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Stephen Colbert lampoons the Democratic debate..

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Seth Meyers with CNN debate lampooning.

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Once again CNN showcasing now they are clearly not a news network anymore..

Now is the time to try to find real journalism and leave this trash heap behind… sadly it was once a respected network.

While we are watching the friendly skies for Ebola to land.. maybe it's already here?

A doctor named Alan Jamison put himself in self-quarantine in his Tennessee home. While there are no reports that he has Ebola, he treated Ebola patients in Liberia…

He did this Monday—meaning that this entire week, while the United States debated whether bringing Ebola patients to a hospital adjacent to the CDC was a good idea or not, it  may have already here all along..

CNN is reporting on the doctor.. and also the fact that he has exhibited no signs of the disease yet..

Worth reading: Jamison has no symptoms at this point.

CNN says, 

He plans to be in isolation for 21 days, which is the incubation period for the disease or the time between infection and onset of symptoms.

"My last encounter with a patient who had Ebola was on July 19," he said. "I contacted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on my arrival … and informed them I had been in West Africa and my history."

The father of three said his daughter picked him up from the airport and dropped him at home, where he’s quarantined himself and has had no contact with anyone since.

Good thing the CDC knows about this.. 

But I have a few questions…

How many other doctors, or people, are doing the same thing as Dr. Jamison? Should the CDC be more keenly aware, and are they even aware of everyone that may be doing this self-isolation treatment?  Should Dr. Jamison being transferred to the CDC location where these other two patients—who definitely have Ebola—are going to be housed ..? 

But potentially even more troubling in my mind.. it’s a nice gesture to self-quarantine, but what about the plane he rode with others to get back to the United States? 

There is one factor also worth considering—I did not know this until now. Ebola is only contagious after the 21-day incubation period.. That would make for a great sequel to 28 DAYS LATER, but it also creates a far greater chance for developed nations to prevent this disease ..

And let’s face it: The death toll is rough. 90% of those who contact Ebola die.. But a few hundred (conservative estimate, sure) of a few million people isn’t a lot.. Even in third world nations, where disease is abundant, Ebola is still hard to catch under the right circumstances.

The problem is the amount of distrust of governments in the African nations where the disease is hitting, and the refusals to be isolated and also, quite often, the fears of modern medicine.. 

Megyn Kelly, Sean Hannity Hit New Ratings Highs With Crisis Coverage

Coverage of both the Malaysia Airlines downed over Ukraine and unrest in the Gaza region helped two Fox News Channel programs reach new total-audience highs, according to data from Nielsen

Kelly is easy on the eyes. Hannity is not. Depending on your political beliefs, their voices are either that of angels or fingernails dragging on chalk boards. Regardless of it all: They won big. 

I think one guy and my neighbor watched MSNBC’s coverage.

Megyn Kelly, Sean Hannity Hit New Ratings Highs With Crisis Coverage

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You heard this right.. a CNN anchorwoman thinks that Michelle Obama can sign bills into law. Her the script writer does.. 

CNN needs to go back and try to find that airplane.. it obviously cannot grasp the basic concepts of  the three branches of government.. 

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'Asteroid to hit Earth' story goes up on CNN

A user posts a fake news piece to CNN’s iReport news hub. It stays live for 22 hours before someone realizes it must surely not be true.

CNN is really red-faced about this one.. A user posted a fake news piece about the end of the world coming in the 2040s.. the fiction: An asteroid will hit earth on March 35, 2041. 

March 35..
And people believed it..

I am not sure what CNN should be more ashamed at: It’s false asteroid report or its real months’ long reports on flight 370..

I also thought this, though: While March 35 may not be a real date, nor will this 2041 asteroid be a real threat, others are very true and very real. 

For example, the planet earth may face a brush with destiny in 2032. That is if the 2029 "Friday the 13th Asteroid" doesn’t hit first..  and if we make it through all of these dangers, the next lurking possible life altering rock from the sky comes in 2036, about when I will hopefully start contemplating a late-life retirement. 

