CNN appears set to name a new CEO in the coming days after the leftist
network fired their last CEO over the summer following a damning profile
piece and a town hall debacle involving former President Donald Trump.

Puck News reported that as early as tomorrow, CNN is expected to name former
New York Times Company CEO and BBC director general Mark Thompson to be the
network�s next chairman and CEO.

The report said that Thompson has a reputation for �restructuring legacy
media assets and pursuing innovative growth strategies� and that he could not
be more different than the network�s last CEO, Chris Licht.

Thompson �deftly architected a plan that rescued the business� at The New
York Times �from its darkest financial hour in generations,� the report
added. �His various restructurings and reorgs repositioned the Times Co. as a
product-first company that successfully built out a portfolio of lifestyle
businesses that supported the news gathering organization.�

Licht was fired from the company by Discovery CEO David Zaslav just 16 months
after being picked for the position.

�For a number of reasons things didn�t work out and that�s unfortunate,�
Zaslav said. �It�s really unfortunate. And ultimately that�s on me. And I
take full responsibility for that.�

Zaslav told employees that CNN is �in the process of conducting a wide
search� for a new leader that could �take a while.�

Licht�s tenure at CNN was rough from the start. Weeks after Licht took over
the reins, the cable news giant�s attempt at launching a streaming service
failed after a month in operation, attracting fewer than 10,000 daily users.
The CNN executive also faced criticism from his employees and poor ratings
performances in the news channel�s primetime slots.

Familiar faces on the network, such as longtime journalist Brian Stelter and
host Don Lemon, were axed under Licht�s reign. The tumultuous leadership of
Licht came to a boiling point when the network hosted a town hall with former
President Donald Trump in May. Leftist critics ripped the company for giving
Trump a platform. Politicians and media personalities from Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez to Joe Scarborough were angered by CNN�s decision to host Trump
on the platform that has consistently offered friendly coverage to Democrats.

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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> CNN appears set to name a new CEO in the coming days after the leftist
> network fired their last CEO over the summer following a damning profile
> piece and a town hall debacle involving former President Donald Trump.
>
> Puck News reported that as early as tomorrow, CNN is expected to name former
> New York Times Company CEO and BBC director general Mark Thompson to be the
> network’s next chairman and CEO.
>

The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
their new CEO is.

>
>
> --
> Let's go Brandon!
>
>

--
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On Aug 30, 2023 at 1:30:50 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

> Politicians and media personalities from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Joe
> Scarborough were angered by CNN's decision to host Trump
> on the platform that has consistently offered friendly coverage to Democrats.

"Whaaah! CNN is supposed to be ours! It's supposed to be the mouthpiece for
the DNC! Why are they doing this?!?!"

On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>their new CEO is.
>
I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
September day was pretty memorable.

On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>wrote:
>
>>The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>their new CEO is.
>>
>I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>September day was pretty memorable.

I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
the next person.

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>> their new CEO is.
>>
> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
> September day was pretty memorable.
>

Memorable for its awfulness. Judy Woodruff happened to be in the building
so she got the assignment. And she was right there asking all the atheists
in the audience to pray for the people in the world trade center because
(she said) everybody knows atheists pray when things get bad.

CNN never recovered from 9/11.

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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>> their new CEO is.
>>>
>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>> September day was pretty memorable.
>
> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
> the next person.
>

I watched CNN until it became talkshows instead of news. I’ve been switched
over to headline, although it then eventually became talkshows instead of
news as well.

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On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:47:18 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>> their new CEO is.
>>>>
>>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>> September day was pretty memorable.
>>
>> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>> the next person.
>>
>
>I watched CNN until it became talkshows instead of news. I’ve been switched
>over to headline, although it then eventually became talkshows instead of
>news as well.

Not surprising, after all with the network only being news people
would tend to watch for ten to fifteen minutes a day and then get on
with their lives because the rest of the day's coverage would just be
a repeat. With talk shows they can fill more air time with what at
least appears to be unique coverage, even if there's no real content
included.

