'Is this real'? CNN Business reaps ratio whirlwind for this, um, analysis of SNL's Brett Kavanaugh skit

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

pic.twitter.com/4PDYr1bEXq

— 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’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