Daily Gut: Wolf’s Confusion, Fred’s Misery
by Greg GutfeldIt amounted to breaking news for CNN`s Wolf Blitzer: Saturday Night Live doing a skit, in which they skewer Barack Obama. It was a concept so profoundly distasteful, that it left Wolf incredulous – worse than when he was humiliated on Jeopardy.
At any rate, this first ever comprehensive fact-check of an SNL skit might be the strangest piece of media analysis I’ve ever seen.
Check it out, check-it-outers. (ROLL TAPE)
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Now, wouldn`t you know, according to CNN`s analysis, the skit “missed the mark.” This is a not a fair portrayal, they whine – which is not surprising, coming from a network blinded by the President`s pocket lint. But forgive me for being both flabbered and gasted, but have you ever seen a news network review a comedy sketch for fairness? Did CNN ever do this when SNL went after Bush, Palin, or any other Republican?
But look, I don`t expect that. Reviewing an SNL skit for accuracy is like reviewing McDonalds for their wine list. So what`s the explanation? My guess is this segment was manufactured immediately after being asked for by someone living in a big house with a huge ego and now, bruised feelings.
It reminds me of a pal receiving shabby service at a restaurant, then imploring friends to write withering reviews on the joint`s website (okay, that was me).
But the funniest part in all this? That CNN missed the big story, completely overlooking Fred Armison`s skit sabatoge. In the history of television, I don`t think you could find another actor more offended by his own job, which was playing Obama negatively. You could find more sincerity from a hostage reading a ransom note complimenting his captors. Seriously, I half-expected him to blink in Morse code, pleading for help.
In the end, it makes me wonder if CNN’s analysis of SNL was a skit in itself -a brilliant Onion evisceration designed to poke fun of a network so in the tank for Obama that a skit on the Messiah short circuits their powers of reason. But if CNN has truly decided this is a worthy exercise – why stop with skits? I saw a recent “Animals Gone Wild” video where it was clear a cocky matador was way too harsh on a bull.
And if you disagree with me, then you’re probably a racist.
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Have they (CNN) no Shame? I guess not.
I'd have thought after the Jeopardy fiasco Wolf would have watched himself a little closer. But then again you can't expect much from idiots.
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ok the skit which was moderately humorous, in spite of Armitage's terrible acting, but CNN had me laughing myself silly.
Pa. The. Tic.
that said This guy is the worst protrayal of a president on SNL ever. Aykroyd's mustached Nixon was way better and that was carp.
what a tard carnival.
Gut, if your insights were dark chocolate candies, I'd be full of flavinoids and my @ss would be 60 inches round.
Did CNN fact check Tina Fey when she babbled "I can see Russia from my house!"
This kind of thing would cost them ratings, if anyone were watching.
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ok the skit which was moderately humorous, in spite of Armitage's terrible acting, but CNN had me laughing myself silly. They were totally cereal about it too!!
Pa. The. Tic.
that said This guy is the worst protrayal of a president on SNL ever. Aykroyd's mustached Nixon was way better and that was carp.
what a tard carnival.
Who watches The Situation Room anyway??
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ok the skit was moderately humorous, in spite of Armitage's terrible acting, but CNN had me laughing myself silly. They were totally cereal about it too!!
Pa. The. Tic.
that said This guy is the worst protrayal of a president on SNL ever. Aykroyd's mustached Nixon was way better and that was carp.
what a tard carnival.
"My guess is this segment was manufactured immediately after being asked for by someone living in a big house with a huge ego and now, bruised feelings."
Great question! EXACTLY WHO told CNN to do this idiot fact-check?
Nope none at all. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they praise Tina Fey for her spoof of Palin?
Watching this CNN report and I can honestly say I don't believe my fucking eyes (please excuse the colorful language)!!
And the so-called "non-partisan" fact checker is perhaps the biggest idiot of all. Did he suggest that things in Afghanistan have NOT gotten worse since Obama took office?!?!