On 8/30/23 2:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Aug 30, 2023 at 1:30:50 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> Politicians and media personalities from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Joe
>> Scarborough were angered by CNN's decision to host Trump
>> on the platform that has consistently offered friendly coverage to Democrats.
>
> "Whaaah! CNN is supposed to be ours! It's supposed to be the mouthpiece for
> the DNC! Why are they doing this?!?!"

So true. The truth continues to have a liberal bias. Buttfucking
weasels like you and Pubie appear to be having a problem with this.

On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:54:44 -0400, shawn
<nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>their new CEO is.
>>>
>>I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>September day was pretty memorable.
>
>I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>the next person.

Agreed 1991 was primarily 3 major news events not 1 - but each of the
Gulf War, the Soviet coup and the final lowering of the hammer +
sickle on Christmas Day were extremely intense and dramatic.

(This isn't the version I remember - the CNN version was longer and
far more dramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlscxH0_f4)

Yes I watched a lot of CNN on 9/11/2001 but between the 3 1991 events
definitely watched much more between them.

On 8/30/23 3:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Aug 30, 2023 at 1:30:50 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> Politicians and media personalities from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Joe
>> Scarborough were angered by CNN's decision to host Trump
>> on the platform that has consistently offered friendly coverage to Democrats.
>
> "Whaaah! CNN is supposed to be ours! It's supposed to be the mouthpiece for
> the DNC! Why are they doing this?!?!"
>
>

You sound like my son, when he had a full diaper.
Or maybe you need a nappie.

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On 8/31/2023 2:06 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:54:44 -0400, shawn
> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>> their new CEO is.
>>>>
>>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>> September day was pretty memorable.
>>
>> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>> the next person.
>
> Agreed 1991 was primarily 3 major news events not 1 - but each of the
> Gulf War, the Soviet coup and the final lowering of the hammer +
> sickle on Christmas Day were extremely intense and dramatic.
>
> (This isn't the version I remember - the CNN version was longer and
> far more dramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlscxH0_f4)
>
> Yes I watched a lot of CNN on 9/11/2001 but between the 3 1991 events
> definitely watched much more between them.

I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
like I was unaware of what was happening....

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dirty old man.

On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:00:35 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 8/31/2023 2:06 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:54:44 -0400, shawn
>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>>> their new CEO is.
>>>>>
>>>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>>> September day was pretty memorable.
>>>
>>> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>>> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>>> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>>> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>>> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>>> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>>> the next person.
>>
>> Agreed 1991 was primarily 3 major news events not 1 - but each of the
>> Gulf War, the Soviet coup and the final lowering of the hammer +
>> sickle on Christmas Day were extremely intense and dramatic.
>>
>> (This isn't the version I remember - the CNN version was longer and
>> far more dramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlscxH0_f4)
>>
>> Yes I watched a lot of CNN on 9/11/2001 but between the 3 1991 events
>> definitely watched much more between them.
>
>I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>like I was unaware of what was happening....

In my case we had TVs set up in each of the labs as part of our
testing. So once people heard about the first plane crash they all
gathered around the TVs and we saw what was going on. Needless to say
it left an imprint on everyone for the rest of the day as everyone
went from thinking it was an awful accident to a realization that
these were actual attacks.

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 8/31/2023 2:06 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:54:44 -0400, shawn
>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>>> their new CEO is.
>>>>>
>>>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>>> September day was pretty memorable.
>>>
>>> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>>> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>>> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>>> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>>> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>>> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>>> the next person.
>>
>> Agreed 1991 was primarily 3 major news events not 1 - but each of the
>> Gulf War, the Soviet coup and the final lowering of the hammer +
>> sickle on Christmas Day were extremely intense and dramatic.
>>
>> (This isn't the version I remember - the CNN version was longer and
>> far more dramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlscxH0_f4)
>>
>> Yes I watched a lot of CNN on 9/11/2001 but between the 3 1991 events
>> definitely watched much more between them.
>
> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>

You missed Charlie Sheen being interviewed about how he watched both
strikes live and they were just small Cessna type aircraft and then for all
the recorded replays they used to CGI to make them look like airliners
instead.

