CNN Buries Own Remains">CNN Buries Own Remains

CNN buried what was left of its rep­u­ta­tion as a news orga­ni­za­tion.  While the project was def­i­nitely shovel-​​ready,  it took a really cre­ative leap to come up with the idea of fact-​​checking the bul­let points in a com­edy sketch.

If Obama has retained any sense of the ridicu­lous this has gotta hurt.  To para­phrase Ker­mit the Frog, it ain’t easy being the object of a media cocoon (yes — they’d take a rat­ings bul­let for Obama).

The only ques­tion is… are they going to follow-​​up with a half-​​hour prov­ing that Rod­ney Dan­ger­field really got respect (“Oh, yes, I really DID respect him; and I liked what he did with his tie”).

With a bra-​​snap-​​back com­ment (“Let’s see if you can guess how the seg­ment ends”) and video from Hot Air.

Tags: CNN, fact-check, journalistic reputation, ridiculous, SNL