Comments on: Already annoyed with CNN https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn thoughts and family activities in an industrial suburb Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:42:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 By: steph https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1772 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:42:55 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1772 Thanks for posting the link! 🙂

]]> By: SursumCorda https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1755 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:04:16 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1755 Here’s a link to their film gallery: http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/dsef07/t5.aspx?id=7373. The one I remembered is “Evolution.”

]]> By: steph https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1751 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:02:44 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1751 yeah, I’d be interested to see that. I’ve been watching the Dove marketing for a while…it’s an interesting campaign they have going.

]]> By: SursumCorda https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1749 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:36:59 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1749 Oh, dear. It’s written somewhere in the motherhood contract that it’s part of a mother’s job to embarrass her children; apparently that extends to boyfriends as well. And Jon would say husbands, too.

Steph, there was a great video produced by the Dove “Campaign for Real Beauty” that showed what tricks go into making people look the way they do on TV, but alas I can’t find it quickly on their site and don’t have time to look for it. Maybe Janet or Heather remember it.

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1748 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:34:04 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1748 Well, that brings me to the one positive aspect of Hillary Clinton as #44: the media would be so occupied with her hair and her fashion the important things would not get messed up.

It also makes you wonder what’s wrong with the news channels if the only distinction between them is anchor cuteness.

Or it makes you give up TV and buy a newspaper. Watching it live doesn’t change the results.

]]> By: steph https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1747 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:37:36 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1747 🙂 I have wondered that myself. But I think women in jobs like that have enough money to pay for gym memberships, expensive haircuts and colors, stylists, etc. that they’re already at a distinct advantage over most women. Add to that a makeup artist at work and the knowledge that they’re up for scrutiny by millions of people every day, and just about any woman would be looking her VERY best. My dad always says that in our society the only thing it’s not ok for a woman to be is unattractive…she can be vulgar, or mean, or anything else, so long as she’s pretty. And I think you see that reflected in high-visibility jobs like news. In the last election cyle I was watching results with a bunch of classmates, and the guys in the group insisted on a particular channel because the anchor was prettier…so, I think the news crew is only a reflection of public expectation.

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1745 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:53:46 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1745 I now understand the Robert Burns moment, but the parenthetical embarrasses me… oh well.

Sorry, steph. You’re right, I got carried away. Robin Meade later disappeared and was replaced by some bald dude that kept leaning into the camera and was just as annoying in his own right. It’s just that there is a significant hotness gradient between male and female news anchors, so it makes a person wonder what qualifies a news anchor for the job. Or maybe it points to other problems beyond just news anchorage.

]]> By: steph https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1743 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:30:45 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1743 ditzbomb…another kind term that is only used to describe women. I’ll give you that reporters in general can be annoying (what is with the tone?!), and being a “captive” audience to CNN is a pain, but really…if you think about it…all those cheerful girl reporters are at least intelligent enough to graduate from college and hold a job with a major broadcaster, which is nothing to sneeze at. Ditzbomb might be a less than fair label.

]]> By: SursumCorda https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1741 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:35:33 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1741 The “choir director has the flu what can the choir do instead at the last minute and with no rehearsal” moment. It was kind of fun; I haven’t lived on the musical/liturgical edge like that since a few churches ago.

(Stephan is a good singer and an amazing sight reader. I would never have known the hymns were unfamiliar to him had he not said so.)

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/already-annoyed-with-cnn#comment-1739 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:06:53 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=129#comment-1739 And by the way, I think “Jesus checked my passport” has country music hit potential.

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