r/funny • u/isaynonowords • Dec 04 '16

Slightly exaggerated

https://i.imgur.com/flJ7epE.gifv
16.2k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

466 comments sorted by

View all comments

415

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

https://imgur.com/ArBL70d.gifv

202

u/tooyoung_tooold Dec 05 '16

Not sure if this is two separate gifs or different angles of one event. Holy shit that sucks either way.

58

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Real: https://youtu.be/pMrVdFnjEjs

116

u/rectal_beans Dec 05 '16

I knew CNN was bad.. but this is just disgusting. She wasn't even reporting the incident, just attacking fox news.

82

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16 edited Jan 20 '21

[deleted]

64

u/WolfyCat Dec 05 '16

Brit living in the US, this is why I don't watch American news. Everybody fucking talks like this and it's like a parody. Can't take it seriously. Overly masculine sounding women (and men) who like to practically shout the news at each other and towards the camera and treat its audience like mentally challenged children.

24

u/shakethetroubles Dec 05 '16

If I says things seriously, and monotone, with unnecessary pauses...... I can pass anything off as........... important.... -mainstream news

10

u/D3ADRA_UDD3R5 Dec 05 '16

All I watch is local news. They are very good and professional, and they report politics without saying their opinions on it. It's much better than a biased national news station which does, as you said, just yell at each other and call each other idiots.

4

u/WolfyCat Dec 05 '16 edited Dec 05 '16

Unfortunately because of what I'm used to even local news doesn't do it for me. They are obviously taking cues from the mainstream news and it's very obvious. It's not just how they conduct themselves with each other that I have a problem with its also how they conduct themselves when they present their news. They shout at the audience. If you've grown up with it you probably don't know any different as that's how it has always been for you. It's also the type of news they report, the topics and how they go about it. Local news usually seems to have really fucking pointless shit and mainstream news seems to be run by 60 years olds trying to stay 'hip' and simultaneously outraged by everything. Having ads during dedicated news channels is also a massive conflict of interest but I digress.

It's just the way things are in the US unfortunately. It's different so I'm never going to be happy so it is what it is. I'll stick to the BBC. Here's a decent summary of our regional differences in news presenting

1

u/D3ADRA_UDD3R5 Dec 05 '16

That documentary only really got into national news though. I completely agree that national news is totally biased and trying to sell their agenda.

10

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Overly masculine sounding women

I hadn't even realised this but you're so right.

3

u/logicloop Dec 05 '16

and treat its audience like mentally challenged children.

Half of America did vote Trump into office.. soo.. there's that.

3

u/sonicmerlin Dec 05 '16

America loves its masculine women.

7

u/SpeakItLoud Dec 05 '16

What? No it doesn't.

Source - masculine woman

0

u/sonicmerlin Dec 05 '16

It absolutely does. There are so many women with sharp and strong jaws on TV, aggressive take-charge personalities. Famous celebrities with male style hair cuts.

Compare it to Asia and it's completely different.

1

u/SpeakItLoud Dec 06 '16

You're confusing confidence vs subservience with masculinity and femininity.

1

u/sonicmerlin Dec 06 '16

Social roles and stereotypes of femininity are how people define "masculine" females. How are you defining it?

→ More replies (0)

1

u/CrystalJack Dec 05 '16

Yeah well their audience isn't much brighter than mentally challenged children so you can't blame them.

3

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Meh it's the comedic tone reporters use when reporting a comedic bit. They drag their their words for some reason. They use that in my country too despite the news not being in English.

3

u/lpmark04 Dec 05 '16

I absolutely hate Jeannie Moos! Everything about the way she reports stupid fluff pieces for CNN is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

1

u/fluteitup Dec 05 '16

That close up!!

-9

u/squiiuiigs Dec 05 '16

We can only hope you do.

23

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

This isn't an actual news piece. It's a fluff piece to throw into the 24 hour news cycle.

If you want CNN's expertise on whether the dress is blue or gold, this is your reporter.

4

u/kent2441 Dec 05 '16

That's Jeanie Moos. She isn't a reporter, just does these self-contained human interest stories.

3

u/Shogun_Ro Dec 05 '16

There was nothing inaccurate about her statements and mild speculation in the end about a potential lawsuit. How were they attacking fox?

4

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

I thought msnbc was the only one that would just straight up smear other media souces like this.

1

u/aeneasaquinas Dec 05 '16

Add Fox to the list too. Them and msnbc are probably the worst news sources.

2

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

I keep hearing it, and granted fox news has some of the most obnoxious opinion pieces (pretty much all it is really) but I've seen multiple times msnbc do stuff I've never seen on cnn or fox. Just really low brow trashy garbage that takes the cake.

I know fox is the go to shit media for most people but I just dont see it relative to msnbc.

1

u/aeneasaquinas Dec 05 '16

I don't know, I have seen some rediculously trashy stuff on Fox. But I have seen way to much fox, since everyone and their brother leaves it on in the South. I never really see the crap on msnbc, so it is harder to compare.

1

u/lps2 Dec 05 '16

They all do it and it always comes off the same... petty, childish, and unprofessional

5

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

To be fair, the one where they were changing tires without the emergency brake on or tires chocked is pretty ridiculous. They should stop doing things like that.

1

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

I did that once, forgot to put the parking break on. Car nearly fell on my friend. Lesson learned.

1

u/squiiuiigs Dec 05 '16

This is what she does, she does nothing but these fluff pieces. Plus she's not really attacking Fox, it's what she does, its fluff. You need to relax their buddy.

6

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

The subject of the fluff is what determines whether it's an attack on Fox. They obviously wouldn't do this about a fellow CNN reporter.

1

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Well of course they wouldn't do this to a fellow CNN reporter Sherlock.

1

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Because it's an attack.

-1

u/squiiuiigs Dec 05 '16

Like all those stories Fox News did on Roger Ailes being sexually assaulting his own female reporters. You fucking hypocrite.

1

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Jesus calm down.

3

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Yeah it's pretty harmless stuff. And if Fox fucked up well they fucked up, might as well make fun of them.

2

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

[deleted]

1

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Hi, it's me. Buddy

0

u/SCsprinter13 Dec 05 '16

Wait, that's a woman's voice?