The Sad, Sad Face of Modern “Journalism”
My friend James snapped this quick photo and emailed it to me with the following:
Not much to be said here. This does rule out the terrifying possibility of an unkillable zombie Bin Laden though. Does anyone know how to become an ‘expert’ for the news media? Seems like an easy job.
Perhaps journalists have figured out the ultimate way to become objective: cover all possible bases and consider every angle no matter how unlikely. Perhaps this is CNN’s new approach after cancelling shows like “Crossfire” where ‘experts’ constantly disagreed. It is nice to see all the ‘experts’ agree. CNN’s headline is true since being either dead or alive satisfies both possibilities of that boolean condition. I think this is why Dan Gilmor and others are pushing for grassroots journalism that maintains the author’s voice.
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Important news on the status of Osama Bin Laden....Tracked on: Yankee Fog (205.196.208.18) at 2005 02 06 08:53:50 - Newsflash
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(Also known as: I started with a point but it got lost somewhere, so I'll just throw up some links...Tracked on: Progressive Reaction (216.99.193.135) at 2005 01 29 23:04:46 - Wanted Dead or Alive
Or dead. Or alive. Or dead or alive. Or -- Best comment, from "Frank":Bin Laden is dead or alive? Bin Laden is Schrodinger’s Cat!Stupidest comment, from "Wesley McGee":You know, I’d hate to ruin another party of blogger triumphalism, but did...Tracked on: Victory Soap (63.247.129.78) at 2005 01 29 21:39:05 - DW's Excellence In Journalism Photo Of The Day
Finally! Now we're gettin somewhere.Tracked on: The Decadent West (67.18.73.162) at 2005 01 28 23:28:20 - Fanning the flames...
Further on the subject of "traditional media" versus the advent of blogs... . Who's got it more together?!Tracked on: knitbot (64.151.105.12) at 2005 01 28 16:46:19 - Covering their Bases
CNN didn't want to miss any possibilities here.Tracked on: Bit Decay (66.97.14.7) at 2005 01 28 13:42:44 - Bin Laden is Dead or Alive
A friend sent this to me. "Not much to be said here. This does rule out the terrifying possibility of an unkillable ...Tracked on: John Brier: Thoughts and such (65.184.209.61) at 2005 01 28 13:21:47 - Insert stopped-clock metaphor here
Just in case you thought CNN was wrong about everything. (As you might, if you remember this.)...Tracked on: dustbury.com (66.33.197.11) at 2005 01 28 12:23:06 - The Ultimate In Objectivity
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Heh. That should teach those Nazis over at Fox News a thing or two about "Fair & Balanced."...Tracked on: Say Anything (66.152.98.112) at 2005 01 28 11:56:18 - Good news
Experts seem to have ruled out the prospect of an "unkillable zombie Bin Laden". :)...Tracked on: RobBernard.com (64.235.234.50) at 2005 01 28 10:36:24 - Experts...
You have got to love 'em(Hat tip via Hoystory)...Tracked on: Slings and Arrows (63.247.133.128) at 2005 01 28 08:34:14 - Zombie OBL
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Did Bush write this for CNN?...Tracked on: Ramblings (24.59.248.176) at 2005 01 28 06:44:23 - The Sad, Sad Face of Modern Journalism
BigBrainBoy I wonder if they got this info directly from the mouth of Rummie? (It's shit like this that's the...Tracked on: The Captain's (B)log (65.254.42.84) at 2005 01 27 22:23:39 - The Media: Smarter Than You and Me
As the photographer points out, "This does rule out the terrifying possibility of an unkillable zombie Bin Laden." Thank goodness.Tracked on: Sauntering (67.18.73.162) at 2005 01 27 18:20:28 - Bin Laden is .... Canadian
Desde el departamento de "Si no es Chana es Juana": Los expertos de CNN afirman que Osama Bin Laden está vivo o muerto (Con foto)......Tracked on: Negatorium (209.123.116.2) at 2005 01 27 15:49:06 - Zombie Bin Laden still on the loose!
oh yeah, and image taken from here Perhaps journalists have figured out the ultimate way to become objective: cover all possible bases and consider every angle no matter how unlikely. Perhaps this is CNN’s new approach after cancelling shows like “Cro...Tracked on: I Love Everything (203.123.69.212) at 2005 01 27 14:26:54 - Experts Agree: Bin Laden Not a Ham Sandwich
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I didn’t take the picture, it came from the evil net-meme hive mind that is the Something Awful forums.
Posted by James on 01/27 at 02:13 PMI should have known because I could never imagine you owning a Philips TV.
Posted by Ori on 01/27 at 02:31 PMWhy would he be a zombie? A study of just this contingency, undertaken by the RAND corporation, found that in all likelyhood an evil undead Bin Laden would manifest as a vampire or a wraith, not a zombie.
/expert
Posted by on 01/27 at 03:49 PMBin Laden is dead or alive?
Bin Laden is Schrodinger’s Cat!
Posted by on 01/27 at 08:09 PMComing up on CNN...50% chance of rain today!
Posted by Darph_Bobo on 01/28 at 01:16 AMYou know, I’d hate to ruin another party of blogger triumphalism, but did it occur to you that CNN may have been making a wry joke at the expert’s expense? You know, the joke being that the experts don’t know any more about bin Laden’s whereabouts or health than the *gasp* punk at home with a blog.
Posted by Wesley McGee on 01/28 at 04:22 AMmaybe he is an extra-dimentional manifestation, perhaps the concept of ‘dead’ or ‘alive’ is actually too limiting to catagorise someone with the ability to vanish into hidden dimentions, surely he cannot exist on this material plane with all our hi-tech surveillance…
Posted by daz cox on 01/28 at 05:54 AM*cheers Frank*
That comment made me giggle so loud my co-workers wanted to know what was so funny.
Posted by on 01/28 at 08:23 AMNot that it doesnt change the absurdity of the on-screen graphics, but this is not a recent screenshot of CNN’s air.
Those are pre-2003 on-screen graphics I think.
Posted by on 01/28 at 08:41 AMI dissagree with the expers. Until he is found he is neither alive nor dead.
Posted by on 01/28 at 12:19 PMIt would be “Schrodinger’s bin Laden” if it said “dead and alive”.
I should say that there would be a high probability.
Posted by on 01/28 at 02:03 PMAmerican television news seldom surprises, but this time I think they’ve cracked it.
I’m going to be quoting your site on my blog ...and justice for all.Posted by Barry Keevins on 01/28 at 02:38 PMReminds me of the BBC story that said that tsunami victims who attack aid helicopters may indeed be alive.
Click on my URL link for that one.
Posted by John on 01/29 at 08:34 AMAll I know is that since yesterday, I’ve been a cowboy - that danged song has been stuck in my head ever since.
Posted by Ontario Emperor on 02/03 at 03:58 PMSorry to moan, but I took this photo during my trip to Las Vegas in August 2002. I wrote it about here and it’s from this gallery.
I’m pleasantly surprised that it’s become so popular (and it’s gonna be topical until the OBL story is concluded), but at least get the source right, eh?
Cheers
Mehran
Posted by Mehran Khalili on 04/06 at 06:40 AM
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