CNN: "Breaking News: Obama statement doesn't say 'terror'"

[Newsjock]

Screen shot posted at Daily Kos:


Wolf Blitzer made a point of saying this several times during the short period I could stand watching him.

Daily Kos discussion here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/15/1202023/-Boston-Marathon-Bombing

[Poll_Blind]

1. "Terrorism" is specifically defined, that's why. This could "just" be attempted mass murder.

I know that sounds odd but this has come up before in regards to instances in which the motivations behind mass violence are yet unknown.

PB

[arely staircase]

4. exactly

if it isn't politically motivated it isn't terrorism.

[tularetom]

2. He doesn't need to - the talking heads have already said it enough times

It can't believe somebody gets paid a bazillion dollars a year to comment on whether or not the President uses the word "terror" in a speech.

Of course if it's Wolf we're talking about here, I can't believe anybody pays him at all.

[L0oniX]

22. Why do we listen to rich people telling us what the news is?

[tularetom]

24. I saw a post here today that summed it up pretty well

It said something like:

"News = billionaires paying millionaires to convince middle class people to blame poor people"

[KittyWampus]

3. Did they make the same complaint about Newtown? After all, that WAS terrorism.

[arely staircase]

6. good point nt

[Lex]

5. CNN is the super suck.

So pathetic.

[spanone]

7. yea, wolf wants to whip up that anti-islamic crowd

[liberalhistorian]

21. That's because to him, it ain't terrorism

if it's not committed by Muslims/Arabs. Domestic terrorists don't count, in his book.

[Demo_Chris]

8. Dear CNN... no one cares. nt

[tridim]

9. That's because Obama is a real President CNN. Idiots.

[arcane1]

10. Just when you think their pettiness can't get any worse n/t

[fadedrose]

11. One thing for sure, it was no accident....nt

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Warning

Watching Wolf Blitzer will significantly lower your IQ.

[Ian David]

13. We all knew THAT was coming from Fox... Oh, wait... did you say CNN? Liberal Media my ass.

The alternative text was going to be, "Why is President Obama so quick to call it Terror?"

[L0oniX]

14. Wolf Blitzer?? The Jeopardy game show loser?

http://movieline.com/2009/09/28/five-of-the-biggest-celebrity-jeopardy-losers-ever/

[liberalhistorian]

23. Whoa! I had no idea about this

but it sure as shit doesn't surprise me, and it certainly explains a lot. LOL. Fucking idiot.

[DirkGently]

15. Seems to be CNN's big talking point

I was just telling someone some idiot CNN reporter they piped into the local radio to intro the President's address said that one thing for sure was that Obama would definitely call it terrorism, because some time ago, he failed to call an attack terrorism, which was a real problem for him.

Benghazi, of course. Which he did call terrorism, but which, as we will recall, was turned into a RW frenzy / fake scandal, that ultimately blew up in Romney's face in a presidential debate, when the moderator confirmed Obama had called Benghazi terrorism.

This is the kind of stupid we must deal with now. Every day, on every issue. Stupid people, saying stupid things for stupid reasons.

[liberalhistorian]

16. Wow, seriously?

I really thought this was one of those CNN "joke" threads we all like to post now and then. Jeebus, how ridiculous. We already know how pathetic CNN has become, and especially how Blitzer is, but this is a special kind of facepalm.

We don't know at this point what the fucking deal is, who's responsible and why. Given that it's tax day and given the proximity to the anniversaries of both Waco and Oklahoma City, I have my own guesses. But anything at this point is just random speculation. And I hope the FBI doesn't pull a "Jewell" in this case, as they did for the '96 Atlanta Olympics bombing. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it did, given its history and culture.

[erinlough]

17. I turned him off as soon as he talked about his "magic board"

Seriously, he is creepy and I bet he really thinks its magic.

[sibelian]

18. Revolting self-absorbed PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT JUNKIES.

IDIOTS.

[arely staircase]

19. making them officially juvenile

eom

[BlueStreak]

20. In exchange for not saying "terror", Obama agreed to give Boehner $250Bn in Pentagon increases

(sarcasm)