Are you SERIOUS???!!!
Suddenly, along side some story links on CNN.COM, appears a small icon that looks like a t-shirt. Why? Because this will bring you to a site where you can buy a T-SHIRT WITH THAT PARTICULAR CNN HEADLINE ON IT.
Give me a BREAK!
I used to think the line was blurring between real news outlets and farcical entertainment & commercial "info-news" channels (except in FOX's case - there was never any doubt where that abomination stood)... but now I realize there IS no blurred line separating these things. they are intermingling, dancing and copulating right before our eyes. and THAT makes me want to poke them out with a dull, dirty stick.
The whole concept coming from a supposed NEWS channel is insipid, revolting, disgusting, inane, degrading and moronic. Other than that, I just am undecided about how I feel.
But it DOES open the door for other possibilities that would certainly raise the bar for other channels and opportunities. Perhaps there could be another icon, say one that looks like a rubber chicken, which, 
if you click, open s a window where the story is read to you by a clown, with punctuation highlighted by his red rubber horn.
if you click, open s a window where the story is read to you by a clown, with punctuation highlighted by his red rubber horn. Or perhaps a little "Theatrical" icon
where if you click THAT, you can see a little YouTube video where the newspeople act out the actual story themselves .... and they could also have an "I'm at Work" option where it's done by mimes so your boss won't catch you goofing off.
No comments:
Post a Comment