2016 Postmortem

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts) Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:36 AM Oct 2016

Hey! Media! stop treating us like children!!!

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/07/media/vulgar-comments-donald-trump-headlines/index.html?iid=surge-story-summary

The Washington Post, which broke the news, also censored itself, using "p---y." A story on Fox News' website Friday evening didn't use the quote at all. "The developer and reality TV star-turned GOP presidential candidate uses a vulgar anatomical term and discusses trying to have sex with an unidentified, married woman," the article read.

On the other hand, the historically staid New York Times didn't censor itself, and used the word in full. So did Politico, and NBC News' website. CNN also used the word on air, as well as in its its stories online, but presented a disclaimer at the top -- as in this article -- warning readers of the graphic language. (It also bleeped the f-word on air.)

all akimbo about those seven words, 50 years later. what a world

show us mass murdering mayhem....bloody body parts splashed in the streets

violence porn on the nightly police procedural/pathology dreck that pollutes the airwaves

but, lorda mighty....the P word!

the T word

the B word, even!

twist my shorts in a wad, slap my ass and call me sally,

how old do these hypocritical Salemites think the average adult is, and how many THOUSANDS of times do they think we've such such billingsgate. do we need protection like that?

how I loathe them all

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Hey! Media! stop treating us like children!!! (Original Post) Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 OP

Consarne his orange tallywacker! Lint Head Oct 2016 #1

dad gum it! Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #7

Ha!!! Lint Head Oct 2016 #8

belly up to the chuckwagon with a hot load of this: Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #10

"Stand back from the televisionary set!" longship Oct 2016 #14

TV or not TV..... Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #15

Nope... longship Oct 2016 #16

TV or not TV was an album by Proctor and Bergman, satirizing the early daze of cable Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #18

"Hey! Wild Bill, wait for me!" longship Oct 2016 #22

heeyonk! I so remember that line! we used play wild bill/jingles, and shoot the hell out of each Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #23

IMHO is actually has more impact this way. The_Casual_Observer Oct 2016 #2

CNN used the "fuck" quote on its website, uncensored. regnaD kciN Oct 2016 #3

interesting.....can you link it here? the CNN story I cited didn't even MENTION it! Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #4

A comment I made about Mike "Pussy" Pence the other day got removed Cakes488 Oct 2016 #5

That was a prick of a thing to say. canetoad Oct 2016 #6

hey! how are YOU? any anecdotes as to how this thing is playing out in Australia? not just Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #9

Do NOT over exert yourself canetoad Oct 2016 #12

thanks! will check that link soon. how bout that poor guy who got nailed by the red back spider? Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #17

Best book and movie canetoad Oct 2016 #19

thanks...never heard of either. I've watched a lot of movies from Australia, dating back to the 80s Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #21

You're right lillypaddle Oct 2016 #11

heh...I've been warned twice that ONE MORE time, and I'm forever banned! Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #13

CNN just replayed the P parade from Don Lemon's show. guess what? they BLEEPED all of them! Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #20

5 AM. CNN is now bleeping out all the naughty words, and covering up the nasty spellings Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #24

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

1. Consarne his orange tallywacker!

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:38 AM

Oct 2016

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

7. dad gum it!

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:03 AM

Oct 2016

stop yer caterwauling! I gotta hankerin to string you and yer kind up at the nearest necktie party!

better vamoose before I sic a couple of my starving polecats on ya!

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

8. Ha!!!

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:05 AM

Oct 2016

love Gabby Hayes!

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

10. belly up to the chuckwagon with a hot load of this:

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:13 AM

Oct 2016

the cannon ring shoots!

longship

(40,416 posts)

14. "Stand back from the televisionary set!"

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Reply #10)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:51 AM

Oct 2016

I remember Gabby on the TV in the early 50's.

Quaker Puffed Rice is shot from guns!