And they are the big ones we know about.. 

Obviously, proven by the Russian meteor impact in 2013, we don’t know all of the space rocks around.. we rarely see them incoming more than a day or two in advance.

And while the 2041 asteroid story was fake, ironic twists and turns occur in our news cycles. What’s fake today is history tomorrow. 

Either way.. CNN needs to figure a better way to exist online than this.

'Asteroid to hit Earth' story goes up on CNN

Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart nails it regarding CNN's 'breaking news' coverage of the missing Malaysian flight 370

Love this video.. It’s dead on accurate about CNN and their constant ‘breaking news’ graphic that accompanies EVERY story regardless of whether or not it’s breaking news..

Let’s keep that banner for the real stuff CNN?

Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart nails it regarding CNN's 'breaking news' coverage of the missing Malaysian flight 370

Breaking schmreaking..

Chuck Todd seems pretty hot under his political collar at CNN for labeling too much non news ‘breaking news’..

I’m with him on this one—CNN overdoes it. But so does FOX NEWS, perhaps even more. They overdo their loud DINGGGGGGGG echo noise each time they begin a new hour.. they say “HAPPENING NOW!” as though the world is ending.

But it never does. Instead all of the networks simply rehash the same news over and over again, calling it ‘breaking’….

The only thing I can say about NBC is this: They could be guilty of it too.. lest we forget they interrupted a Congresswoman to go live to Justin Bieber’s arraignment.. Chuck Todd may have forgotten ..

But really..

The only time I know that ‘breaking news’ is REALLY BREAKING NEWS is when NBC sends off their chimes of death. THAT is when the world does end..

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I had a feeling this would happen and predicted it yesterday

CNN reports this early this morning:

The first plane to return Friday from a search mission for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 didn’t find anything during its patrol of the designated search area in the southern Indian Ocean, said the captain of the Australian air force plane.

CNN’s Don Lemon: ‘Is It Preposterous’ to Think a Black Hole Caused Flight 370 to Go Missing?

CNN’s Don Lemon has been entertaining all sorts of theories about the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, including the chance something supernatural happened, but on Wednesday night, he actually asked panelists about the possibility a black hole was involved.

People are laughing at CNN for wondering on air if a black hole could have swallowed up Flight 370.. but don’t even try to tell me you weren’t at least entertaining the thought for a few seconds yourself!

CNN’s Don Lemon: ‘Is It Preposterous’ to Think a Black Hole Caused Flight 370 to Go Missing?

CNN POSTS AN EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome Syria photos may prove torture by Assad regime

A team of internationally renowned war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts has found “direct evidence” of “systematic torture and killing” by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the lawyers on the team say in a new report.

CNN and the UK GUARDIAN has a joint exclusive on this Syrian story.. Here is what you need to know, thus far, about this developing story: There are photos of thousands of dead bodies in Syria. They are purportedly detainees who were killed in Syrian prisons. According to a ‘team of war crime prosecutors’ the photographs show direct evidence of war crimes and would stand up in an international tribunal …

More from CNN on a KEY point:

 CNN cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the photographs, documents and testimony referenced in the report, and is relying on the conclusions of the team behind it, which includes international criminal prosecutors, a forensic pathologist, an anthropologist and an expert in digital imaging

CNN said that the images show a gruesome parallel to the Nazi death photos from World War II..

The evidence, we are told from the CNN report, comes from a defector named “Caesar.” He claimed to CNN that he photographed at least 50 bodies a day..

Obviously this is going to become a very quickly developing story. It’s been a while since Obama addressed the nation on Syria and war potentials.. maybe that address will soon have a sequel. 

Then again, it is worth noting: We have been told many things in the past about war crimes that never were, such as babies being thrown from incubators in Iraq in the early 1990s.  I do believe, however, that there are tremendously horrid war crimes taking place in Syria.