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ok the skit was moderately humorous, in spite of Armitage's terrible acting, but CNN had me laughing myself silly. They were totally cereal about it too!! (Remember if you are anti-Obama you are Anti-CNN, according to the teaparty reporter lady)
Pa. The. Tic.
that said This guy is the worst protrayal of a president on SNL ever. Aykroyd's mustached Nixon was way better and that was carp.
what a tard carnival.
Watching this CNN report I can honestly say I don't believe my fucking eyes (please excuse the colorful language)!!
And the so-called "non-partisan" fact checker is perhaps the biggest idiot of all. Did he suggest that things in Afghanistan have NOT gotten worse since Obama took office?!?!
somebody needs to tell SNL to do a skit next week.. get this..
snl doing a skit about cnn doing a fact check of snl …hahahahahahahahaha… lol
priceless…………
I was under the impression that Armison just can't do the … impression. Not that he specifically had issue with the content, although that's a plausible explanation.
He looks a little like Obama when he has makeup on, but not enough … and he doesn't do any of the mannerisms. It's probably the worst impression I've seen on the show.
SNL really needs somebody who can do Obama properly. I mean, it's not rocet science, they guy has characteristic tics up the ying-yang. Fred's just a doofus.
Jon Klein, the President of CNN, ordered Lou Dobbs to REPORT A FALSE NEWS STORY in the attempt to squash the birther issue.
CNN is no longer a credible news source, Mr. Klein, a heavy Obama supporter has subverted CNN News into a political vehicle for Barrack Obama.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pag...
I agree… Crap, I even saw a Politifact article on it… I just looked at it thinking "Really?"
I was under the impression that Armisen just can't do the … impression. Not that he specifically had issue with the content, although that's a plausible explanation.
He looks a little like Obama when he has makeup on, but not enough … and he doesn't do any of the mannerisms. It's probably the worst impression I've seen on the show.
notice how the reporter says the skits of Palin were "dead on"? what a joke CNN has become, not to mention Blitzer
Whoa… I am more amazed you got through the filter….
Nope… and idiots STILL believe Sarah Palin said that… :/
After this precedent setting "fact checking" I will be expecting CNN to fact check all skits about politicians in the future.
These people are so lame! CNN is lame. SNL is lame. This is more lame than anything that has ever been lame before.
Gutfeld, however, is a prince among men.
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ok the skit was moderately humorous, in spite of Armison's terrible acting, but CNN had me laughing myself silly. They were totally cereal about it too!! (Remember if you are anti-Obama you are Anti-CNN, according to the teaparty reporter lady)
Pa. The. Tic.
that said This guy is the worst protrayal of a president on SNL ever. Aykroyd's mustached Nixon was way better and that was carp.
what a tard carnival.
You'd think by now they'd be air 30 minutes paid commercials. At least they wouldn't be losing as much money as they are with these people.
I liked Carveys version of Bush Sr. and Darrell Hammond as Clinton….
Though the SNL skit of the Obama and McCain debate with Tom Brokaw as mediator was pretty hilarious as well..
But lately SNL has been missing their mark…
that was beautifully said.
I've got their fact checker right here. He's laying at my feet licking part of his anatomy the vet is going to "take care of" in a couple of weeks, now that he's old enough.
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Even SNL should be able to get a few laughs out of that, which would be the first ones since 1992.
No doubt, on purpose. He needs to get fired from that character before he gets knocked off the NYC cock tail circuit.
This just in, CNN fact-checks have also proven that sharks don't leave the water and walk around knocking on people's doors, John Belushi never actually won the decathalon thanks to little chocolate doughnuts, that Coneheads aren't from France, that Fred Garvin is no longer a male prostitute, that Gumby didn't actually smoke cigars, that Chris Farley never actually competed with Patrick Swayze for a spot at Chippendales, that Wayne and Garth are not from Aurora, IL, that the Church Lady is actually a male in a dress and the he is in fact Chevy Chase and I'm not!
What baffoons you people are. No wonder your idiotic network is becoming a footnote.
CNN does not engage in liberal Democrat propoganda, it is a legitimate news channel engaged in ethical journali . .(DAMN, I ALMOST MADE IT TO THE END OF THAT SENTENCE WITHOUT LAUGHING OUT LOUD AND CHOKING!)
