Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
See Cassy’s place for the background info…
This year, Taylor Swift (one of my favorite artists) won Best Female Video, only to have the award ruined for her by a no-class idiot named Kanye West.
:
So, as Taylor Swift is in the middle of giving her acceptance speech, Kanye West storms onstage and takes the microphone from her, announcing that Beyonce should have won for Single Ladies. The camera pans to Beyonce, who looked mortified. Kanye then gives the microphone back to Taylor, who stands there looking like she’s about to cry. It was Taylor’s first VMA.
If that’s not strange enough for you — Politico has a brand-new bombshell to drop…
ABC’s Terry Moran set the Twitter-sphere all aflutter when he wrote:
:
Now, an ABC spokesperson explains to POLITICO what happened:In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.
The White House had no immediate comment.
They reported the facts of what happened, now they acknowledge it was wrong and it will never happen again. Okee dokee.
Move along, folks. There’s nothing to see here.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
I can’t recall the last time a US President and his closest associates were caught calling people names, this many times.
- cylarz | 09/14/2009 @ 23:55Let’s give Obama credit where credit is due. Kanye was a jackass, and good on Obama for saying so. I can understand why O wouldn’t go out on a national stage and say that, so I’m willing to be more forgiving in this case.
But Morgan’s nailed it once again, and more concisely than 99% of people ever could: why is the press apologizing for reporting what happened if they are truly objective? Truly objective reporters wouldn’t have given a fig for reporting an event. Remember a few years ago, when the head of CNN in Iraq revealed that CNN didn’t report on a lot of things that would have embarrassed the Saddam regime in order to get exclusive interviews and preferential treatment? Is there a parallel here?
I’m thinking so.
So what else are they not reporting?
- AnonymousGuy | 09/15/2009 @ 01:43Remember a few years ago, when the head of CNN in Iraq revealed that CNN didn’t report on a lot of things that would have embarrassed the Saddam regime in order to get exclusive interviews and preferential treatment?
The very fact that they were so enthusiastic about interviewing a genocidal dictator, says plenty about them and their values.
Personally, I didn’t give a rat’s behind what Saddam thought about American forces massing on his borders or anything else. I just wanted that maniac out of power so that Iraq and the rest of the Mideast could have a stab at real freedom.
- cylarz | 09/15/2009 @ 01:45Good Morning, Morgan!
Finally, words from Obama’s mouth that I can actually agree with.
I doubt that tweet was released without white house approval, ABC is Obama’s best friend.
- Daphne | 09/15/2009 @ 05:20Well, that was his sistuh soldjuh moment, I suppose, only for it to be a true sistuah souldjuh momnent, he would have said it on the record.
On the other hand, since he did say it off the record, it probably means he actually meant it.
I’m glad he did. Because Kanye is a jackass. He was last time he famously opened his big trap after Katrina as well.
Yeah, the press would only apologize for reporting somebody said that they didn’t necessarily want heard if it were … Oh, President Obama.
Or maybe John Edwards.
- philmon | 09/15/2009 @ 05:42Daphne, wonderful to see you again.
To me, the most shocking thing is how incredibly brazen ABC is in making their assurances that they won’t be doing their jobs from here on. It reminds me of Garfield making friends with the mice he’s supposed to be eating.
The big giveaway here is one that you have to read between the lines: In the subdivisions of the ABC news machine that are responsible for actual contact with the elected officials — in other words, those parts of it that really count — there is a culture that has developed, that the “customer” is not the people who Have A Right To Know, but PrezBO Himself. They’re there to please Him. It’s easy to understand how the culture can set in given the assurance I know they have to give out on a regular basis, but that of course does not mean this is a positive development. If the “tweet” was a mistake, what followed right afterward was a second mistake, and I’d argue a bigger one.
As far as what Obama said…I agree with you, in agreeing with Him. I see the whole thing as reason number ####??? whatever that we should not have a President Freeberg. Because I can tell you right now I’d be calling Kanye much worse things, and if it got tweeted I’d be like “Well so the fuck what??”
Democrats, in general, act a whole lot like Republicans — they especially act in the way they say Republicans act — in certain situations. They suddenly sprout this “gotta win no matter what the cost” attitude…then collapse it again as some other situation comes up, making it look like they’ve never had it. It’s kind of like a boner. They seem particularly intent on doing this “winning,” when they are in the process of fighting the people they purport to govern. All of a sudden, but only for the moment, keeping secrets is just oh so important. How I wish they had as great an ambition for defending the country, as they do for defending themselves.
- mkfreeberg | 09/15/2009 @ 05:47[…] Uncategorized | Tags: kanye west The one saving grace about this moronic action by Kanye West (HT mkfreeberg) is that I presume we’ll stop having to see the sorry spectacle of all American politicians […]
- On Pretending To Like Kanye « Rhymes With Cars & Girls | 09/15/2009 @ 23:38