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CNN Responds To Giz's Pundit-Laptop Baseball-Watching Exposé
Posted by John Mahoney at 9:00 AM on October 7, 2008
Update! After our shocking reveal of exactly what happens on CNN pundits' laptops while Anderson Cooper is blabbing about Sarah Palin (thanks again, Mark), the folks at the world's Most Trusted Name in News have responded. Unable to let such a scandal sit unanswered, on Friday night's 360 Cooper dialed up legal analyst and guilty baseball fan Jeffrey Toobin himself for an explanation. Busted!
Update! After our
Gotta love Anderson's tone when mentioning his "friends at Gizmodo." We love you too, dude--if there's anything else we can do to help drive your news cycle, you know where to find us! Toobin, thankfully, handles it like a champ and is now our new favourite television legal analyst.
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danger the pirate
Posted 10:32 AM 7/10/08
proper response from giz: "we're not your friends, buddy!"
danger the pirate
vasha
Posted 10:32 AM 7/10/08
Gizmodo needs to go off on cnn.
Communist news network.
vasha
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 10:32 AM 7/10/08
@altus:
Dubbya = Playboy channel
McCain = History channel
Obama = BET
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
altus
Posted 10:20 AM 7/10/08
Way to go Giz!
Now here is a quiz: What is W watching during those war briefings?
What is McCain watching?
What is Barak watching?
altus
Burgundy Corningstone
Posted 10:16 AM 7/10/08
HA! Is this the first time I did this? Is that the question...
"I'm going to have to consult with my lawyerly text books to determine what you mean by the following words, "First", "Time", "You" and "This."
Something tells me that guy is not feeling altogether safe about his future right now. Cooper is probably having him fitted for a butler outfit.
WAY TO GO GIZ!
Burgundy Corningstone
mykalt45
Posted 10:14 AM 7/10/08
That was fun.
mykalt45
purple-pillows
Posted 10:11 AM 7/10/08
they handled this awesomely... basically they just make fun of him...
and i want to see scene shots of everyone at giz when they submit a story... that would be great, you know minus the blog submit screen.
purple-pillows
efenili
Posted 10:11 AM 7/10/08
haha, that was funny :)
And I think Anderson Cooper is friggin great, best show for news period.
efenili
cardboredbox
Posted 10:10 AM 7/10/08
OMG Your famous!
cardboredbox
AJ_Syrinx
Posted 10:08 AM 7/10/08
Nice one, Giz. I thought CNN was gonna let this one go but they didn't. Good stuff!
AJ_Syrinx
vinnyr
Posted 10:04 AM 7/10/08
Nice Job Giz! You got on CNN, Your in the big leagues now! Im really surprised people at cnn check giz!
vinnyr
dorylomorphs
Posted 10:03 AM 7/10/08
PWND
dorylomorphs
Glare
Posted 10:02 AM 7/10/08
Talk shit about CNN Giz, maybe they'll call you a friend that's just playing rough.
Glare
Acemonster
Posted 10:52 AM 7/10/08
@Galley:
yes ... or at least I do..
Acemonster
Galley
Posted 10:47 AM 7/10/08
Doesn't everyone have MLB Gameday open on their desktop?
Galley
Toshie
Posted 10:45 AM 7/10/08
@altus: What is W watching?
+ Watch video
What is McCain watching?
[www.popcrunch.com]
What is Barak watching?
+ Watch video
Toshie
Curves
Posted 10:45 AM 7/10/08
Giz: Watching the guys who are watching us.
(Personally I usually have a game of Bullsh*t Bingo going on with coworkers during these "important" meetings.)
Curves
dvda
Posted 10:42 AM 7/10/08
@altus:
Obama's watching this video over and over. Tapping is fingers together and saying "excellent"
+ Watch video
dvda
Evangelion
Posted 10:42 AM 7/10/08
Gizmodo is GOD!!!
Evangelion
ripfire
Posted 10:41 AM 7/10/08
@sridhar3: Abject denial works %75 of the time. I think he'll be ok.
ripfire
DangerousDac
Posted 10:40 AM 7/10/08
@danger the pirate: Reply from CNN: "were not your buddy, guys!"
DangerousDac
Daytodaz3
Posted 10:38 AM 7/10/08
@danger the pirate: "we're not your buddy, guy!"
Daytodaz3
sridhar3
Posted 10:35 AM 7/10/08
I hope he doesn't get fired.
sridhar3
Marco172
Posted 11:09 AM 7/10/08
@vinnyr: You're*
Marco172
StopTheLHC
Posted 10:58 AM 7/10/08
I'm not mad at you Toobin, I'm just disappointed.
StopTheLHC
discounteggroll
Posted 11:33 AM 7/10/08
"famous by association"
I could live with that title
discounteggroll
yablunk
Posted 11:25 AM 7/10/08
@StopTheLHC: To say that I'm disappointed would be an understatement...
yablunk
hiimcliff
Posted 11:19 AM 7/10/08
Anybody have the youtube of this on air phone call?
hiimcliff
AlanR
Posted 11:19 AM 7/10/08
Gotta love the cross site work.
Well done everyone.