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On 8/31/2023 11:11 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 8/31/2023 2:06 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:54:44 -0400, shawn
>>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>>>> their new CEO is.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>>>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>>>> September day was pretty memorable.
>>>>
>>>> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>>>> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>>>> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>>>> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>>>> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>>>> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>>>> the next person.
>>>
>>> Agreed 1991 was primarily 3 major news events not 1 - but each of the
>>> Gulf War, the Soviet coup and the final lowering of the hammer +
>>> sickle on Christmas Day were extremely intense and dramatic.
>>>
>>> (This isn't the version I remember - the CNN version was longer and
>>> far more dramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlscxH0_f4)
>>>
>>> Yes I watched a lot of CNN on 9/11/2001 but between the 3 1991 events
>>> definitely watched much more between them.
>>
>> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>>
>
> You missed Charlie Sheen being interviewed about how he watched both
> strikes live and they were just small Cessna type aircraft and then for all
> the recorded replays they used to CGI to make them look like airliners
> instead.
>
Nope, don't miss that at all.

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dirty old man.

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 8/31/2023 11:11 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> On 8/31/2023 2:06 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:54:44 -0400, shawn
>>>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>>>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>>>>> their new CEO is.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>>>>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>>>>> September day was pretty memorable.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>>>>> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>>>>> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>>>>> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>>>>> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>>>>> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>>>>> the next person.
>>>>
>>>> Agreed 1991 was primarily 3 major news events not 1 - but each of the
>>>> Gulf War, the Soviet coup and the final lowering of the hammer +
>>>> sickle on Christmas Day were extremely intense and dramatic.
>>>>
>>>> (This isn't the version I remember - the CNN version was longer and
>>>> far more dramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlscxH0_f4)
>>>>
>>>> Yes I watched a lot of CNN on 9/11/2001 but between the 3 1991 events
>>>> definitely watched much more between them.
>>>
>>> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>>> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>>> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>>> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>>>
>>
>> You missed Charlie Sheen being interviewed about how he watched both
>> strikes live and they were just small Cessna type aircraft and then for all
>> the recorded replays they used to CGI to make them look like airliners
>> instead.
>>
> Nope, don't miss that at all.
>

“My God, he’s more delusional than Rosie O’Donnell!“

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On 8/31/2023 4:55 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 8/31/2023 11:11 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>> On 8/31/2023 2:06 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:54:44 -0400, shawn
>>>>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>>>>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>>>>>> their new CEO is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>>>>>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>>>>>> September day was pretty memorable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>>>>>> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>>>>>> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>>>>>> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>>>>>> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>>>>>> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>>>>>> the next person.
>>>>>
>>>>> Agreed 1991 was primarily 3 major news events not 1 - but each of the
>>>>> Gulf War, the Soviet coup and the final lowering of the hammer +
>>>>> sickle on Christmas Day were extremely intense and dramatic.
>>>>>
>>>>> (This isn't the version I remember - the CNN version was longer and
>>>>> far more dramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlscxH0_f4)
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes I watched a lot of CNN on 9/11/2001 but between the 3 1991 events
>>>>> definitely watched much more between them.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>>>> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>>>> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>>>> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>>>>
>>>
>>> You missed Charlie Sheen being interviewed about how he watched both
>>> strikes live and they were just small Cessna type aircraft and then for all
>>> the recorded replays they used to CGI to make them look like airliners
>>> instead.
>>>
>> Nope, don't miss that at all.
>>
>
> “My God, he’s more delusional than Rosie O’Donnell!“
>
Hey! I'm nowhere NEAR close to as delusional as Rosie O'Donnell!

