CNN treats all of their panel shows as if they were reality programming (and remember Jeff Zucker was the person who green lighted The Apprentice when he worked at NBC), and Christie makes good soundbites, says outrageous stuff and draws immediate reaction. He is exactly the kind of person casting would want on a Reality TV show.
Meanwhile I am in absolute shock seeing how the Corporate Controlled Conservative Press is normalizing that punk Rittenhouse and giving him endless sympathy. The New York Times is once again leading the pro-Rittenhouse wagon.
Christie made a fool of himself in 2016. He abandoned any pretense of political substance to get into Trump's inner circle, apparently unaware that Jared Kushner would never forgive Christie for prosecuting Charles Kushner - the only real estate developer in NY who was more corrupt and amoral than Trump, and who richly deserved going to prison. Even after Kushner yanked the rug from under him, Christie repeatedly went back for more abuse. And CNN wants us to believe this shameless clown can rehabilitate himself? Even more laughable is CNN's apparent belief that Republicans are tuning in.
This is a blatant example of what I have been complaining about for years — the media picks favorites, usually Republicans, and promotes them while trashing their opponents. Just ask Al Gore. The media’s treatment of him was brutal and deeply unfair. That should have been a wake up call for Democrats and for straight shooters in the media. Instead the media got away with it an doubled down in their coverage of Hillary.
It took Bridgegate for people like Mika B from fawning all over the bullying Christie. She and others loved him because he schmoozed them. Mika was also impressed by Trump for awhile, for the same reason. I bet that after this CNN special will see Christie as a frequent guests on her show and others.
If--mind you, if--Dana Bash actually asked Christie about the issues that Eric mentions, it might be worthwhile. But that would require her to be a journalist. CNN has 5 1/2 journalists, and she isn't among them.
But right-wingers will keep saying CNN is a left-wing network, because Fux Noise says so. And CNN will let Fux Noise dictate its narrative, just as the other networks and the major news outlets do, because of two things:
1. The L word for the media is not Liberal. It is Lazy.
2. The greatest danger to this country is not the republikkkan party. It is the political media.
Great Ezra Klein NYT podcast interview w/Jay Rosen today about the state of journalism and both siderism, etc. I highly recommend it. Covers all of our gripes and then some.
Christie of course is a joke and for me, a resident of New Jersey and a long time Mets fan, Christie brings me even more headaches. Pardon me for digressing but since Eric and the commenters here have so eloquently pointed out what an asshole the former governor is, I'll go off the rails just a bit. Last fall, Steve Cohen, the hedge fund billionaire owner of Point72 purchased the New York Mets for a record price of 12.4 billion dollars. As much as my liberal ways despise the Wall Street "greed is good" manifesto, I conveniently looked the other way selfishly thinking that finally the perennial underachieving Mets can afford the best players available. I know, shame on me. Last March, Cohen appointed Chris Christie to be on the board of directors of the team and recently Christie has been advising the Mets owner on who would be a good president of baseball operations. This may be a step too far even though I have rooted for the Mets since I was a young teen when to everyone's shock, they won the 1969 World Series. And perhaps it explains why the team has yet to find a baseball head of operations. Geez, I can't even enjoy some mindless time following a baseball team anymore without our political discourse poisoning the experience. I can't believe I'm saying this but is it actually time that I start rooting for the Yankees?
EB: In ref to your ‘6 Dems who voted NO on BIF - regrets?’ comment - They wanted to show that they are concerned about losing leverage in unlinking the 2 bills… perfectly
understandable (and I’m sure the ‘no’ votes were cleared by Pelosi). It sets the stage for the second half fight for BBB… which is now a question mark, so we’ll see shortly.
Eric, I was hoping you’d chime in on this even if it is low-hanging fruit. Wouldn’t you love to sit in on CNN editorial planning meetings to hear the discussions that lead to an idiotic decision like this one to keep Christie relevant? Another craven power-hungry Republican who should have been impeached when Governor and them jailed. Not even being a Mets fan redeems him.
CNN treats all of their panel shows as if they were reality programming (and remember Jeff Zucker was the person who green lighted The Apprentice when he worked at NBC), and Christie makes good soundbites, says outrageous stuff and draws immediate reaction. He is exactly the kind of person casting would want on a Reality TV show.
It’s craven, but it fits Zucker’s M.O.
