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"The Daily Show" Takes CNN to Task for Their Tactless Unbelievable Insensitivity

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (32)

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So, I was watching “The Daily Show” last night, after Mitt Romney’s blow-out in New Hampshire basically meant that my entire Tuesday night was ruined because there would be no drama, embarrassing or otherwise. It’s always something of a letdown on election nights because Jon Stewart pre-tapes, which means that I don’t have an opinion about the winners and losers until the next night, because obviously — as a libtard sheep — I am incapable of independent thought. Anyway, I was kind of snoring through the first segment, and didn’t expect much from the second one when Ashleigh Banfield shows up and my ears perked.

I’ve had a crush on Banfield for years: She was like the Lisa Loeb of MSNBC back in the 90s, but now she’s on a new CNN show, “Early Start” which airs from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. And those wacky ladies on “Early Start” thought it’d be fun to cold call an important person at 5 a.m., wake her up, and ask her some questions. They randomly chose Kerry Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy’s daughter, whose displeasure with being phoned at 5 in the goddamn morning could’ve only been compounded by the HORRIBLY INAPPROPRIATE LINE OF QUESTIONING.

Take it from here, Jon. Warning: Your Soul May Cringe.









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Comments

Good grief. This was painful. You're a goddamned grown up, Ashleigh Banfield. Behave like one.

Posted by: TheNinth at January 11, 2012 11:00 AM

Welp, that was a fun few years. guess I should change my Rolodex on Banfield from "wrongly-fired newswoman best remembered for being a lone voice of sensibility in the Iraq War media echochamber" to "wrongly-employed jackass who does on the air what I have successfully avoided at my drunkest moments."

Posted by: Jettison at January 11, 2012 11:03 AM

I had to Google Ashleigh Banfield, and found out she's from my hometown.

I'm sorry.

Posted by: Groundloop at January 11, 2012 11:14 AM

Hello? May I please speak to I.C. Weiner?? Is there an I.C. Weiner there? How about Amanda Hugandkiss?

Are you F*$&ing kidding me?

Posted by: PerpetualIntern at January 11, 2012 11:25 AM

Yikes. I just was watching that episode at work and had to fast forward the Kennedy questions after "are you still haunted..." NOPE.

Seriously, which producer though this was a good idea to fill time?? The worst part is she's reading those questions off that paper, which means there was a discussion that involved "is calling the Kennedys (Kennedies?) at 5 AM and asking if they're haunted by the death of their father a good idea? Yeah, it's ratings gold!"

Posted by: aroorda at January 11, 2012 11:29 AM

This brings back memories of middle school... not as an adult... really.... that's just SAD! and FUNNY

Posted by: El L Cool J at January 11, 2012 11:39 AM

This is what CNN gets for hiring Frank Rizzo and Sol Rosenberg as their new morning producers.

Posted by: bleujayone at January 11, 2012 11:44 AM

Are you, or one of your loved ones, plagued by a surfeit of open-mindedness? Do you have a bad habit of giving alleged evil-doers the benefit of the doubt? Do you feel sorry for the less fortunate despite their manifest failure to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and achieve personal wealth as is the duty and right of every good American? Does Obama still seem like a good choice? Are you eating the grass instead of smoking it? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be suffering from a condition known as libtard sheepdom (Ovis Liberatum) and its co-morbid syndrome even-toed ungulation. Talk to your doctor about the new Foxygen™ Inhaler, to see if it’s right for you. You need not suffer in silence. You can be freed from the burden of compassion.

Side Effects May Include:

Gay Republicanism
Gerrymandered Uterus
Murdoch Prolapse
Teabag Hoarding
OCD (Obsessive Clinton Disorder)
Arrythmia Coulteri
Loss of Empathy
Inability to Ask or Tell
Headrush to Judgment

Please consult your health care provider before beginning any health care program.

Posted by: Fascico Incorporated at January 11, 2012 11:55 AM

Yup, Fascico Inc. wins. That was comment gold, people.

Oh, and yes, that CNN segment is probably the stupidest idea anyone has ever come up with, ever.

Posted by: birdgal (another amy) at January 11, 2012 12:37 PM

Rizzo! R-I-Z-Z-O!

Posted by: Riles at January 11, 2012 12:38 PM

Glad to see I haven't missed anything during my media ban. Hey. I have a friend whose mother died of a heart attack in the middle of the night. I should call her at 4AM and see if she has any fond memories of that day.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at January 11, 2012 12:42 PM

I watched The Daily Show last night. I could barely sit through it the first time. I'm incapable of doing it again. I have no idea who the lady is, but all I could think was, "What an asshole." Hope her paycheck makes this shit worth it.

Posted by: Kala at January 11, 2012 1:08 PM

Trainwreck of the year, and it's only January 11th.

Posted by: QueeferSutherland at January 11, 2012 1:24 PM

I turn my cell phone off when I go to bed. This confirms the rightness of my decision. Not that CNN would be calling me, but there's a lotta idiots out there. I had a client call me at midnight on a saturday night, for chrissake's, just to tell me she had organized some paperwork I asked for. There's also my mother, who is often awake at 4 in the morning and might have something important to share about her cats. I adore sleep way too much for this shit.