I suppose we will learn more as time ticks on. I still think there is a potential that the United States will enter a war in Syria..

CNN POSTS AN EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome Syria photos may prove torture by Assad regime

CNN reports an Exclusive: Dozens of CIA operatives on the ground during Benghazi attack

CNN has uncovered exclusive new information about what is allegedly happening at the CIA, in the wake of the deadly Benghazi terror attack. Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed in the assault by armed militants last September 11 in eastern Libya.

This is very interesting to say the least.. CNN has uncovered this information now.. almost one year since the entire thing went down in 2012 prior to the Romney/Obama election..

Equally important is what else CNN says concerning the CIA: They are going to great lengths to keep whatever it was they were doing on the ground a secret..

MORE from CNN:

Sources now tell CNN dozens of people working for the CIA were on the ground that night, and that the agency is going to great lengths to make sure whatever it was doing, remains a secret.

CNN has learned the CIA is involved in what one source calls an unprecedented attempt to keep the spy agency’s Benghazi secrets from ever leaking out.

We can make assumptions .. but those assumptions of what the clandestine efforts that CIA is and was making in this regard are probably incorrect. Maybe.

You can read the CNN story for yourself, but this other quote is noteworthy and should be read carefully:

Since January, some CIA operatives involved in the agency’s missions in Libya, have been subjected to frequent, even monthly polygraph examinations, according to a source with deep inside knowledge of the agency’s workings.

The goal of the questioning, according to sources, is to find out if anyone is talking to the media or Congress.

It is being described as pure intimidation, with the threat that any unauthorized CIA employee who leaks information could face the end of his or her career.

In exclusive communications obtained by CNN, one insider writes, “You don’t jeopardize yourself, you jeopardize your family as well.”

Another says, “You have no idea the amount of pressure being brought to bear on anyone with knowledge of this operation.”

I am sure the snooze media will exhibit due diligence and follow up on this story..

Michael Hastings sure would have..

Hmm…maybe he was…?

Nah..

CNN reports an Exclusive: Dozens of CIA operatives on the ground during Benghazi attack

CNN Broadcasts Zimmerman Social Security Number

A big whoops.

Right?

CNN Broadcasts Zimmerman Social Security Number

I am simply offering this information without commentary

Family in bed early.. I got the TV to myself …

Soooo…

FOXNews had an hour-long special tonight on the Kermit Gosnell abortion trial..

CNN tonight has an hour-long special on the Jodi Arias trial

MSNBC is doing it’s typical weekend programming with their lockdown doc..

With all that being said I decided to turn on the Food network to watch Mystery Diners, I need to sleep in some peace tonight.

CNN's 'Crossfire' Returning In June

Not sure how to feel about this..
I actually loved the show .. But the difference between CNN then and now is that then they tackled weighty issues.. The new Crossfire will probably talk about Jay Z and Beyonce going to Cuba..

And besides, there will never be another episode with Bob Novak getting so angry that his teeth fly out.. God rest his soul.

I’d say if CNN ruins Crossfire, they may as well have just left it dead ..

CNN's 'Crossfire' Returning In June

Carson Daly sure got old. David Letterman was a rerun. And ABC with without Dick Clark. All the more reason to watch CNN’s odd mixture of real news with Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper. At one point it appears she went down on him.

As usual, lots of uncomfortable moments and strange ones, too. Such as when Kathy Griffin kept interrupting Cooper reporting that there was a late night fiscal cliff deal. 

Strange stuff indeed. Cable TV. Weird.

You know how you can tell that Candy Crowley is a good moderator of tomorrow's debate?

This: Both campaigns aren’t happy with her and want her to play a limited role, even not wanting her to follow up with questions if she asks things that the spin doctors and talking points don’t cover during the debate.

Good luck Candy. We will be watching.

Tragic: Anderson Cooper's new show marred by teen coma nightmare

Tragic: Anderson Cooper's new show marred by teen coma nightmare