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So That's What CNN's Political Crew Is Doing On Their Laptops
Posted by John Mahoney at 2:30 AM on October 4, 2008
In the arms race to squeeze more pundits with more laptops into a single stage, CNN has always held the lead. They're for keeping an up-to-the-second finger on the blogosphere's pulse, receiving sordid tips from 21st-century Deep Throats, yes? Tell that to CNN's legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin--what you up to on that screen there, Jeff?
Yeah, just watchin' a little pitch-by-pitch playoff baseball. Despite being from NYC, looks like Toobin had to keep watch of the Cubs action last night as they continued their epic choke, dropping to 0-2 against the Dodgers at home. But I can't say I blame him--being part of CNN's pundit brigade is probably doable while half in the bag on 45 minutes of sleep. Just ask James Carville. [Thanks Mark for the pic! And Nihal and Alex too]
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MacAttack7388
Posted 2:49 AM 4/10/08
I'm browsing Gizmodo during class, so I guess we all need our distractions
MacAttack7388
m4ximusprim3
Posted 2:46 AM 4/10/08
@smartboydan hates college: So, Dan, what was your reaction to Palin referring to her rival as "senator O'Biden"?
Dan: Eat turret, heavy! Fuck! *rat tat tat*
m4ximusprim3
smartboydan hates college
Posted 2:41 AM 4/10/08
Eh, there only human. If it was me, I'd be playing TF2 with the trackpad and cussing loudly anytime I got killed.
smartboydan hates college
ripfire
Posted 2:39 AM 4/10/08
Oh come on. They're just humans, not machines... Or are they?? o_O **Dah Dum Duuummmmm!!!**
ripfire
cdog77
Posted 2:38 AM 4/10/08
Hey, at least they work...the anchors where I work all have laptops in front of them, but they are just props. They don't even turn on...
They even sell it as real by pretending to be looking up something as the show comes back from break...
cdog77
bpapa9013
Posted 2:35 AM 4/10/08
Well, at least is wasn't goatse...
bpapa9013
carsly
Posted 2:35 AM 4/10/08
What was the score? For HD that shot is a little blurry.
carsly
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 2:33 AM 4/10/08
You'd figure he'd be using ESPN LiveCast. During September, everyone in the office has a LiveCast window open at some point in the day.
OMG! Ponies!
awirtanen
Posted 3:18 AM 4/10/08
He's probably rooting for the Dodgers because of Joe Torre.
awirtanen
DataScream
Posted 3:14 AM 4/10/08
I half expected Fark to be on there honestly
DataScream
reddingofish
Posted 3:11 AM 4/10/08
I always thought they used them as teleprompters. I've seen them use them for email. If they are like other reporters that I have known then they constantly surf news sites. News reporters surf news sites and sports reporters surf sports sites and play fantasy sports while they work.
reddingofish
ashamaniq
Posted 3:10 AM 4/10/08
Oh big deal... I'm at work getting stuff done... and on gizmodo...
what's the difference?
Yeah yeah I'm not that popular and I'm not on TV
ashamaniq
Crashnburn01
Posted 3:09 AM 4/10/08
Good thing he wasn't cruising a porn site! lol!
Crashnburn01
MagnoliaBoy
Posted 3:42 AM 4/10/08
This describes 80% of Gizmodo web traffic.
MagnoliaBoy
venomous_duck41
Posted 3:36 AM 4/10/08
@wjousts: But hes a Sux lovin Cubs hater. Then again, if you hated the Cubbies then last nights game would have been a good one to keep tabs on.
venomous_duck41
wjousts
Posted 3:30 AM 4/10/08
Obama's from Chicago, see the connection now. It was work after all.
wjousts
LoudBanana
Posted 3:25 AM 4/10/08
@carsly: 10-3 Dodgers.
LoudBanana
T-Will
Posted 4:10 AM 4/10/08
www.foxnews.com ???