That was hilarious! Not the SNL skit but the CNN report of it. Notice how she said the "dead on impression of Sarah Palin” but the Obama impression "missed the mark". Uh, ya, o.k. I seem to remember Palin actually playing a flute at the debates.
Remember that it was Tina Fey during an impression of Palin where she said "I can see Russia from my house". That went on to become an actual quote by Palin according to the MSM. This is the difference in standards for liberals and conservatives these days. Conservatives are quoted for the things their opponents say while impersonating them in comedy sketches. But, liberals must be portrayed accurately while being impersonated in comedy sketches. WOW, if that's not a double standard I don't know what is? I would love to hear from some liberals about this great injustice of Obama being falsly represented in a comedy sketch, please indulge me.
We live in a time where comedians are more accurate than the MSM news, and the tabloids have better investigative reporters..(thinking of the John Edwards story)
Maybe CNN can do a fact check on their ratings?
WOLFE: "I'll take Fact Check for $200 Alex"
They even made sure to get some of that "excellent satire" of that in this piece as well.
CNN correspondent: "It likely won't resonate as much as THIS… – Roll Palin footage.
I don't know how I can still be surprised, but everyday brings new wonders.
Darrell Hammond's Al Gore during the 2000 campaign was tremendous. "Lock Box" !
Who watches CNN?
I have to give Dolomite a +1 just for that extraordinary feat. His comment was good, too, but this, this is inspiring!
It won't happen, I'm guessing they've received the message loud and clear. Keep your hands off our Messiah.
CNN has become the Pravda of America.
CNN should be investigated. Not for carrying water for the Obama administration, but for making its employees watch SNL.
Good thing Internet bloggers and Fox news are around to "Fact Check" CNN
That was a good catch. I noticed the wording of that too. I guess the meaning those lemmings that watch this sorry excuse of a "news" station are to go away with is that Sarah P. is exactly like the portrail. No fact checking necessary.
Thank God, CNN is now fact checking comedy routines about our Dear Leader!
For further examples of CNN's glorious history of comedy fact checks:
TOP FIVE CNN FACT CHECKS OF COMEDY ROUTINES
http://naturalfake.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/top-f...
"I half-expected him to blink in Morse code, pleading for help." This is the first time writing LOL where I actually did LOL.
I need to clean my contact lenses…I realize now you were using the word "skit", not sh…
When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called CNN. Or is that MS<S>LSD</s>NBC?
I need to clean my contact lenses…I realize now you were using the word "skit", not sh…
When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called CNN.
I need to clean my contact lenses…I realize now you were using the word "skit", not the more accurate "sh.."(filtered for your viewing enjoyment).
When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called CNN.
I saw a replay on Greta's show (I think) and thought the idea was great but Arminson's acting was horrible. He's been doing Obama for over a year and this was his worst performance. Was he mailing it in because he wasn't thrilled with the material? Was he embarrassed to point out Obama's struggles?
Wolf; For 200 points, This Eastern City on the Potomac River is the Capital of the United States of America?
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What is Cleveland?
Sorry Wolf… Dumbest man, lowest score I have ever seen on Jeopardy, celebrity jeopardy no less where the questions are already dumbed down, what an idiot if he had any self respect he'd quit his job as a news anchor and go into seclusion..
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Now that is funny. Bravo!
They need to bring back Tim Meadows to do Obama. I still crack up thinking about his portrayal of OJ Simpson in the trial skits they did way back when.
BizCzar, you must forward that to CNN.
SNL finally decides how to make fun of Obama: mildly, from the Left, and with so much half-hearted, tentative self loathing that there will be no danger of actual laughs.
CNN? you mean Comedy News Network?
Aykroyd's Nixon is "carp"- like a fish? Hmmmm never thought of it THAT way…
Poor, SNL! It would have been better for them had McCain and Palin gotten elected. Then they would have had a good impersonation of at least have the ticket.
Poor, SNL! It would have been better for them had McCain and Palin gotten elected. Then they would have had a good impersonation of at least half the ticket.
Whether that's the case, the quote was SATIRE…don't you humorless neo-cons GET THAT already ???
How about SOMEONE "fact-checking" CrappyNewsNetwork over THEIR lame bits like "Just Saying"???