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

15. TV or not TV.....

Reply to longship (Reply #14)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:53 AM

Oct 2016

Fred Flam and Clark Cable.....

ring any bells?

longship

(40,416 posts)

16. Nope...

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Reply #15)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:00 AM

Oct 2016

But we had Gabby Hayes, Liberace, The Lady of Charm (local & horrible!), and, of course, fucking Froggy the Gremlin (with Handsome Al, then Andy Devine -- when Al died).

I liked Kukla, Fran, and Ollie, too.

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

18. TV or not TV was an album by Proctor and Bergman, satirizing the early daze of cable

Reply to longship (Reply #16)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:12 AM

Oct 2016

saw them do it live in DC the year to the day after Nixon's resignation

we gave them the best cue for an improve, so we got to meet them after the show

they weren't too keen on it by the time it was over....they were on for about two hours, and were drained

but I digress:

how weird was that andy devine stuff? not to mention Jingles and Wild Bill?

remember how he used to kinda throw the bullets out of his gun?

longship

(40,416 posts)

22. "Hey! Wild Bill, wait for me!"

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Reply #18)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:54 AM

Oct 2016

Indeed, I remember Andy Devine as Jingles. And yes, nobody could shoot accurately like that.

And I am a huge Firesign Theater fan.

A trip down memory lane.

Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

23. heeyonk! I so remember that line! we used play wild bill/jingles, and shoot the hell out of each

Reply to longship (Reply #22)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 04:12 AM

Oct 2016

other with our fanner fifty cap pistols

remember those?

I had guns out the ass back in the day

probly get killed by the coppers if I ran around with any of them today

even had one of those plastic 50 call tommy guns

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

2. IMHO is actually has more impact this way.

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:39 AM

Oct 2016

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

3. CNN used the "fuck" quote on its website, uncensored.

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:42 AM

Oct 2016

I was rather surprised.

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

4. interesting.....can you link it here? the CNN story I cited didn't even MENTION it!

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:47 AM

Oct 2016

not a word about the F word in their brief, unsatisfying junket

Cakes488

(874 posts)

5. A comment I made about Mike "Pussy" Pence the other day got removed

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:49 AM

Oct 2016

someone complained to the moderators and said my comment was sexist because I used the word pussy...I wonder if it would of been oK if I said Mike "Prick" Pence? And now look there is pussy here and pussy there..pussy high and pussy low. I foreshadowed the pussy.

So apparently some of us do need protecting.

canetoad

(17,164 posts)

6. That was a prick of a thing to say.

Reply to Cakes488 (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:51 AM

Oct 2016

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

9. hey! how are YOU? any anecdotes as to how this thing is playing out in Australia? not just

Reply to canetoad (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:07 AM

Oct 2016

today's fiasco, but the election in general

what's the general feeling of the public down under, so to speak?

too lazy to check for myself. it would take several strokes to find out

canetoad

(17,164 posts)

12. Do NOT over exert yourself

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:18 AM

Oct 2016

Hey Gabi,

There's a lot in the papers; concern about treaties etc. Lots of comment, most of it disgusted by Trump. I don't read any of the Murdoch rags - they're all behind paywalls anyway, so most of my news comes from Fairfax (The Age, SMH), or the ABC (national broadcaster).

Fairfax is pretty good. They have a few experienced US journalists who are totally partisan. Sure, there is the odd criticism of Hillary but they are roasting Trump.

I really respect this guy, Paul McGeogh. Sample of today's column:

Tape shows disgusting Donald Trump at his sexist, misogynist worst

Washington: This is disgusting. The unearthing of a 2005 recording of Republican candidate Donald Trump at his sexist, misogynist worst surely puts him beyond the pale for even more voters – women and men.

Crude and crass, this tape has enough political dynamite to destroy his faltering campaign. "This one will cause real damage," Republican pollster Frank Luntz said.

And it confirms the darkest fears of so many in the GOP who opposed his nomination – if a party is reckless enough to run a candidate as dangerous as Trump, it has only itself to blame when cast-iron evidence surfaces of him being his worst self. That he did it in the company of a scion of a revered GOP family – the Bushes – only makes it worse.