T-Will
ester
Posted 4:01 AM 4/10/08
That doesn't look like Wrigley to me... anyone know?
ester
rjp
Posted 4:01 AM 4/10/08
@carsly: Looks like it is a photo of an HD screen.
rjp
sansovino
Posted 3:59 AM 4/10/08
Go Cubs!
sansovino
Curves
Posted 3:58 AM 4/10/08
I was chatting and streaming the debate. Pretty much the same thing actually.
Curves
misterwho
Posted 3:56 AM 4/10/08
...What've you got, Jeff?
"Yeah, uhm...the debate... yeah, the internet says Biden won, that's right, Biden."
misterwho
v0ice
Posted 4:22 AM 4/10/08
@Crashnburn01: ZOMG ur so right!!1!!!11one!11!exlcamationpoint!1
v0ice
DozeUser
Posted 4:20 AM 4/10/08
@smartboydan hates college:
sounds like a good idea
DozeUser
badhatharry
Posted 4:11 AM 4/10/08
@misterwho: ...What've yo ugot, Jeff?
"Yeah, Biden's up 10-3 in the bottom of the eighth. Palin's trying to bunt."
badhatharry
The Sports Hernia
Posted 4:59 AM 4/10/08
What a hero.
The Sports Hernia
takashimiike 7
Posted 4:47 AM 4/10/08
Porn?
takashimiike 7
roflwaffles
Posted 5:18 AM 4/10/08
Looks kinda like a steam chat window to me.
roflwaffles
adocious
Posted 5:17 AM 4/10/08
@undefined: Me too, since the guy obviously has no taste.
adocious
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
Posted 5:48 AM 4/10/08
I was watching episodes of The Office on Hulu a few minutes ago. Power to the....whomever.
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
Con Seannery
Posted 5:35 AM 4/10/08
Anchor: "Bill, what are your feeli-"
Bill: "YEAH! GO DODGERS! KICK THEIR ASSES!"
That was the last day bill was on the show...
Con Seannery
ester
Posted 6:04 AM 4/10/08
@roflwaffles: steam chat? It's clearly MLB.com's gamecast...
ester
Phenostar
Posted 5:50 AM 4/10/08
@Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E: This stuff is nothing. A former coworker of mine would play WOW all day, on the clock. Till he got fired of course. Took them a while, though. He had to be here doing that for at least 2 months.
Phenostar
se.blackheart
Posted 6:16 AM 4/10/08
@Phenostar: still nothing, a former employee of mine would watch tv, take naps and run a side business selling Nikes and my director wouldn't fire him because he was "his" hire.
se.blackheart
Ginsu
Posted 6:15 AM 4/10/08
@Crashnburn01: You are hereby promoted as ordered: Field Marshal Obvious.
Ginsu
davidfbecker
Posted 8:17 AM 4/10/08
Go Dodgers! LA Local here, can't wait for tomorrow's game :)
davidfbecker
Ellomdian
Posted 8:32 AM 4/10/08
God bless HD - 2-3 years ago all we would have seen at that magnification would be blur...
Ellomdian
adaorardor
Posted 9:56 AM 4/10/08
@ashamaniq: if you can browse gizmodo while you work, you're overpaid.
unless, somehow, browsing gizmodo is your work..
adaorardor
redclear55
Posted 12:59 PM 4/10/08
this article was just mentioned on CNN's AC 360... nice.
redclear55
Pixlmonkey
Posted 12:08 AM 5/10/08
the internet is a series of toobins..
Pixlmonkey
trongod05
Posted 4:44 AM 5/10/08
My guess is that's the Naked News [www.nakednews.com]
trongod05
NotChoinski
Posted 6:43 AM 7/10/08
I guess that explains his comment from the transcript:
"...what the Governor had to do leading into this debate, and convincingly, was - OH CHRIST! MY GRANDMOTHER COULD HAVE HIT THAT. GODDDDDAMMIT! - oh, where was I?"
NotChoinski
discounteggroll
Posted 11:56 AM 7/10/08
68,000 views and all I got was this lousy pagerank? something's fishy
discounteggroll