All they add is some fluff around the quotes.
Yahoo was among the hundreds of sites reporting that Conan O'Brien has called for an assault weapons ban.
First off, WHO is Conan O'Brien? A cult figure on cable TV. Nice that he called a halt to twitching his pants up and down and touching his nipple to do something serious. But let's be honest, most every talk show host now spends more time moaning about a dead rock star or a terrorist shooting than telling jokes.
Who gives a DAMM?
Yes, in stealing Conan's quotes, Yahoo declared that what Conan said was "damming." Really? The guy was preventing water from flowing somewhere?
I know seizing on a typo may seem trivial in this moment of crisis. But if nearly two dozen school kids getting blown away by automatic weapons in the hands of one lunatic doesn't change things, 49 people in a gay nightclub won't, and nothing some cult comic says on TBS will.
Yahoo might as well have spelled it "ass salt" rifles. Shrug shrug, "We know what they meant. Why hire proofreaders when the CEO can enjoy a ten million dollar salary?
What next?
Ellen Degeneres announcing there should be a $10 surtax on jock straps.
Paris Hilton declaring she won't leak another sex tape.
Stephen Colbert insisting he won't leer into the camera with a smug expression on his face.
Kylie Jenner limiting a change in lip color to only once an hour.
Nice try, Conan, but nothing matters. Not literacy, not having more than one or two news and photo agencies, not what any celebrity says or even a politician.
By the way, America's infrastructure is collapsing, with roads buckling, sink holes devouring cars, bridges on the verge of collapse, and train tracks in dire shape. Nobody's doing a thing about non-controversial matters that would seem to be no-brainers.
Ocean tides are rising, as various disasters on Long Island and New Jersey have proven, and rivers routinely swell and overflow, from the Seine to the Mississippi. Nobody gives a dam. Damming, isn't it?
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