Is CNN the New SNL?
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Many have long awaited the day when Saturday Night Live and the late night talk shows would stop stumping for Obama and start conjuring up a little satire aimed at our not-so-new President.
The writing team at SNL no doubt amused many of their viewers with a spoof of President Obama that was surprisingly biting and pretty funny.
[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] But the sketch itself was not nearly as interesting and darkly entertaining to this political junkie as the CNN coverage – no joke, the CNN coverage — of this comedy bit.
Cue Wolf Blitzer. Now visualize the red alert box on the bottom of the screen reading, “NEW DEVELOPMENTS… PRES. OBAMA HAS DONE ‘NOTHING, NADA’: Checking ‘facts’ in SNL pres. spoof.” Now that is comedy gold.
[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] As James Taranto points out in The Wall Street Journal Online:
Did I miss a meeting? When did venerable news organizations start fact-checking comedy shows? Look out, South Park! On the plus side, maybe the MSM will move on toward fact-checking actual news stories (ACORN scandal, anyone?). But when you’ve stopped laughing at the sketch and/or the absurd “news” coverage, take a breath and a victory lap. Either this is yet another example of the Left taking itself much too seriously, or else this is what fear looks like. Who’s got the last laugh? |
