CNN host Chris Cuomo returned from vacation on Monday evening and thanked his prime time competitors — Fox News’ Sean Hannity and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow — for coming to his defense over his reaction to being insulted by a heckler.
This one may actually not be worth commenting on.
Actually there is one comment of note; namely that Trump in this instance is a bigger a-hole than Sean Hannity which would make Trump the biggest a-hole on the planet. I do not know if this is just an instance where Hannity has empathy toward someone in his line of work or Trump really is the biggest a-hole on the planet.
Of course. These TV pundits are all richer than Croesus, and as such are in the same club. It only helps them get richer to speak up for each other.
I’m surprised he didn’t have KellyAnne Conway on to offer a ridiculously opposite view on why Hannity & Rachel shouldn’t be thanked.
Let’s get at it !
"saying the CNN host was just defending himself when the heckler was being a “jackass in front of his family.”
Not really a hard call.
Rachel Maddow? You are impugning her motives. Think her earnestness is an act, do you?
TRump is such a big a-hole that even Hannity barely reaches his depth.
Either Chris Cuomo is ignorant of memes on the Internet or he just isn’t very good at thinking on his feet.
When the heckler called him “Fredo”, he should have turned it back on him and pointed out that “Fredo” was the named owned by Donnie Trump, Jr.
Also, that line about “Fredo” being the N-word among Italians was just damned stupid.
Hey, I’m Italian, and I never remember once being called a “Fredo”, before or after “The Godfather”. I recall a lot of derogatory slurs for Italians, but not “Fredo”. And comparing it to the N-word is pretty fucking stupid.
I reminds me of growing up and hearing my older relatives, aunts and uncles and cousins, telling those stupid myths about how “the Italians were treated so much worse than the black people when we came here”. When I was very young I had to sit and listen to that crap, but when I became a teenager I finally started calling out their bullshit, even asking one of my uncles to show me how all of those Italian immigrants were brought here on ships in chains to stomp grapes for wine and squeeze olives for cooking oil, or got lynched from a poplar tree just because they were Italian. He and my father were not pleased, but I didn’t give a shit. I was 18, and who gives a damn when you’re 18, especially when you’re dealing with bullshit and you know you are right? LOL!
I’m impugning the whole of the punditry, including Maddow. I’ve watched her on topics about which I’m knowledgeable, and she’s usually only scratching the surface. Maybe that’s the nature of the TV beast, but that’s the way it is. She’s preaching to the choir, so it’s kind of a waste of time to watch her. You’ll learn more reading the comments on TPM than by watching Maddow, and that’s not saying much.
Jesus H Christ. So, you’re talking about all news since the beginning of time. That comment is not an effective criticism.
It’s saying absolutely nothing of value, in fact. Rant on.
Sure. One major point is that the amount of information one can glean from TV is miniscule compared with what one can acquire from reading. One can read much faster, and more selectively, than the rate of words being spoken on TV. Not to mention the rediculous quantity of advertising on these shows, Maddow included.
So that spelling has become normal usage?
Oh dear, I guess so. This from the MerriamWebster entry for minuscule:
Usage commentators generally consider the “miniscule” spelling an error, but it is widely used in reputable and carefully edited publications and is accepted as a legitimate variant in some dictionaries.
This one I mostly see from folks attempting phonetic spelling.
Yes, reading presents us with a wealth of information. As far as speed goes, that varies significantly, depending upon content, syntax, and the purpose of the reading. I like to linger over Austen’s dialog, for example. If I’m reading investigative reportage, my concern is the information contained in it, not matters of style or wry insights into our social beings. Comprehension takes me less time than appreciation. Your mileage may vary.
No idea about ads. Haven’t owned a TV since '95. Online I get no ads. The shows generally run 42–46 minutes [of 60 air time]. Even when I had a TV, I muted ads. They short-circuit my hearing, my thinking, and whatever else goes haywire when my ASD is triggered.