Meanwhile I am in absolute shock seeing how the Corporate Controlled Conservative Press is normalizing that punk Rittenhouse and giving him endless sympathy. The New York Times is once again leading the pro-Rittenhouse wagon.
The CCCP is broken beyond repair.
Christie made a fool of himself in 2016. He abandoned any pretense of political substance to get into Trump's inner circle, apparently unaware that Jared Kushner would never forgive Christie for prosecuting Charles Kushner - the only real estate developer in NY who was more corrupt and amoral than Trump, and who richly deserved going to prison. Even after Kushner yanked the rug from under him, Christie repeatedly went back for more abuse. And CNN wants us to believe this shameless clown can rehabilitate himself? Even more laughable is CNN's apparent belief that Republicans are tuning in.
This is a blatant example of what I have been complaining about for years — the media picks favorites, usually Republicans, and promotes them while trashing their opponents. Just ask Al Gore. The media’s treatment of him was brutal and deeply unfair. That should have been a wake up call for Democrats and for straight shooters in the media. Instead the media got away with it an doubled down in their coverage of Hillary.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/10/gore200710
It took Bridgegate for people like Mika B from fawning all over the bullying Christie. She and others loved him because he schmoozed them. Mika was also impressed by Trump for awhile, for the same reason. I bet that after this CNN special will see Christie as a frequent guests on her show and others.
If--mind you, if--Dana Bash actually asked Christie about the issues that Eric mentions, it might be worthwhile. But that would require her to be a journalist. CNN has 5 1/2 journalists, and she isn't among them.
But right-wingers will keep saying CNN is a left-wing network, because Fux Noise says so. And CNN will let Fux Noise dictate its narrative, just as the other networks and the major news outlets do, because of two things:
1. The L word for the media is not Liberal. It is Lazy.
2. The greatest danger to this country is not the republikkkan party. It is the political media.
Just another reason to avoid CNN.
Do these guys have publicists? Politics is looking more like the music business all the time. A Chris Christie puff piece on CNN?
Great Ezra Klein NYT podcast interview w/Jay Rosen today about the state of journalism and both siderism, etc. I highly recommend it. Covers all of our gripes and then some.
The rest of the country doesn’t realize that before the world had Trump NJ had Chris Christie. I wrote about them here: https://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2017/11/greetings-from-atlantic-city-farewell.html
Christie of course is a joke and for me, a resident of New Jersey and a long time Mets fan, Christie brings me even more headaches. Pardon me for digressing but since Eric and the commenters here have so eloquently pointed out what an asshole the former governor is, I'll go off the rails just a bit. Last fall, Steve Cohen, the hedge fund billionaire owner of Point72 purchased the New York Mets for a record price of 12.4 billion dollars. As much as my liberal ways despise the Wall Street "greed is good" manifesto, I conveniently looked the other way selfishly thinking that finally the perennial underachieving Mets can afford the best players available. I know, shame on me. Last March, Cohen appointed Chris Christie to be on the board of directors of the team and recently Christie has been advising the Mets owner on who would be a good president of baseball operations. This may be a step too far even though I have rooted for the Mets since I was a young teen when to everyone's shock, they won the 1969 World Series. And perhaps it explains why the team has yet to find a baseball head of operations. Geez, I can't even enjoy some mindless time following a baseball team anymore without our political discourse poisoning the experience. I can't believe I'm saying this but is it actually time that I start rooting for the Yankees?
Why don't they just put the Fox logo on the CNN banner. We all know what's going on over there!
As far as I can tell, Christie is unemployed Maybe this special is a job interview of some kind
One must wonder whether CNN might have something better to report on than devoting an hour to Christie.
EB: In ref to your ‘6 Dems who voted NO on BIF - regrets?’ comment - They wanted to show that they are concerned about losing leverage in unlinking the 2 bills… perfectly
understandable (and I’m sure the ‘no’ votes were cleared by Pelosi). It sets the stage for the second half fight for BBB… which is now a question mark, so we’ll see shortly.
Eric, I was hoping you’d chime in on this even if it is low-hanging fruit. Wouldn’t you love to sit in on CNN editorial planning meetings to hear the discussions that lead to an idiotic decision like this one to keep Christie relevant? Another craven power-hungry Republican who should have been impeached when Governor and them jailed. Not even being a Mets fan redeems him.
Talk about ass kissing......yuck.