Posted by: PrincessPiglet at January 11, 2012 1:43 PM

Hey Fascico. You hiring? I haven't actually lived off the forced-labor of small children, or intentionally destabilized resource-rich countries here or abroad, but I did work for Uncle back in the day, building ... questionable things.

So, maybe the farm team? Call me. Of course you know the number.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at January 11, 2012 2:02 PM

as a libtard-sheep

You mean you are one of these?

iCarly was right?!?

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at January 11, 2012 2:14 PM

She's one of ours.

Posted by: Fascico, Inc. at January 11, 2012 2:17 PM

There's also my mother, who is often awake at 4 in the morning and might have something important to share about her cats.

Too funny!

(I'd kill my mother if she did the same. Of course, bless my mother's heart, she does email, so if she had something to share about the cats, she'd just email me.)

Posted by: MM at January 11, 2012 2:21 PM

W. T. F.

. . doesn't even begin to cover it.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at January 11, 2012 2:49 PM

"Please consult your health care provider before beginning any health care program."

Brilliant

Not to deflect any shit from spattering her smugness, but that show was brainstormed, planned and implemented by more than just Banfield. It is her face there, but there seems to be plenty of stoopid to go around.

Posted by: Protoguy at January 11, 2012 3:52 PM

Thankfully, Kerry Kennedy's reply to that horrendous question was not shown, I don't think I could have sat through it.

Posted by: kirbyjay at January 11, 2012 4:28 PM

More evidence that I need not worry about wasting my degree in journalism (I work in advertising).

Pretty bad when something makes "Ow My Balls" look more mature and dignified by comparison.

Posted by: Slash at January 11, 2012 5:32 PM

I was not shocked at all when it was shown (i never miss TDS and TCR). The media is a bunch of fucking evil heartless pieces of disgusting worthless shit. All they do is harrass, lie, insult, go into private lives, spit out propaganda, whine about themselves and destroy lives, carreers, families and businesses. I mostly blame all the morons who watch them, if these dumbasses would not listen to them then they will have no choice but to actually do their job!

Posted by: Nancy at January 11, 2012 6:52 PM

I wonder if this makes me a douche, but I'm more bugged by the second prank call, telling some random private person you're the FBI.

The Kennedy family has been full of public figures for about 2.5 generations. It ain't right, but even the ones - the Kennedys - who live private lives have to expect some splash damage. A Kennedy who gives her home phone number to a "journalist" with impulse control problems ... what did you think was going to happen?

So, yeah, douchery of the first order by some b-team infotainment "journalist." And Dawn must be in trouble since it's Tuesday.

I mostly want to hear more about J-Stew's dream. Riding a dinosaur naked through your middle school? Where can I get some of whatever he was on, because that would be awesome!

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at January 11, 2012 7:24 PM

I thought I was totally desensitized to this type of UTTERLY TACTLESS BULLSHIT, but Jesus on a hotplate... That is beyond crass.

Posted by: Colin at January 11, 2012 8:48 PM

If somebody calls me before 7am it better be because

1. Somebody important is dead
2. Somebody important is in the hospital
3. Somebody important is calling from jail and wants me to bail them out. (I won't, by the way. So don't call.)
4. My house is on fire and somehow this is the easiest way to tell me.
5. Somebody is notifying me that I will be receiving a large amount of money. Call me any time for this.

But outside of the above reasons? I wish a bitch would call me at 5am. And by that I mean, Bitch, do not call me early in the morning.

Posted by: greer at January 11, 2012 8:56 PM

For my first comment in this site... all I have to do is quote.

"wrongly-employed jackass who does on the air what I have successfully avoided at my drunkest moments."

Posted by: Jettison at January 11, 2012 11:03 AM

I have nothing to add as a response to that clip; and wasn't as well-spoken in my thoughts. Well played Jettison, if this continues I will slink back to less useful corners of the internet where I can at least appear intelligent by comparison.

Posted by: ertdfg at January 11, 2012 9:53 PM

Oh ertdfg, considering CNN is doing crap like this ANY comment will become intelligent by comparison. So come on in, we don't bite.
Well, yes we do but only in a fun way.

Posted by: cinekat at January 12, 2012 3:58 AM

And Fascico - I need to see a video ad of that. Like now. You rock.

Posted by: cinekat at January 12, 2012 3:59 AM

'Jesus on a hotplate... '

Posted by: Colin at January 11, 2012 8:48 PM

---------

Thank you for that.

Putting that alongside 'Christ on a bendy bus'.

But fuck that's made me hungry. Which is odd for a veggie. I guess I could put one of those church biscuits on a hotplate. Nah that wouldn't work... Well, off to the morgue I go then.

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Posted by: cathrine at January 12, 2012 4:52 AM

I co-sign everything Greer said.

This situation is a case of exceptional ass-hattery.

Posted by: MB at January 12, 2012 7:19 AM