AlanR
hiimcliff
Posted 11:17 AM 7/10/08
@dvda: I love the message in this... but this is seriously weirding me out.
hiimcliff
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 11:16 AM 7/10/08
CNN is SO getting into blogs these days...
Few months ago, DannyChoo received a great spot on CNN... now Giz.
My blog will never be there, but I'm somewhat happy that bloggers are receiving this much attention nowadays... recognition.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
AztecDragon
Posted 11:34 AM 7/10/08
@DangerousDac: "we're not your guy, friend!"
AztecDragon
P3nnst8r
Posted 12:02 PM 7/10/08
Hey i would do the same thing. You can only listen to Anderson Cooper for so long.
P3nnst8r
ffmusicdj
Posted 11:57 AM 7/10/08
Anderson... yum XD
ffmusicdj
Con Seannery
Posted 12:46 PM 7/10/08
The Patented GIZMODO Plan for World Domination (TM):
1) Catch pundit watching MLB
2) Get mentioned on CNN
3) Get mentioned on Fox News
4) Get Obama to stencil logo into suit
5) Order Obamian Horde to take up arms
6) Make demands
Con Seannery
mflembeck
Posted 12:38 PM 7/10/08
Now go back and check Soledad O'Brien's ability to count balls and strikes after the debate. While asking for a show of hands from her focus group who would vote for Biden, she proclaims, "overwhelming!!" Then she asks for hands in favor of Palin. Had to back up the Tivo to confirm, but the vote was 13-12 in favor of Palin! So much for unbiased reporting.....
mflembeck
buckeye17
Posted 12:57 PM 7/10/08
@Marco172: Dude, stfu.
buckeye17
ezman
Posted 1:21 PM 7/10/08
@AztecDragon: I'm not your friend, asshole!
I don't think that was the way the thread was going, but I just brought it there. Good movie.
ezman
P3nnst8r
Posted 1:46 PM 7/10/08
@Con Seannery:
Where's the Profit step?
P3nnst8r
FredicvsMaximvs
Posted 2:43 PM 7/10/08
@buckeye17: Why do you hate America?
FredicvsMaximvs
Con Seannery
Posted 3:03 PM 7/10/08
@P3nnst8r: That's the beauty of it, it isn't there, the world will NEVER see it coming...
Con Seannery
justhesh
Posted 3:55 PM 7/10/08
Even baseball is less boring than hearing about Palin for the millionth time.
justhesh
Strider-No.9
Posted 3:51 PM 7/10/08
Who is that girl again she is so hot.
Strider-No.9
yashichi8bit
Posted 3:44 PM 7/10/08
Win!
yashichi8bit
Pixelantes Anonymous
Posted 4:16 PM 7/10/08
@altus:
W: boogers he dug out of his nose
McCain: AARP ads
Barack: twitter feed on "change"
Pixelantes Anonymous
Nathan Drake
Posted 8:38 PM 7/10/08
Aaah, beautiful :D
Nathan Drake
grubish1
Posted 11:34 PM 7/10/08
Someone's firewall was just enhanced a bit. Now weel see how much longer Giz works on our corporate servers.
grubish1
GadgetPlay
Posted 12:39 AM 8/10/08
@mflembeck: What would ever lead you to expect unbiased reporting on CNN?
GadgetPlay
simplegreen
Posted 12:39 AM 8/10/08
@Glare:
Awesome now all they have to do is admit and change how damn politically biased they are. Its rather annoying.
simplegreen
bpapa9013
Posted 3:13 AM 8/10/08
@vasha: That's a bad thing?
bpapa9013
bpapa9013
Posted 3:12 AM 8/10/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: "Dubbya = Playboy channel
McCain = History channel
Obama = BET"
Um...
McCain = The Military History Channel (duh?)
Yes that is actually a real channel (affiliated with the Hist Chan).
bpapa9013
Killjoy
Posted 3:12 AM 8/10/08
@vasha: "cnn... Communist news network."
Given that the US government frequently intervenes in the free market and, as such, has a command economy, I'm wondering how this is a problem.
Killjoy
bpapa9013
Posted 3:09 AM 8/10/08
@simplegreen: Watch MSNBC for a while and then try to complain about bias on CNN.
bpapa9013
DeusExMach
Posted 4:16 AM 8/10/08
@FredicvsMaximvs: And puppies.
DeusExMach
CYST!
Posted 6:37 AM 8/10/08
@yablunk: why? wouldn't you look at Giz at work? I do. I also use ESPN at work.
No points awarded to these guys- continue blogging, thanks.
CYST!
CYST!
Posted 6:35 AM 8/10/08
@ezman: you should've been there sooner. I thought it was meant to.
CYST!
snubz
Posted 6:30 AM 8/10/08
@buckeye17: No, you.
snubz
Nick_Bentley
Posted 4:13 PM 8/10/08
Yeah Anderson Cooper is cool because he doesn't pander to anyone for a sound bite, he's not full of crap. A lot of other journalists will do or say anything to make a story sound more dramatic or make them sound more important. I think the journalists who put the drama aside are the ones who do the best in the long run.
Nick_Bentley