CNN Poll: Does anyone else find this inappropriate?

[Nordmadr]

Would you eat a blond, furry lobster?

Never

I only like redheads

Only with extra butter


Now, I'm a man, and I have a sense of humor, and do even find this a bit humorous. With that said however, I do not believe that it is appropriate for a major news outlet to put out something like this, with what is obvious sexual connotations. Time and place for everything.

http://www.cnn.com/

Olafr

[Roland99]

1. So, lobster is a euphemism for.....

;)

[mattclearing]

2. Picture here:

I chose the redheads option, myself. :D

Article poll refers to is here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/08/furry.lobster.ap/index.html

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. article here

And yes, it's just another symptom of today's 'journalistic standards'

PARIS, France (AP) -- Divers have discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blond fur, French researchers said Tuesday.

Scientists said the animal, which they named Kiwa hirsuta, was so distinct from other species that they created a new family and genus for it.

A team of American-led divers found the animal in waters 2,300 meters (7,540 feet) deep at a site 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) south of Easter Island last year, according to Michel Segonzac of the French Institute for Sea Exploration.

more - http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/08/furry.lobster.ap/index.html

[TahitiNut]

14. I wonder how close these were found to the sites of nuclear testing ...

... by the French in French Polynesia. What 'natural selection' basis does the fur serve?

[havocmom]

22. Considering the depth they found it at, warmth?

:evilgrin:

Hey, someday I'll post a pic of the fur baring trout around Whitefish, MT ;)

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Looks like a lobster with albino gorilla arms.

Is everything going chimpie these days?

[AlCzervik]

7. rofl!!!

[Hissyspit]

11. It's a Sea Yeti n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. What a great name for it.

[Hissyspit]

30. Who do we send it to, though!

LOL

The International Nautical Nomenclature Society?

[Hissyspit]

8. Me, too.

And so far, so have 19%.

[mom cat]

9. Oh, it is almost cute! No. I would never eat one. They are rare and

should be protected.

[julialnyc]

21. i don't see a poll

N/T

[BuyingThyme]

26. S/he's beautiful.

[Hissyspit]

3. WTF?

I don't think they did the sexual implication on purpose, but who knows.

[spanone]

6. What the hell is that question about???

Let's please avoid the un pleasantries of politics...:sarcasm:

[Hissyspit]

10. See the article to the left of the poll in the Science section:

"New Animal Resembles Furry Lobster"

[mom cat]

13. Look at post #2. A new species has been found in the depths of

the oceans that looks like a blond furry lobster. The CNN poll regarding this creature is obviously off base.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. He's the type of guy who gets suspicious

I'm the type of guy who says pudding is delicious...

[AlCzervik]

15. LL--is that you?

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. I wish

So does my wife...

[Nordmadr]

18. Nice to have you aboard LL Cool J

Ooohh eee ohhhh, ohhhhhhh

Olafr

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. Ayup

;-)

[blue northern]

25. ROFL....liked the LLCoolJ reference n/t

[dogday]

16. I am waiting for the Tube Steak poll nt

[AtomicKitten]

17. The question is just lame.

What the hell has happened to our news outlets?

[seabeyond]

24. it is cute and clever. we are adults. but you are probably right

that it isnt appropriate

[Nordmadr]

27. Yes, like I said, it isn't that, as a sexual being, I do not recognize the

humor in it, but it just seems to me, that it is not the best place for putting out that kind of poll. It is more along the line of something I would laugh at while watching John Stewart, not what I expect from a supposedly repsected news outlet.

Olafr

[seabeyond]

29. exactly. this is indictive of what our media has become.

i want news not an entertainment media

not that i watch, lol lol. i left it oct 2004... for good, because it clearly had become about entertaining, not providing news

[Nordmadr]

31. I meant to write DO recognize the humor in it. N/T

[Yollam]

28. It's obnoxious on several levels.

The idea that eating a newly discovered and rare creature is funny is pretty disgusting. The sexual humor might be okay for "the man show" but not CNN.


But then, CNN has been in the toilet for many years now...