2009 - Gawker

posts about #2009 more →
Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
The Top Ten People Who Should Be Unemployed in a Just 2009
LA Auto Show Preview: 2009 Chevrolet Silverado Dual-Mode Hybrid
Edmunds Gaming Google On Chevrolet Traverse CUV?

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

Mediahohoho
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
This annoying piece of news "technology" was first introduced full-time after 9/11, remember? I do. I was living in Syria, terrified that I would read the name of a close friend, a flight attendant for American on the Boston to LA route. I didn't, thank Christ, but a lot of others did. I didn't find out from "the scroll," however. In fact, I have never found out anything from "the scroll" that was of any value whatsoever. Even as I knew that it would be overdone and become eventually meaningless, never did I imagine it would be a way for one "news" "network" to give its viewers a pulpit for their ignorance and racism.

Boy, was I wrong or what?

But it really goes to show that that other wonderful innovation that appeared after 9/11--that Americans actually took a few minutes to care for and about each other--was more short lived than a Neil Cavuto erection.

So thanks, Fox News, for harming my country every bit as much as The Terrorists. Bin Laden ain't got nothing on you.
Reply

Mediahohoho was starred Mediahohoho was unstarred

SisterMaryMartha
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09

fuckers.

Shout out to Samanthrax for the gif.
Reply

SisterMaryMartha was starred SisterMaryMartha was unstarred

Proofer3
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
Um, I thought it was funny. Sorry.
Reply

Proofer3 was starred Proofer3 was unstarred

Hydroceph
01/02/09

@Proofer3: I don't suppose there's any chance they were being ironic, were they? Cuz irony's not dead. A British court even said so.

Or does that fact that it was on Fox remove any possibility of irony?
Reply

Hydroceph was starred Hydroceph was unstarred

Baroness
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
When did people start saying, or more usually writing, "chyron"? It sounds like "gryphon", some elusive, mythical beast, like Roger Ailes's sense of decency.

It annoys one.
Reply

Baroness was starred Baroness was unstarred

Spirit Fingers
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
Who entered this imbecilic phrase into our lexicon?

This is where I remember seeing it for the first time. I know we can blame Owen Gleiberman for much, I'm thinking this should be added to the list.

[www.ew.com]

(last paragraph)
Reply

Spirit Fingers was starred Spirit Fingers was unstarred

valet_of_the_dolls
01/02/09

@Spirit Fingers: It's been around much longer than that. I recall seeing it appear in reviews for "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and "The Green Mile", to name but two.

Of course, those could have been Owen Gleiberman reviews...
Reply

valet_of_the_dolls was starred

IndianSlipper
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
The only thing that should be "crawled" are sports scores. Even stock ticker crawls should be killed.
Reply

IndianSlipper was starred IndianSlipper was unstarred

ADismalScience
01/02/09

@IndianSlipper:

Stock ticker crawls are strictly for decoration. They're the worst kind of useless - slow, and badly inaccurate.
Reply

ADismalScience was starred ADismalScience was unstarred

Aaron Altman
01/02/09

@ADismalScience: But it's fun to make "zooooooooom!" sounds as they go by.
Reply

Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred

Claire Buoyant
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
Maybe it's time for Fox to kill the crawl, like CNN?

Anyway, what if Obama does do a good job? Will these idiots shut up and/or change their minds? My guess, unhappily, is that they won't, because "good" is subjective and these people will always be able to find some fault.
Reply

Claire Buoyant was starred Claire Buoyant was unstarred

llamalash★
01/02/09

@Claire Buoyant: For a neo con it will not matter how well he does or if he screws up royally. It will amount to the same. He's not even IN office and is being critiqued by some by his performance so far. He's overstepping, etc. For those people it comes down to conservative vs. liberal, Repub vs. Dem and only the people on their team are ever correct. (and, to be perfectly honest, that works both ways)
Reply

llamalash★ was starred llamalash★ was unstarred

Truculent
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
2009 will be the year we see Fox finally reach out to its core viewership when they start referring to "Nigger President Barack Obama..."
Reply

