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    By William K. Wolfrum on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 10:49am | Politics, Media

     

    CNN is also reporting that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is alive and well and that Dewey beat Truman.

    More on the SCOTUS decision to uphold ObamaCare from Think Progress.

    –WKW

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    I hear they are getting royally ripped for it.  Rightly so.  Someone's going to lose their job over this.


    by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 10:50am

    I was wondering what the commotion was on twitter. Is Grover Norquist writing their headlines now? Hahahaha Worse.Than.Fox. I take that back, CNN is the equivalent of Fox.


    by tmccarthy0 on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 11:13am

    So...any predictions on who will be the first to go public with a call to impeach Roberts?  And how long it will take (if it hasn't happened already, that is)?


    by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 10:55am

    Andy Borowitz's comedic take on Justice Roberts: http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/06/29/trump-says-john-roberts-birth-certificate-is-fake/


    by AmericanDreamer on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 2:47pm

    THIS IS NOT a Wolfrum joke Daggers. Both Fox News and CNN announced the mandate was struck down. Wolf Blitzer said 'Wow!". John King "Blow to Obama" YES! A severe blow.....to the idiots on TeeVee 24/7 'news'.

    This is the Free Truthful (??) Diligent (??) Responsible (NO) Corporate Press in action, informing us (??making up facts) and safe guarding liberty....NOT!

    Screen capture at business insider for CNN announcement.


    by NCD on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 11:20am

    So does this mean that there are folks at Fox News who secretly respect, or at least trust(ed) to a point, CNN?  Whoah.  Or was there some other trigger for Fox other than CNN's report?  Ironic, wouldn't it, if Fox News' reputation actually takes a hit (!)--because they made the dumbass mistake of trusting CNN? 


    by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 11:23am

    Hi-larious. One of our crucial institutions (SCOTUS) proved that it hasn't quite tipped entirely over the edge into dysfunction today. But another (the press) compensated by reminding us that they already have.


    by Doctor Cleveland on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 11:33am

    I wouldn't blame the whole press.  I'd blame the Fox/CNN war that led both to put up headlines based on scanning the first two pages of the opinion.

    AP got it right.


    by Michael Maiello on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 11:37am

    If they can't get it correct from the first report, with all the intense scrutiny, knowing the decision was coming this morning, and with the world literally watching, it shows in my opinion they are not a reliable or bona fide source for news commentary or factual reporting, they should stick to celebrity gossip, which they do very well.


    by NCD on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 12:24pm

    No argument from me.  I just don't think that CNN and Fox represent "the media."  The right answer was right there on the wires, on SCOTUS blog and on Twitter.  No excuse except that they are entertainment networks with such selective vision that they immediately broadcast what they deemed the more "entertaining" result, whether they know it or not.

    The real media that deals in facts and reasonable analysis did just fine.


    by Michael Maiello on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 12:27pm

    I am getting reports that CNN and FOX News employed a 19 year old Liberty University drop-out as their constitutional analyst on this decision. This is not confirmed...it may have been the guy who services the coffee machine and mixes the Kool-Aid.


    by NCD on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 2:41pm

    I don't think the "whole press" needs to have screwed up for the overall state of the press to be in trouble.

    Only two high-profile and all-too-influential news organizations publicly screwed up in a totally dysfunctional way. But this should never be happening at all. The fact that only some of the major college football teams are full of active felons does not mean that college football is a healthy institution. The point is that things that should never happen now happen at more than one place.

    Only one of our two major political parties has devolved into reckless, ideologically-driven lunacy. That doesn't mean our political system is healthy.


    by Doctor Cleveland on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 2:21am

    Did MSNBC get it right? If they did, the evening MSNBC hosts are going to be laughing their heads off.


    by rmrd0000 on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 12:21pm

    Yeah, they did. They waited the extra three minutes or so to learn what the ruling actually said.


    by William K. Wolfrum on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 12:50pm

    No guts, no glory, man.

    At least CNN had the fortitude to go for it. 

    If you want media that just sits back and waits for other people to decide, then hey - that's your right.

    But if you want LEADERSHIP, A BOLD FORGING AHEAD, AND TRUST, ALSO, THE COURAGE TO RUN CORRECTIONS, AND THE BEST POLITICAL TEAM WEARING RELAXED SLACKS, THEN YOU KNOW WHERE TO COME. OH FUCK, HOW DO I CLIMB DOWN OUT OF ALL CAPS.

    SHIT.

    NOW I'M STUCK HERE.

    UMMMM, BOLD. WE'RE BOLD.


    by Qnonymous (not verified) on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 1:48pm

    NOW IT'S SPUHREADING!

     

    PEARL HARBOR HIT IN SNEAK ATTACK


    by Michael Maiello on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 2:25pm

    It is amazing that the pics  used on the CNN and Fox websites reflect the type of dejection you would expect from a crowd of reform supporters who just suffered a loss. Did network videographers and photographers also miss the cheering crowds, or we're the photos selected to support what the headline was stating? In order words, were videos and photos cherry-picked to support a narrative?


    by rmrd0000 on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 2:11pm

    This is the twenty- tens' "Dewey Beats Truman".


    by rmrd0000 on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 2:14pm


    by wabby on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 3:38pm

    Sorry it's so big....I don't know how to make it small. frown


    by wabby on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 3:39pm

    That is GREAT!!!!!!


    by rmrd0000 on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 4:10pm

    You don't go small when you've got a great idea, FC.


    by Michael Maiello on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 4:48pm

    Only thing better would have been showing the Fox screen instead of CNN's...


    by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 4:51pm

    You are so gifted. Great work

    I wish I could do this. Maybe you can tell me how?  


    by Resistance on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 5:05pm

    Oh, crap!  I did not do this! I stole it from facebook twitter. blush

    http://yfrog.com/hw7ozrfj

    My apologies for not making that clear.  I thought when I copied the link it would transfer the image info along with. I see now that it doesn't.

    Photoshop credit goes to....gary he

    http://yfrog.com/user/garyhe/profile

     

     


    by wabby on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 8:05pm

    We don't believe you.  You did it.

    Okay, well, finding is also an accomplishment.  Just ask Gertrude Stein.


    by Michael Maiello on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 8:33pm

    How do I steal this?

     


    by Peter Schwartz on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 4:58pm

    Right click on the picture, then choose save image as, and save it on your computer.


    by tmccarthy0 on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 5:12pm

    Done. Shared it. Thanks FC!


    by MrSmith1 on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 5:58pm

    Credit goes to gary he.

    http://yfrog.com/user/garyhe/profile

    blush


    by wabby on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 8:06pm

    Well, thanks to Gary He ... and thanks to you for having the good taste to appropriate his work and share it with us.   :)

     

     


    by MrSmith1 on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 8:36pm