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Ok this is to the reply back from me to EDS and his comment as follows, "Whether that's the case, the quote was SATIRE…don't you humorless neo-cons GET THAT already ???" since I am not seeing it right now:
I don't know which is more funny… the fact that Liberals still qoute "I can see Russia from my house!" as truth or that you don't know what a neo-con is and are confusing conservatives and Republicans (which is a party not an ideologue) with them..
As a matter of fact, I laughed so very hard at that sketch… it was hilarious… however, it amazes me the sheep mentality of people that don't do their own research on people to the point that they believe that something said in a satrical sketch was a direct quote…
Let us understand-they fact-checked a comedy skit? That's real hard-hitting news. CNN would be better off financially and professionally airing infomericals than this junk. They should also get the suspenders off that cadaver at 9PM before it's shoulders snap. A test pattern woudl draw a bigger audience.
They won't… because they don't like the answer…
Glenn Beck summed it up nicely last night – this skit was not meant to poke fun at Comrade Obama, it was meant as a warning from the Left!
Comrade title was added by me, not Beck.
Yeah, where was the fact check on her. Can she really see Russia from her house?
1) Wolf Blitzer is still on the air?
2) Thank God, CNN is finally standing up to the continuing pro-GOP, pro-Bush content on SNL.
3) What is the psychiatric term for people who scramable to protect the ego of someone else? Naxrcissism by proxy? Complusive Butt-kissing Disorder? Liberalism?
My sentiments exactly, Buckwheat. Well said.
Hear, hear!
Agree.
LOL!
What is a CNN?
but you're @ss is 60 inches (in circumference I assume you meant to say) so what's the big deal?
Ouch
They don't want to create too much of a caricature, then they might be considered racist.
That was acerbic, biting, caustic, definitive, excellent, funny as HELLLLLLL.
Agreed, very funny stuff!
Excellent stuff, YoYo
El Gatto, I salute you. Marvelous piece of work, brilliantly inventive.
El Gutto, I salute you. Marvelous piece of work, brilliantly inventive.
BizCzar, all those skits you cited were, what, 15 years old or more?
SNL hasn't been funny in over a decade.
And in more fake news:
WHITE HOUSE HALLOWEEN PARTY ENDS IN CATASTROPHE!
President Obama Denounces Entire Medical Profession As Racist
http://naturalfake.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/white...
Quick before we're fact checked!
Rahm-bo
This is like Sean Penn speaking truth to power over Jude Law jokes.
Whenever I look at Wolf Blitzer now (good Lord, what a name) I think of Weird Al Yankovic's "I Lost On Jeopardy."
either him or Buffy the NEA slayer.
It is a dull impersonation, but then again, Obama is a dull President.
SonjaP
At the end of the day…………………………………….neither one of those skits was remotely funny.
Its best to avoid CNN, and SNL if you want to be humored.
Just watch RedEye……………………………………..now THATS, hilarious.
I think it would be hilarious if SNL did a skit of Wolf Blitzer on Celebrity Jeopardy.
Theres alot of funny material to work with there.
"I'll take CNN news reporter disasters for a hundred thousand dollars Alex!"
Ah yes the Comedy Numbnuts Network whines about the Stupid Nutjob Loosers. How appropriate. I can't stop laughing.
I caught myself thinking just as Greg did, what happened to Armison's impression of Obama in this skit? When he was imitating BHO in a positive light, his whole demeanor, and speech pattern was closely aligned to an actual, I dunno, impression. Notta in this skit. As for the fact-checking, I knew journalism officially died in 2008, so I am not the slightest bit surprised.
Barack Hussein Obama mmm mmm mmm
"You're @ss" would read you are @ss without the use of the conjunction. I know it's a grammar Nazi thing to point out. But I figured you were going for a insult in your post, so why not point out your mutilation of English language?
Why are conjunctions so hard for people? Why?
"You're @ss" would read you are @ss without the use of the contraction. I know it's a grammar Nazi thing to point out. But I figured you were going for a insult in your post, so why not point out your mutilation of English language?
Why are contractions so hard for people? Why?
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