Admit nothing, explain nothing, apologise for nothing. (Actually, I'd like to change that last one to "don't apologise for anything", but that maybe just me.)
  • Before we know it, the US will declare war on Iran on the basis of this "mistranslation".
  • (the CNN) translation quoted the president as saying: "We believe all nations are allowed to have nuclear weapons", and that the West should not "deprive us to have nuclear weapons".
    to be honest, i don't see what the big deal is on the iranian side. why shouldn't ahmadinejad/iran aspire to have nuclear weapons? i'm not overjoyed with the prospect of proliferation, but i don't see how anyone can assume the stance "no nukes for you; only countries x, y, and z are allowed have nukes." you want to ban nukes, please go right ahead, but you can't keep them as an option for the current members of the club while denying them to everyone else.
  • drjimmy, what did I miss in that link? It was about the shopping district in Hong Kong...
  • ('twas a jokey joke)
  • yes
  • Hmph. I think I busted my sense of humor. Somebody poke a fork in me or something.
  • *shakes Lara up and down to get teh funnay dislodged*
  • CEASE THIS BLASTARD PRATTLING!
  • Blastard really is a good word. Also, I'm farty.
  • You're all blastards. I'm confused though; is there a discussion here or should I eek it?
  • *sigh* Eek it if you must. I know your fingers get itchy after a day or two of no eeking. (This wouldn't happen, were Quid admin.)
  • I know, I know, and the site would be made of lollipops and rainbows and every user would get a gold nugget every time they logged in and their cookies would be *real* cookies and the "Post" button would be a gumdrop and quid would be just like Willy Wonka and YOU KNOW WHAT?! Willy Wonka was a pedophile! He wasn't, really. I love Willy Wonka. Anyway, I don't like eeking. I'll keep it up. Just because I care.
  • /Casts a shifty eye about for the nearest spork.
  • *sneaks around behind Nickdanger with a bagful of sporks*
  • Blastard is an amazing word. If that turns out to be the only thing to come of this discussion, it'll have been worth it.
  • Admit nothing, explain nothing, apologise for nothing. How can this possibly be read in any other mental voice except that of dear ol' Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heros?
  • I find your username amusing, in that you are making a binary statement about your potential status as binary.
  • I want a *real* cookie.
  • Iran says CNN is working for Bush, that's how it was posted. It has long been part and parcel of conspiracy theorists (of which certain foreign governments undoubtedly subscribe) that media outlets are vehicles for government agencies. CIA-NN is a catchphrase of sorts. And blastard is the coolest word ever.
  • Blastard is an excellent word, but for the record I believe Tracicle coined it herself in her own blog.
  • Blastard is a word? Or was that another of those "joke" things you guys keep talking about? Somebody call the Funny Doctor! And where's my gold nugget?
  • *turns Lara over, smacks her like a ketchup bottle* I know there's some funny left in here...
  • w00t!
  • Nope, I totally invented blastard, and monkeyfilter, and the quidnunc kid, and the spork.
  • And I invented Nickdanger.
  • I invented all of you.
  • We're all pigaments of trac's imagination.
  • *snork snork grunt*
  • *casts pearls before petebest*
  • *makes silk purse*
  • I'm pretty sure that I'M a pigment of her indignation.
  • Ah, how the fig trees of the imagination bear strange fruit. /gnomic bullshit