Live from New York, it’s … another embarrassing piece of CNN self-beclownment.
No, really. Someone actually thought this take on Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation was not only worth publishing, but worth promoting:
Why Matt Damon's hilarious 'SNL' skit couldn't stop the Kavanaugh confirmation
| By Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives https://t.co/jzijtwtpWF pic.twitter.com/MJms0FsNu3— CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) October 15, 2018
Wow.
Is this real
— Evan (@kikeyike) October 15, 2018
Heck yeah, it is. And for some reason, “CNN Business Perspectives” is under the impression that this piece constitutes media analysis or something.
I just stopped by for the ratio
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 15, 2018
Here for the ratio pic.twitter.com/PrIAHQAlmS
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 15, 2018
Here for this big, beautiful ratio.
— Nathan E. Yates (@FVNate) October 15, 2018
It’s pretty impressive so far:
CNN certainly deserves to get ratio’d for this.
oh my god https://t.co/ofxoi3oKdw
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) October 15, 2018
um
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) October 15, 2018
— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) October 15, 2018
WTF?
Why would an SNL skit stop a Senate confirmation?
— lauralouisiana (@llauralouisiana) October 15, 2018
Um. Was it supposed to?
— Tim Wronka BN9 (@TimWronka) October 15, 2018
It… it was supposed to? https://t.co/kNkfSdhBJP
— Ben (@BenHowe) October 15, 2018
That’s news to us.
Because it was a SNL skit? https://t.co/Emk08nqVjH
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) October 15, 2018
That’s what we thought. But not according CNN media analyst Bill Carter, it seems:
It’s hard to imagine a more comprehensive takedown of a political figure than the one Saturday Night Live executed on Brett Kavanaugh in its season premiere last month, at a time when the judge’s fate seemed to be hanging in the balance.
Damon added several layers of ridicule to Kavanaugh’s angry, aggressive testimony before the Senate, presenting him as a sputtering, sniffing, weeping, beer-loving caricature of judicial temperament. In light of the sexual assault accusations against him, which he has denied, the sketch included an especially devastating line: “I’m not backing down. . . I don’t know the meaning of the word ‘stop.'”And then, a few hours before the dress rehearsal of the show’s next episode, Kavanaugh was confirmed as a justice to the Supreme Court.
Can you imagine?!
The Bubble Is Realhttps://t.co/qj7MDVw8Qx pic.twitter.com/sMCnc62VU9
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) October 15, 2018
It’s real, all right. And it’s spectacular … ly pathetic.
How is this news or business related, this is like a terrible blog post
— Jon (@JonnyMicro) October 15, 2018
What’s hilarious is anyone thought this skit would stop the confirmation.
But keep up the good work.
— MAC (@cummingsamerica) October 15, 2018
Do you have any grown-ups there I could talk to?
— Still Cranky (@StillCrankyAF) October 15, 2018
These people's inflated vision of themselves is a form of meta humor. https://t.co/lCd5GmSTDq
— Holden (@Holden114) October 15, 2018
You spend all that time coming up with a joke about the media and they just…they just tweet it out. https://t.co/PRDD5w4jbJ
— BT (@back_ttys) October 15, 2018
Yes, there are people who not only actually think this way, but who are employed by CNN. #Journalism https://t.co/dYH4L7tEjP
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) October 15, 2018
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