"Word Cloud" - Your Brain On CNN!

Any viewers of cable news, who for even one silly second doubted corporate media's desire to fry the brain of its audience and render it hopelessly confused, need only to have seen Tuesday night's bizarro 'WORD CLOUD" on CNN. In fact, if you weren't privy to this visual catastrophe of upside down sideways multi-colored multi-sized words in incomprehensible disorder, permit me to introduce you to "WORD CLOUD" or YOUR BRAIN ON CNN:

What the hell was CNN thinking? This master-mush of nonsense was CNN Vice President David Bohrman's advance visual interpretation of the focal points of Barack Obama's opening remarks for his second prime time press conference, gleaned from the preview copy of the speech. Really, Mr. Bohrman?! That hodgepodge of confusion was your representation of the lucidity of President Obama? Methinks, sir, you are perhaps the victim of too many word games and fantasy films and in desperate need of a dose of reality and a sugar cube of truth.

Sadly, Mr. Bohrman, you didn't serve the veracity of news any better on election night November 4th, 2008, with your hologram foray into Star Wars than you did with your wall of jibberish. In your election night conflation of fantasy and reality, you dissed reality to beam celebrities from Chicago to CNN for illusory interviews by anchors. While I love technology and applaud its advances, for me, sir, holograms are not meant for news. News is reality. It's not illusion or sleight of hand.

Here's a video of Mr. Bohrman after the Obama election discussing his hologram process with Wolf Blitzer.

For what it's worth, Mr. Bohrman, Star Wars creator, George Lucas, is a genius -- but Mr. Lucas doesn't produce the news. In news an interviewee should be present in real form. In fantasy the interviewee can be a talking shark. They just ain't the same!

For some bizarre reason, Mr. Bohrman, based on your hologram and your "WORD CLOUD," you and CNN seem to believe that news is well-served as a nonsensical portrait of words or fantastical recreations of people. Well, Mr. Bohrman and CNN, here's some news for you. Real news isn't fantasy. Real news isn't supplanted images and incomprehensible collages. Real news demands reality delivered factually and comprehensibly. Furthermore, real news doesn't include placing on your schedule hyperbolic megalomaniacs who advance their personal causes -- Lou Dobbs being CNN's prime example.

Finally, I am clearly not alone in recognizing the silliness and unintelligibility of the "WORD CLOUD." Note the response of Anderson Cooper and his fellow CNN-ers (all members of CNN's shamelessly self-described "Best Political Team On Television"). Notice their inability to shield their amusement and probable embarrassment over the sheer idiocy of the "WORD CLOUD."

CNN and Vice President Bohrman, do you truly believe we viewers are dumb enough to accept a bizarre word scramble as the thesis of a literate and clear thinking President? Do you truly believe you respected our intelligence and our knowledge by displaying a condescending collage absent even one complete thought?

Well here's news for you, Cable News Network -- this viewing public ain't buyin' it. Either you step up to our level of intelligence or we're going to see that you're gone. We've had our fill of your attempts to dumb us down. You blindly cheered a president for eight long years who brought our nation to its knees. You whored your corporate wags to bring us to war and even hired composers to score it. Despite your bombastic attempts to lead us like sheep, we have self educated through alternative media that tell us the truth. We don't learn from you. We scoff at you. We study you -- not to grow from you -- but to force you to elevate -- or to force you to leave.

Comments

[trinidadgirl]

CNN has become so mediocre and biased against prez O that I have stopped watching. I only watch Keith O and Rachel M at nights and scour the internet for more!.

[Emerald1943]

Excellent post! Thank you for saying what I have been thinking for a while.

I finally gave up on CNN after the President's new conference a few nights ago. Ed Henry was an embarrassment with his "gotcha" question! I wrote CNN a hot email and told them I would no longer watch their warped brand of "news"! Apparently, a lot of other people feel the same!

[gonbald]

CNN =Certainly No No

[Puddin]

I thought I was the only one who felt this way about CNN.

[Linda Milazzo - Huffpost Blogger]

No, Puddin, you're far from alone. Millions recognize the questionable reporting of CNN and other corporate media outlets. And now, with major newspapers folding, it's more critical than ever to hold ALL media to account . Monitor media and shout down dishonest reporting and insults to your intelligence every chance you get!!.

[SoulKeeper]

I gave up CNN long ago, I may not have a degree but I like to think I am a little more intelligent than they give me (us) credit for.

[Mohanna]

I stopped watching CNN during the primaries when Hillary cried and CNN put the clip on a loop. I emailed CNN requesting they give as much free air time to other candidates. I watched as hillary's poll numbers went up in the upcoming New Hampshire primary. There was a direct correlation between Hillary winning New Hampshire and the free air time provided by CNN. I turned the channel to MSNBC and never turned it back.

[djf333]

Couldn't agree more. The word cloud was just the latest ploy to dumb down the news. CNN has gone almost completely negative on Obama. Watching Lou Dobbs makes my skin crawl. I've tuned CNN out completely and I feel liberated.

[Charlinka]

Dear Mrs. Melinda Miazzo,

Your article is extremely well-written, most timely, and I wholeheartedly agree with every point that you make. As for CNN, I have already tuned out - permanently!

[Ohioan730]

I thought the hologram was cute during the election and I looked favorably upon CNN at that time because they seemed to be sort of balanced in their punditry. I like Jack Cafferty and Roland Martin and one or two others.

Looking back, I must have been drunk on "Yes We Can!" juice because that hologram was just stoopid and pointless. And the Word Cloud just makes the hologram seem more stoopid. CNN = FAIL!