Everyday, I get an e-mail from CNN.com listing their top ten most popular stories of the day. Today was no different, but two particular stories caught my eye and raised my ire.
First off, the number 8, most popular story on the site was this:
I am not making this up. Some would say Martha Stewart dying wouldn't really be CNN.com newsworthy, but her dog? And enough people clicked on it that it ranked number eight? Really?
I am not saying I hate dogs. I love dogs. And I know losing a pet can be really sad. But what I am saying is that if the pet of a bint who is most known for stock fraud and making festive centerpieces for fancy dinner party dies, it should not be covered by a reputable news website, at least if it wants to stay reputable.
The other thing that made me angry was a recent speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (The story about the speech ranked #5).
In the speech, the Iranian dickwad made this outright lie:
"Four or five years ago, a suspicious event occurred in New York. A building collapsed and they said that 3,000 people had been killed but never published their names."
I am a Democrat and, on a lot of things I am a liberal, but right now I want to bomb Iran back to the stone age (which for them is only 100 years or so) just because of this comment.
I love it when people lie, thinking that just because they hold power that it will become the truth. And maybe in Iran that works.
Perhaps I'm being to harsh and the Iranian dickwad was merely uninformed. So, listen up, Mr. Iranian dickwad president guy. Not only have the names of the victims of 9/11 been published, each and every 9/11 ALL THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS ARE READ AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE!!!!!!! They usually televise it, Iranian dickwad, perhaps you should check it out. Or, if you come back to the US after the site is rebuilt, you can just go over and read the names inscribed on the memorial there. Maybe that would be of a help.
Yeah, I know. He was probably just trying to get Americans angry. Well, he succeeded.
The top stories of the day on the website are determined by pageviews, not by news relevance. It's society's fault - we need to rise up and break some shit.
ReplyDeleteAs for Ahmadinejad, he's a dickwad, as you say, and it doesn't shock me that this on-record Holocaust denier also thinks that 9/11 was faked. I thought only Charlie Sheen still believed that.
The top stories of the day on the website are determined by pageviews, not by news relevance.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know! And that makes it worse!!! And I'll bet that half those people who read that article are mourning like the dog was theirs.
And I wish denying things actually worked. I'd deny he even existed.