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dirty old man.

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 8/31/2023 4:55 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> On 8/31/2023 11:11 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 8/31/2023 2:06 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:54:44 -0400, shawn
>>>>>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:23:39 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:00:23 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The irony is that since CNN stopped being a news organization around the
>>>>>>>>> turn of the century, they have to rely on somebody else to tell us who
>>>>>>>>> their new CEO is.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I dunno - I thought CNN's golden year was 1991 (Iraq, Russian coup,
>>>>>>>> end of the Soviet Union) but 2001 particularly following a certain
>>>>>>>> September day was pretty memorable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't remember watching CNN back in 1991 the same way I did in 2001.
>>>>>>> Probably because it went so different with 1991 just being basic news
>>>>>>> coverage of major events while 2001 was a non-stop, often live
>>>>>>> reporting, of the on-going fighting. It made for a much more visceral
>>>>>>> experience which led to many more people watching for much longer
>>>>>>> periods of time, and I was just as guilty of falling into that trap as
>>>>>>> the next person.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Agreed 1991 was primarily 3 major news events not 1 - but each of the
>>>>>> Gulf War, the Soviet coup and the final lowering of the hammer +
>>>>>> sickle on Christmas Day were extremely intense and dramatic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (This isn't the version I remember - the CNN version was longer and
>>>>>> far more dramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlscxH0_f4)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes I watched a lot of CNN on 9/11/2001 but between the 3 1991 events
>>>>>> definitely watched much more between them.
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>>>>> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>>>>> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>>>>> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You missed Charlie Sheen being interviewed about how he watched both
>>>> strikes live and they were just small Cessna type aircraft and then for all
>>>> the recorded replays they used to CGI to make them look like airliners
>>>> instead.
>>>>
>>> Nope, don't miss that at all.
>>>
>>
>> “My God, he’s more delusional than Rosie O’Donnell!“
>>
> Hey! I'm nowhere NEAR close to as delusional as Rosie O'Donnell!
>

Lol

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/H89GXH/insel-der-geheimen-wnsche-exit-to-eden-usa-1995-regie-garry-marshall-H89GXH.jpg

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On Aug 31, 2023 at 6:32:26 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 8/31/2023 4:55 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>>>>>> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>>>>>> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>>>>>> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>>>>>> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You missed Charlie Sheen being interviewed about how he watched both
>>>>> strikes live and they were just small Cessna type aircraft and then for all
>>>>> the recorded replays they used to CGI to make them look like airliners
>>>>> instead.
>>>>>
>>>> Nope, don't miss that at all.
>>>>
>>> “My God, he’s more delusional than Rosie O’Donnell!“
>>>
>> Hey! I'm nowhere NEAR close to as delusional as Rosie O'Donnell!
>
> Lol
>
>
> https://c8.alamy.com/comp/H89GXH/insel-der-geheimen-wnsche-exit-to-eden-usa-1995-regie-garry-marshall-H89GXH.jpg

I prefer to remember that movie for Dana Delaney in her prime than those
scenes with O'Donnell which make me rush to the sink to wash out my eyes.

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2023 at 6:32:26 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> On 8/31/2023 4:55 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>>>>>>> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>>>>>>> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>>>>>>> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>>>>>>> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You missed Charlie Sheen being interviewed about how he watched both
>>>>>> strikes live and they were just small Cessna type aircraft and then for all
>>>>>> the recorded replays they used to CGI to make them look like airliners
>>>>>> instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Nope, don't miss that at all.
>>>>>
>>>> “My God, he’s more delusional than Rosie O’Donnell!“
>>>>
>>> Hey! I'm nowhere NEAR close to as delusional as Rosie O'Donnell!
>>
>> Lol
>>
>>> https://c8.alamy.com/comp/H89GXH/insel-der-geheimen-wnsche-exit-to-eden-usa-1995-regie-garry-marshall-H89GXH.jpg
>
> I prefer to remember that movie for Dana Delaney in her prime than those
scenes with O'Donnell which make me rush to the sink to wash out my eyes.
>

You’d rather see Shiri Appleby, 17 months pregnant?

