tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post7301386463526176587..comments2024-03-29T05:30:01.292-04:00Comments on the daily howler: One of Cooper's reading preferences...<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-30554751737806561982021-09-30T23:30:06.752-04:002021-09-30T23:30:06.752-04:00Mobile phone is capable of making millions if you ...Mobile phone is capable of making millions if you are smart enough to invest in Stock/bitcoin through the help of an Expert, Mrs Mary, she will help you on how to invest and make good profits. I invested $5,000 with her help and I was able to make $32,000 within the period of intensive trading. How many hours a day do you spend on your phone and how productive are those hours? Contact her today to gain financial freedom. Email: maryreeltradings@gmail.com<br />helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194917616398987142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-77924781736126066892021-09-30T23:29:53.144-04:002021-09-30T23:29:53.144-04:00Mobile phone is capable of making millions if you ...Mobile phone is capable of making millions if you are smart enough to invest in Stock/bitcoin through the help of an Expert, Mrs Mary, she will help you on how to invest and make good profits. I invested $5,000 with her help and I was able to make $32,000 within the period of intensive trading. How many hours a day do you spend on your phone and how productive are those hours? Contact her today to gain financial freedom. Email: maryreeltradings@gmail.com<br />helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194917616398987142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59122560151114804762021-09-21T09:43:07.100-04:002021-09-21T09:43:07.100-04:00How's this for a narrative storyline?
Tucker ...How's this for a narrative storyline?<br /><br />Tucker Carlson: "Said Carlson: “The point of mandatory vaccination is to identify the sincere Christians in the ranks, the free thinkers, the men with high testosterone levels, and anyone else who doesn’t love Joe Biden and make them leave immediately. It’s a takeover of the U.S. military!”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-52270407742047503412021-09-21T09:27:37.601-04:002021-09-21T09:27:37.601-04:00Cecelia thinks Anderson Cooper is a media bigwig? ...Cecelia thinks Anderson Cooper is a media bigwig? He's a hired hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-57128714841293469462021-09-21T09:25:37.062-04:002021-09-21T09:25:37.062-04:00"You may find this hard to believe, but it [b..."You may find this hard to believe, but it [boy howdy] has it's origin with the TV show “Howdy Doody”, a 1950s kiddies program which featured Buffalo Bob and Clarabelle the clown. Actually “Howdy Doody” and “Boy Howdy” are related."<br /><br />When Cecelia uses it, the term is an affectation intended to performatively display unity with the rural right wing (where no one uses the term at all). <br /><br />What a maroon! That term has its origin as follows:<br /><br />"<br />Image result for what a maroon origin<br />The American Spanish word cimarrón is often given as the source of the English word maroon, used to describe the runaway slave communities in Florida, in the Great Dismal Swamp on the border of Virginia and North Carolina, on colonial islands of the Caribbean, and in other parts of the New World."<br /><br />But it was popularized by Bugs Bunny.<br /><br />Your schtick is getting old Cecelia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-8850067936163376152021-09-21T09:18:08.343-04:002021-09-21T09:18:08.343-04:00Somerby attacks Don Lemon, Anderson Cooper, and Ra...Somerby attacks Don Lemon, Anderson Cooper, and Rachel Maddow, over and over, because they are gay. This is obvious to anyone paying attention, except you Cecelia.Not a rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216459357112547141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-18125157838939181862021-09-21T08:57:51.548-04:002021-09-21T08:57:51.548-04:00'For ourselves, we lost confidence in Cooper&#...'For ourselves, we lost confidence in Cooper's work some time ago, though we'd say that others can be much, much worse. That said, it's almost impossible to capture the intellectual squalor which pervades the work of our upper-end press corps as it delivers "the news."'<br /><br />Certainly since Somerby wishes the press corps devoted itself to his particular preferences -- Defending Trump, Roy Moore, Ron Johnson, Devin Nunes and Matt Gaetz. Complaining about stats, while being too dumb to understand them. Complaining about relativity, which he's too dumb to understand. <br /><br />In short, Somerby is upset that the press is not full of lying Trumptards like himself. <br />Centristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-36049355866931510702021-09-21T08:28:46.268-04:002021-09-21T08:28:46.268-04:00Our media bigwigs are Right-wingers. Hence the po...Our media bigwigs are Right-wingers. Hence the political agenda they push, and their lack of honesty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44245879502448072662021-09-21T00:56:54.716-04:002021-09-21T00:56:54.716-04:00It’s not a non-sequitur to say that there is littl...It’s not a non-sequitur to say that there is little difference between punditry and straight news reporting or that our media bigwigs are driven by a political agenda and are none too bright or honest. <br /><br />This blog has been pointing that out about the media for years. What’s irrelevant is that you think that charge should only go one way. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86063443729669792792021-09-20T22:30:57.852-04:002021-09-20T22:30:57.852-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-23867661933692285602021-09-20T22:18:27.545-04:002021-09-20T22:18:27.545-04:00Thank you for belying your obtuse little lecture o...Thank you for belying your obtuse little lecture on what constitutes a narrative and your instructions on how the term is to be used, by inadvertently illustrating that there is, indeed, another context which applies to the term.Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20489049023741624772021-09-20T19:08:23.125-04:002021-09-20T19:08:23.125-04:00Another non sequitur. What does Tapper have to do ...Another non sequitur. What does Tapper have to do with anything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39836006378308592992021-09-20T19:05:39.075-04:002021-09-20T19:05:39.075-04:00"Storyline tends to be all."
