This is CNN (meet the new guy)

[deminks]

Meet CNN's Newest Contributor: The Guy Who Called Souter A Goat-F*cker

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/meet-cnns-newest-contributor.php?ref=fpa

CNN announced Tuesday that they hired Erick Erickson, the editor of RedState, as a political contributor for John King's new show, a show which they've promoted as a doubling down on straight news.

There's a bit of a contrast here. Erickson is, as CNN says, a voice the right side of the Internet listens to. Conservative lawmakers read his site and, occasionally, use it to break news. He's been named on "most influential" lists and has pushed hard for conservative candidates like Marco Rubio. He's a city councilman in Macon, Ga.


But he's also prone to making extreme and sometimes misogynistic public comments.

He's called a Supreme Court justice a "goat-fucking child molester." Last month, he told "ugly" "feminazis" to "return to their kitchens." He's compared an administration official to a Nazi and called First Lady Michelle Obama a "Marxist harpy."

Asked about the comments, a CNN spokeswoman told TPM: "Erick is one of the many voices that you'll hear on CNN. We believe viewers are smart enough to appreciate hearing all points of view."

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Guess I will continue to not watch. Besides, Boss Limbaugh has already been there, done that.

[WCGreen]

1. It's pathetic, really fucking pathetic....

[depakid]

2. Yet another of the 999 reasons why CNN was programmed off of my TV

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I have outrage burnout where CNN is concerned

I must have sent 100 scathing e-mails their direction since the run-up to invasion & occupation or Iraq for oil & empire, and I feel I'm not alone in my unapologetic, unvarnished chastisement. They don't even pretend to be working for anyone other than monied interests, so I've stopped bothering. All I can do is turn the fucking channel and atttempt to put pressure on their advertisers - threatening to stop buying their products, which is the only sort of threat these companies understand.

It's working on Clown Blecch's wretched show on FAUX, but I suspect RW interests take up the slack after advertisers jump ship. I also suspect Sir Ruprecht Morlock would keep Clown Blecch on the air even if he was losing money on the venture, seeing him as a 'loss leader' with intrinsic 'value' to RW causes - keeping the idjits stirred-up.

[xultar]

4. I was an avid CNN watcher till about 3 years ago. They made me hate news all together.

If I can pull away from those fuckers I know you can.

[Blue Owl]

5. Hey feminists, return to the kitchen

Hock a loogie in his mashed potatoes, take a dump in his beef stew, and piss in his soup.

This douchebag deserves the full treatment.