Roses are Red, Violets are Blue…

Lou Dobbs takes on CNN’s chyron for being too immigrant-friendly :

DOBBS: You know, it’s fascinating to me to look down at that lower third. You see that, Kiran? It says “Immigration Nation”.

What in the devil does that mean?

CHETRY: Well, we put it there because it rhymes, I think. It rhymes.

If that doesn’t work out, CNN could always try immigration “fixation”, “crustacean”, “stagnation”, “taxation”, “vibration”, “sedation”, “gestation”, “salvation”, “mutation”, “gyration”, “inflation”, “lactation”, or “damnation”. Y’know, since they’re such big fans of rhyming and all.


posted by greg on May 1, 2007 @ 2:04 pm

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  1. Yes, with CNN it’s all about the rhymin’. I still have fond memories of the Fall of 2002, when they produced the amusing yet educational animated short “Weapons of Mass Destruction Junction.”

    Let’s see if I can remember how that goes:

    Weapons of Mass Destruction Junction, what’s your function?
    Connectin’ Saddam to a nuclear bomb…

    I used to watch that every day after school with a glass of milk and a plate of Oreos.

    Comment by SteveB — May 1, 2007 @ 3:36 pm

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