The vulgarity is bad enough. Worse is Trump's presumption that men are entitled to treat women purely as sex objects - "when you're a star, they let you do it".

http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-election/crude-and-crass-reaction-to-donald-trumps-demeaning-of-women-swift-20161008-grxt0a.html

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

17. thanks! will check that link soon. how bout that poor guy who got nailed by the red back spider?

Reply to canetoad (Reply #12)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:05 AM

Oct 2016

was that the name of the arachnid in question?

yes:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3564892/Man-bitten-penis-redback-reveals-pranked-doctor.html

unluckiest man in Austrile-yah, twould seem. blimey!

btw, have you heard of the book, The Lieutenant?

here.....love its tale of the first brits to land at botany bay, iirc

A stunning follow-up to her Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning book, The Secret River, Kate Grenville's The Lieutenant is a gripping story about friendship, self-discovery, and the power of language set along the unspoiled shores of 1788 New South Wales. As a boy, Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. Ridiculed in school and misunderstood by his parents, Daniel could only hope, against all the evidence, that he would one day find his place in life. When he joins the marines and travels to New South Wales as a lieutenant on the First Fleet, Daniel finally sees his chance for a new beginning.

As his countrymen struggle to control their cargo of convicts and communicate with those who already inhabit the land, Daniel constructs an observatory to chart the stars and begin the scientific work he prays will make him famous. But the place where they have landed will prove far more revelatory than the night sky. Out on his isolated point, Daniel comes to intimately know the local Aborigines and forges a remarkable connection with one young girl, Tagaran, that will forever change the course of his life.

As the strained coexistence between the Englishmen and the native tribes collapses into violence, Daniel is forced to decide between dedication to his work, allegiance to his country, and his protective devotion to Tagaran and her people. Inspired by the notebooks of British astronomer William Dawes, The Lieutenant is a remarkable story about the poignancy and emotional power of a friendship that defies linguistic and cultural barriers, and shows one ordinary man that he is capable of exceptional courage.

https://www.amazon.com/Lieutenant-Kate-Grenville/dp/0802145035

this book had a very powerful affect on me; can't recommend it highly enough

oh.....how about the movie, Man of Flowers? Paul Cox

canetoad

(17,164 posts)

19. Best book and movie

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Reply #17)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:15 AM

Oct 2016

about Australia?

'The Outcasts of Foolgarah' - Frank Hardy

'Buddies' (1983)

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

21. thanks...never heard of either. I've watched a lot of movies from Australia, dating back to the 80s

Reply to canetoad (Reply #19)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:38 AM

Oct 2016

time to revisit

I loved Wendy Hughes, rest her soul

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)

11. You're right

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:18 AM

Oct 2016

It is the height of ridiculousness. But then again, there are people who think it is disgusting for a mother to breast feed her child. It's a fucked up world, folks. We've had our very own language police here on DU.

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

13. heh...I've been warned twice that ONE MORE time, and I'm forever banned!

Reply to lillypaddle (Reply #11)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 02:35 AM

Oct 2016

the breast feeding thing is amazing, yes? you know about the deposition awhile back when he referred to a lawyer needing to feed her child? he called her disgusting, I believe was the word

I really hope this is it for him and the entire republican party

too bad they have all the money

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

20. CNN just replayed the P parade from Don Lemon's show. guess what? they BLEEPED all of them!

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 03:37 AM

Oct 2016

what a bunch of.....

wait a minute, I can't say it anymore

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

24. 5 AM. CNN is now bleeping out all the naughty words, and covering up the nasty spellings

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:07 AM

Oct 2016

cowards!

you don't think it's all over youtube?

spare us those awful awful WORDS

more blood and guts, please!

how bout some beheadings, or gutspilling, or cop shootings of people in the back? those are much less offensive than the P word, or the B word, or the T word, right?

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