Truculent was starred Truculent was unstarred

IamnotStarJones
01/02/09

@Truculent: It will be done during Black History Month too.
Reply

IamnotStarJones was starred IamnotStarJones was unstarred

Truculent
01/02/09

@IamnotStarJones: Here's a thought, and for a brief moment I am being serious. How soon do you think Fox will head out to western Pennsylvania and the woods of the Carolinas and rural Georgia to ask rednecks , "Do you think of Barack Obama as president of the white people?"
Reply

Truculent was starred Truculent was unstarred

Lysergic Asset
01/02/09

@Truculent: Even better still: "Do you think of Barack Obama as the President of the white race?"
Reply

Lysergic Asset was starred Lysergic Asset was unstarred

Aaron Altman
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
Fox News will claim that that chyron was auto-generated from their website emails. Which is BULLSHIT, since a living, breathing human being actually edits and writes copy for the crawl. Someone needs to be fucking fired, Roger Ailes. Do the right fucking thing.
Reply

Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred

AndSheWas
01/02/09

@Aaron Altman: I had an interview back in February with FOX News, unbeknownst to me it was for the position of the ticker writer for the graveyard shift. I met the person who edited and wrote the copy for the ticker - a shell of a person, I tell you. It was like her face was silently screaming "Help me."
Reply

AndSheWas was starred AndSheWas was unstarred

MincnglyWhrdL'mer
01/02/09

@AndSheWas: I'm envisioning a 'help me' ticker on her forehead
Reply

MincnglyWhrdL'mer was starred

Lysergic Asset
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
We still haven't gotten rid of George W., the Retarded Caucasian yet?!
Reply

Lysergic Asset was starred Lysergic Asset was unstarred

Lysergic Asset
01/02/09

@Lysergic Asset: Before the family members and close friends of the retarded chastise me, I apologize for any offense.
Reply

Lysergic Asset was starred Lysergic Asset was unstarred

jasonelias
01/02/09

@Lysergic Asset: Not yet and someone's still got to break the news to Corky that he's actually leaving "for keeps."
Reply

jasonelias was starred jasonelias was unstarred

Sev
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
$20 says they had to look up the proper spelling of the word "Magic"
Reply

Sev was starred Sev was unstarred

Xylo
01/02/09

@Sev: And "let's".

J: "With a quote thingie!"

J: "No!"

J: "Yes!"

J: "Your wrong, I know it!"
Reply

Xylo was starred Xylo was unstarred

Calraigh
01/02/09

In reply to Support For 'Magic Negro' Rings In '09
Ah I'm sick of this.
Reply

Calraigh was starred Calraigh was unstarred

Unfun
12/29/08

In reply to The Top Ten People Who Should Be Unemployed in a Just 2009
This post really reaffirmed my Pareene love, since before he called me a dick that time. Good job.
Reply

Unfun was starred Unfun was unstarred

mostlymartian
12/29/08

In reply to The Top Ten People Who Should Be Unemployed in a Just 2009
I'm with you on xenophobic Lou Dobbs, and I'm tired of Campbell's speeches already. Wolf is OK. How is Anderson's show "ratings grabbing fluff"? He covers politics and issues of the day. He's not hostile or politicized. Do you want him to be giving portentous speeches to acolytes like O'Reilly and Olbermann? There's already too much of that in American cable news, and demagoguing is the stuff that grabs the ratings and attention in recent years so refusing to take part actually involves some will and sacrifice.

The politicizing of news networks is a big problem in America in my opinion, and that means looking at Fox and MSNBC.
Reply

mostlymartian was starred mostlymartian was unstarred

Spirit Fingers
12/29/08

In reply to The Top Ten People Who Should Be Unemployed in a Just 2009
Um, Her!

(Wait, since McCain lost does this mean she's already fired? Yes, please.)

Reply

Spirit Fingers was starred Spirit Fingers was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion