What saying by the media irks you to no end?

[hanso]

What saying by the media irks you to no end?
Lately the one for me is
What say you?
Are these folks Yoda or reporters/journalists?

[Dude!]

i hate when they
are naming a town or person
in another country
and they try to say the name
with the correct foreign accent

never comes out sounding right

[rgaimari]

"Person of Interest"

[biggestmexi]

jimmy and "knee jerk reaction"

BLECH!

he got Ronnie saying it.

[SatCam]

terrorist
9/11

[KnoxHarrington]

i hate when they
are naming a town or person
in another country
and they try to say the name
with the correct foreign accent

never comes out sounding right

The worst was around the time of the Iraq invasion, when reporters decided to "correctly" pronounce the name of the tiny Arab emirate where the US Central Command is located. It's Qatar, of course, and for years, people had pronounced it "KAH-tahr." But they tried to make it sound more "Arabic", so it became "Cutter" or "Gutter".

NPR did a story on this at the time where they had some natives of Qatar pronounce it the way they do, and they made a sound that I've only made when I've had severe bronchitis. It's a sound I'm not sure I can make, because I haven't been speaking Arabic from birth. So, therefore, I'll just say "KAH-tahr", thank you very much.

[TjM]

What's happening on Wall Street is affecting Main Street

[Snoogans]

I hate the way they badmouth Somali pirates

[TjM]

Also I know he's sports media but

YANKEES WIN YANKEES WIN THA_A_A_A_A_A_A_A_A YANKEES WIN.


Makes me want to hurt people

[Snoogans]

Thats not really media. Thats an announcers catch phrase. Thats not something all the sports media says

[TjM]

Thats not really media. Thats an announcers catch phrase. Thats not something all the sports media says

Point taken sir

[underdog]

terrorist
9/11

I agree.

[epo]

I hate the way they badmouth Somali pirates

And they never report on the pirate/shark alliance.

[Snoogans]

And they never report on the pirate/shark alliance.

I like that part. NEVER let em see ya comin.


The media would just blow our plans, like Geraldo

[A.J.]

The worst was around the time of the Iraq invasion, when reporters decided to "correctly" pronounce the name of the tiny Arab emirate where the US Central Command is located. It's Qatar, of course, and for years, people had pronounced it "KAH-tahr." But they tried to make it sound more "Arabic", so it became "Cutter" or "Gutter".

NPR did a story on this at the time where they had some natives of Qatar pronounce it the way they do, and they made a sound that I've only made when I've had severe bronchitis. It's a sound I'm not sure I can make, because I haven't been speaking Arabic from birth. So, therefore, I'll just say "KAH-tahr", thank you very much.

Never heard of the place.

[GreatAmericanZero]

i hate when everything is blamed on "the liberal media". I hate this because I only hear about the liberal media in the fucking media! Its not like my friends sit around and chat about "the liberal media", its all the media that i hear it from

[Pestz4Evah]

Something from the sports media, "here's a guy that ......"

EVERY guy on the MLB network seems to say it.

[Knowledged_one]

President obama

[jessicaduh]

not necessarily "the media," but on television and radio in general, i'm so tired of hearing about people getting "thrown under the bus." there must be some kind of monster bus out there on a rampage! why isn't the media reporting on that, jack!?

[Snoogans]

Something from the sports media, "here's a guy that ......"

EVERY guy on the MLB network seems to say it.

Tremendous potential

[underdog]

Tremendous potential

He's very long.

[Snoogans]

He's very long.

upside

[underdog]

upside

heart and hustle

[Snoogans]

heart and hustle

what he lacks in talent he makes up in heart, ya know

[Snoogans]

never has this bit been so appropriate

[Pestz4Evah]

Tremendous potential

black guy.

heart and hustle

white guy.

[A.J.]

"__ -point differential in ___"

[underdog]

what he lacks in talent he makes up in heart, ya know

He may not score a lot of points, but he brings a lot of energy to the court.

[samechick]

The worst was around the time of the Iraq invasion, when reporters decided to "correctly" pronounce the name of the tiny Arab emirate where the US Central Command is located. It's Qatar, of course, and for years, people had pronounced it "KAH-tahr." But they tried to make it sound more "Arabic", so it became "Cutter" or "Gutter".


Oh god I wanted to hurt Wolf Blitzer when he went through his "Cutter" stage. It was really annoying.

[beachbum]

Fair and balanced
liberal media
main street/wall street
anything spoken by Nancy Grace especially "tot mom",give it up already bitch
water boarding

[Melk]

i hate when everything is blamed on "the liberal media".
I agree and would add that the "liberal media" is entirely a myth. Sure, they will editorialize issues pertaining to gay marriage and crime statistics, but considering the way that just about any media outlet talks trash about any union about to go on a strike and how none of the major TV networks will say bad things about Ronald Reagan, General Electric and the Disney Corporation, I cannot imagine how the media is promoting a real liberal agenda.

By this definition, the only real liberal media are cartoons like South Park (which is obviously not liberal) and The Simpsons (which is too much of a cash cow to be undermined by FOX).

If the media were truly liberal, they would actively be fighting the FCC at every opportunity. Instead, they practically steam rolled their own censorship.

[dino_electropolis]

"Some people say..."


or


"Some have said...."

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

...in these tough economic times...

the 'n'-word...

[Melk]

I also hate the following media sayings:

"soccer moms"

Why punish one of the better sports in the world because you hate women who overly structure their children's lives? Why not punish Tae Kwon Do or Karate?

"hockey moms"

Oh, I see... let's try to orchestrate a positive spin on a game that is essentially the same game as soccer but requires more expensive equipment than soccer and is played, almost exclusively by North American and Eastern European white men.

"the beautiful, hilarious Tina Fey"

The media only seems to stack positive adjectives on Tina Fey. They can't wait to say nice things about her. It is like the media has a form of Tourette's Syndrome while talking about her. To a lesser extent, they say the same things about Sarah Silverman, though I think some media outlets dislike her.

"the big game / the big dance / any other euphemism for a major sporting event"

I would rather not hear about The Super Bowl or March Madness than to hear those stupid code words for the events. Why not just make it illegal to mention The Super Bowl or March Madness like certain dirty words or ethnic slurs.

I say they should call The Super Bowl the N-word (NFL), the F-word (football) or the S-word (Super Bowl).

[Melk]

...in these tough economic times...
This reminds me of another saying that O&A, Ron and Fez or some other person in the media uses:

"We're living in a post-Imus world..."
Uggh... I just can't throw my passions behind the aftermath of Imus getting fired because CBS Radio executives are cowards. Especially, in lieu of "Opie and Anthony" getting upset because they cannot do radio contests where red-headed men compete to see who has the most revolting ass-crack.

On the bright side, Ron only uses it to preface an interesting discussion about an interesting topic.

I feel like the Imus and Michael Richards incidents were a perfect opportunities to have real discussions about race in the United States, but... they turned into opportunities for New York-centric media figured to talk about Al Sharpton. If you don't talk about Sharpton, no one outside of New York will hear his messages.

[jessicaduh]

didn't ron make that up as a joke?

[GreatAmericanZero]

I agree and would add that the "liberal media" is entirely a myth. Sure, they will editorialize issues pertaining to gay marriage and crime statistics, but considering the way that just about any media outlet talks trash about any union about to go on a strike and how none of the major TV networks will say bad things about Ronald Reagan, General Electric and the Disney Corporation, I cannot imagine how the media is promoting a real liberal agenda.

By this definition, the only real liberal media are cartoons like South Park (which is obviously not liberal) and The Simpsons (which is too much of a cash cow to be undermined by FOX).

If the media were truly liberal, they would actively be fighting the FCC at every opportunity. Instead, they practically steam rolled their own censorship.

there are liberal media outlets and conservative media outlets and media outlets that just want to sell stuff...and i think at this point EVERYONE knows where to go to get what they want

But they really did a good job in brainwashing people that the entire media is liberal. After Obama said the special olympics jokes my friend goes to me and says "i can't believe they arent even talking about it in the media" and i said "what are you talking about? I hear about it everywhere, i've heard about it too much" and he said "well it wasn't on cnn". Why is CNN considered "the whole entire media" when its just one channel? I don't even know anyone who watches CNN anymore

[GreatAmericanZero]

this is not political, but the phrase "comic genius" is used way too often

my dvr still records "At the movies" after they changed the name from "Ebert & Roeper" and put in those two new clowns. Anyway, when they were reviewing "Soul Men" the casey affleck looking guy says "i know this phrase is overused, but Bernie Mac was, without a doubt, a comic genius"

really? Bernie Mac? He was kinda funny...but genius? I don't even think he was the best "King of Comedy" (DL Hughley was the best)

Then they were reviewing "Adventureland" and the same guy says "Bill Hader is without a doubt a comic genius". I think Hader is good but I don't think hes proven himself to be anything close to a comic genius yet

[epo]

I like that part. NEVER let em see ya comin.


The media would just blow our plans, like Geraldo

Not only is the media avoiding this reality, so is this thread.

Foolish bastards...

[MacVittie]

Ground Zero.

[hanso]

This reminds me of another saying that O&A, Ron and Fez or some other person in the media uses:

"We're living in a post-Imus world..."
"Opie and Anthony" getting upset because they cannot do radio contests where red-headed men compete to see who has the most revolting ass-crack.

.
Dave might have been a ringer.

[lleeder]

When I was watching the Yankees/Red Sox on Fox and they started talking about their twitters and tweeting that made me think enough already. Who is following the douches on Fox? What up to the minute bullshit could they possibly be revealing to people?

[foodcourtdruide]

I agree and would add that the "liberal media" is entirely a myth. Sure, they will editorialize issues pertaining to gay marriage and crime statistics, but considering the way that just about any media outlet talks trash about any union about to go on a strike and how none of the major TV networks will say bad things about Ronald Reagan, General Electric and the Disney Corporation, I cannot imagine how the media is promoting a real liberal agenda.

By this definition, the only real liberal media are cartoons like South Park (which is obviously not liberal) and The Simpsons (which is too much of a cash cow to be undermined by FOX).

If the media were truly liberal, they would actively be fighting the FCC at every opportunity. Instead, they practically steam rolled their own censorship.

This is so perfectly put. Everytime someone on this board brings up the "liberal media" I will point them to this post. Good job.

For me, I HATE when someone gets appointed to a position and they are "tapped" for that position. What does that even mean?!

[foodcourtdruide]

there are liberal media outlets and conservative media outlets and media outlets that just want to sell stuff...and i think at this point EVERYONE knows where to go to get what they want

But they really did a good job in brainwashing people that the entire media is liberal. After Obama said the special olympics jokes my friend goes to me and says "i can't believe they arent even talking about it in the media" and i said "what are you talking about? I hear about it everywhere, i've heard about it too much" and he said "well it wasn't on cnn". Why is CNN considered "the whole entire media" when its just one channel? I don't even know anyone who watches CNN anymore

The blatant lie about media coverage is constantly used. Like with the Tea Parties, even people ON THIS BOARD were saying they got no coverage outside of Fox News. That simply was not true. I rarely watch Fox News and I had heard several stories about them.

[hanso]

For me, I HATE when someone gets appointed to a position and they are "tapped" for that position. What does that even mean?!
Maybe they laid over a desk?

[Hamey]

"people are up in arms"

[ToiletCrusher]

wall street to main street

[A.J.]

"___ - gate"

[GreatAmericanZero]

The blatant lie about media coverage is constantly used. Like with the Tea Parties, even people ON THIS BOARD were saying they got no coverage outside of Fox News. That simply was not true. I rarely watch Fox News and I had heard several stories about them.

yeah. its always used "I heard nothing in the media about THIS story" but the only way you can hear about a story if its from the media. Unless it happened to a personal friend. People are so weird

I also think the people that cry "liberal media" are people who think they are so much smarter than everyone else and its not fair that all the people in the world aren't exposed to their view enough. Like, everyone else in the world just blindly follow the liberal media and only the selected smart people can discover the truth in Fox News. I really think in 2009 everyone knows the deal with the news channels..they know where to hear conservative stuff, they know where to hear liberal stuff, and they can make a decision on their own. Its not a big deal

[OGC]

I hate it when they spend 10 seconds teasing a story (or worse yet the weather) and then say they'll tell me all about it 'after this'.

You could have told me all I need to know in the 10 seconds you just wasted.

Turds.

[Servo]

The old nightly news staple... "you're never gonna believe what we learned," or "what we found out may shock you."

Fuck you. Very little is shocking anymore.

[jessicaduh]

on friday evening: "something in your home/food may kill you. tune in Monday to find out."

fuck you!

[nate1000]

If I hear another puck "carom" off the dasher.....

[A.J.]

The worst was around the time of the Iraq invasion, when reporters decided to "correctly" pronounce the name of the tiny Arab emirate where the US Central Command is located. It's Qatar, of course, and for years, people had pronounced it "KAH-tahr." But they tried to make it sound more "Arabic", so it became "Cutter" or "Gutter".

NPR did a story on this at the time where they had some natives of Qatar pronounce it the way they do, and they made a sound that I've only made when I've had severe bronchitis. It's a sound I'm not sure I can make, because I haven't been speaking Arabic from birth. So, therefore, I'll just say "KAH-tahr", thank you very much.

Never heard of the place.

"KAH-tahr", "CUT-tahr" and "Cutter" are all acceptable.

We're watching Obama's landing and reception in Riyadh in the office right now and I thought of something similar that irks me to no end: people who say "SAW-dee Arabia".

The ruling family is the Al-Sa'ud (pronounced "Al Sow-OOOD"). The correct pronunciation of the country is therefore "SOW-dee Arabia".

[hanso]

"The free market place will work itself out".

I equate this to do nothing.

Much like
"Stay the course"

[jonyrotn]

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[Melk]

"The free market place will work itself out".

I equate this to do nothing.

Much like
"Stay the course"
If Bush/Obama didn't throw a bunch of,money toward funding the war/bailing out banks, we would be fighting terrorists on our home turf/in an even worse recession.

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