Storyline ..."Storyline tends to be all."<br /><br />Storyline is the heart of narrative. News reports are about things that have happened, current events. Of course they take narrative form and have a storyline. Further, that is the most natural way for people to consume information, in chronological order with a theme conveyed at the beginning and a conclusion at the end. <br /><br />Somerby seems to think that if he calls something storyline that he has found a flaw and is condemning it. But that is far from true. Somerby can ony say this shit because he knows nothing at all about: (1) journalism, (2) good writing, (3) how the mind works. ALL writers use storyline and narrative, for both fiction ans nonfiction. Sometimes they manipulate the expectations of readers, but to the extend that they engage in flashbacks or present material out of order, they annoy readers and interfere with comprehension.<br /><br />Somerby is a goon who rarely knows what he is talking about these days. And Cecelia falls right in line because she recognizes how hard Somerby is working to attack the press and liberals on behalf of conservatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12410242609493922452021-09-20T17:27:31.592-04:002021-09-20T17:27:31.592-04:00I feel that you don’t see any difference between T...I feel that you don’t see any difference between Tucker Carlson and Jake Tapper and that this is very observant of you. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60846631510534082612021-09-20T17:22:48.243-04:002021-09-20T17:22:48.243-04:00Are you and Somerby feeling charitable today? Do y...Are you and Somerby feeling charitable today? Do you feel that Tucker Carlson, to take an example of a right-wing media figure, doesn’t know what he is doing? Or do you believe he is indeed using his skills, which do not happen to extend to “reporting the news”, but rather involve “promoting an agenda?”mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-3778440512066997542021-09-20T17:17:26.934-04:002021-09-20T17:17:26.934-04:00“There's nothing "wrong" with any of...“There's nothing "wrong" with any of Cooper's answers”<br /><br />“Wouldn't you think that a person like that might be partial to works of nonfiction, seeing them as possible sources of wider comprehension? (<i>There's no "correct" answer to that.</i>)”<br /><br />If there’s nothing wrong with Cooper’s answers, and there’s no correct answer to that specific question, what does Somerby suppose is to be gained by printing them here? Their inclusion in a post that accuses the press corps of “intellectual squalor” would seem to be a non sequitur, unless Somerby wishes to insinuate that there is indeed a correct answer to that question. <br /><br />It isn’t clear anyway how a person’s reading preferences relate to his or her abilities in their profession. Wittgenstein was addicted to American pulp detective magazines. mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84654873048597834662021-09-20T16:48:52.404-04:002021-09-20T16:48:52.404-04:00“On average, the group's skill levels are stun...“On average, the group's skill levels are stunningly low.”<br /><br />Boy howdy. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-54347959382535486042021-09-20T14:00:31.012-04:002021-09-20T14:00:31.012-04:00"In theory, Cooper discusses national and wor..."In theory, Cooper discusses national and world news for an hour or two on CNN every weekday night. Wouldn't you think that a person like that might be partial to works of nonfiction, seeing them as possible sources of wider comprehension? (There's no "correct" answer to that.)"<br /><br />Cooper was asked which genres he especially enjoyed. It is wrong to assume that he doesn't read any nonfiction. And there is no reason to assume that what someone reads for pleasure should have anything to do with their day job.<br /><br />I was a psychologist (now retired) but I never read psychology books outside of my work. I read mysteries or history. Historians most likely read other sorts of books in their spare time. A change is relaxing. Reading within your field is more work and sometimes you want to turn tour mind off of the things you think about all say.<br /><br />But Somerby doesn't have the kind of occupation where you read for work, so perhaps that is why this seems odd to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25398068232252325592021-09-20T13:41:02.275-04:002021-09-20T13:41:02.275-04:00Vanderbilt, wow. We've seen their palace in Ne...Vanderbilt, wow. We've seen their palace in Newport once; impressive. American aristocracy is alive and well, apparently. Talk about 'privilege'... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com