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On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:00:35 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>like I was unaware of what was happening....

I remember that morning (we're on the west coast) quite well and my
aunt who lives 400 miles away called and said to "get the TV on right
away something big is happening in NY City" I told the missus to ask
her which channel and the response was "pretty much any of them I
expect!"
(To which my response to milady was "Hooooollllllyyyy SH*********!!")

At which point we got the TV on and watched coverage in stunned
disbelief until I had to go to work. Needless to say customers had a
lot more to say about NYC than usual and virtually none of it had to
do with shopping...

On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:21:38 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>> “My God, he’s more delusional than Rosie O’Donnell!“
>>
>Hey! I'm nowhere NEAR close to as delusional as Rosie O'Donnell!

Thank you for relieving our concerns on that subject.

On 9/1/2023 10:59 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:21:38 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>>> “My God, he’s more delusional than Rosie O’Donnell!“
>>>
>> Hey! I'm nowhere NEAR close to as delusional as Rosie O'Donnell!
>
> Thank you for relieving our concerns on that subject.

Thank you, talking goat. ;)

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On Aug 31, 2023 at 10:13:05 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 31, 2023 at 6:32:26 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>> On 8/31/2023 4:55 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>>>>>>>> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>>>>>>>> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>>>>>>>> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You missed Charlie Sheen being interviewed about how he watched both
>>>>>>> strikes live and they were just small Cessna type aircraft and then for all
>>>>>>> the recorded replays they used to CGI to make them look like airliners
>>>>>>> instead.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nope, don't miss that at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>> “My God, he’s more delusional than Rosie O’Donnell!“
>>>>>
>>>> Hey! I'm nowhere NEAR close to as delusional as Rosie O'Donnell!
>>>
>>> Lol
>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://c8.alamy.com/comp/H89GXH/insel-der-geheimen-wnsche-exit-to-eden-usa-1995-regie-garry-marshall-H89GXH.jpg
>>
>> I prefer to remember that movie for Dana Delaney in her prime than those
> scenes with O'Donnell which make me rush to the sink to wash out my eyes.
>
> You’d rather see Shiri Appleby, 17 months pregnant?

How did those become my only two choices?!?!

On Sep 1, 2023 at 1:09:29 AM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:00:35 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> I didn't watch anything about the 9/11 attack on the day of the attack
>> or even for a couple of days after. But at the time I was working as a
>> programmer on and tech support for 911 dispatch systems so it wasn't
>> like I was unaware of what was happening....
>
> I remember that morning (we're on the west coast) quite well and my
> aunt who lives 400 miles away called and said to "get the TV on right
> away something big is happening in NY City" I told the missus to ask
> her which channel and the response was "pretty much any of them I
> expect!"
> (To which my response to milady was "Hooooollllllyyyy SH*********!!")
>
> At which point we got the TV on and watched coverage in stunned
> disbelief until I had to go to work. Needless to say customers had a
> lot more to say about NYC than usual and virtually none of it had to
> do with shopping...

I was in Houston giving a presentation on how to detect counterfeit currency
to a roomful of Customs and Border Patrol officers when suddenly every pager
in the room started going off. (Yes, we still used pagers back then.)

When I finally found a free phone and contacted the field office, I was told
that New York City and Washington, DC were under terrorist attack and the
president was on Air Force One, heading to NASA's Ellington Field outside of
Houston and to report there immediately and rendezvous with military assets to
secure the airport for his arrival.

It turned out to be wasted effort because they changed course mid-flight and
landed at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana because there were broadcasting
facilities there that Bush could use to address the nation that Ellington
didn't have.