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CNN holding in-house talent contest ("CNN Idol!?" Walton has TRULY lost his mind...)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| 10.16.03
| Caroline Wilbert
Posted on 10/16/2003 11:49:34 AM PDT by mhking
You've heard of "American Idol" and "Star Search." Now, there is CNN Search.
Jim Walton, president of CNN, is putting on a talent contest for CNN employees because, he wrote in a memo this week, "busy people need a breather, and the CNN News Group is in the financial position to provide just that."
The grand prize: $12,000.
There will be events in Atlanta, New York, Washington, London and Hong Kong with finalists in each city competing in Atlanta on Dec. 3.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Georgia; US: New York; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cablenewsnetwork; chickennoodlenews; cnn; cnnschadenfreude; schadenfreude
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posted on
10/16/2003 11:49:35 AM PDT
by
mhking
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posted on
10/16/2003 11:50:00 AM PDT
by
mhking
(When it rains it pours: I'm looking for a job again -- any offers or help: mhking@bellsouth.net)
To: mhking
I'd vote for the Daryn Kagen fan dance. Mmmmmm.
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posted on
10/16/2003 12:07:41 PM PDT
by
The Dude Abides
(I'm calmer than you are....)
To: mhking
The only contest where everyone's a loser....
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posted on
10/16/2003 12:10:05 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(A gentleman should know something about everything and everything about something.)
To: mhking
Hmmm. There is a gem of an idea in there. CNN could host, "American Anchor" and use a series of talent contests to select their next 8:00PM anchor.
To: mhking
Hope someone sings this and dedicates it to Mr. Walton:
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa To the funny farm.
Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
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posted on
10/16/2003 12:38:24 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: mhking
The Best Appeasing of a Murderous Dictator to Retain Access competition should be a doozy.
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posted on
10/16/2003 12:39:53 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
I can't decide whether they're fiddling while Rome burns or rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
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posted on
10/16/2003 2:58:37 PM PDT
by
GeorgiaYankee
(Hey Mainstream News Media, We ain't buying what you're selling anymore!)
To: GeorgiaYankee
LOL
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posted on
10/16/2003 2:59:44 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.)
To: The Dude Abides
I'd watch an underwater breath holding contest!!!
Pray for GW and the Truth
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posted on
10/16/2003 3:02:02 PM PDT
by
bray
( Old Glory Stands for Freedom)
To: mhking
Help me identify some CNN Talents:
Tree-Sitting?
Dictactor Worship?
Lying on cue?
Kissing Arafat's Ass?
Demeaning Americans & America?
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posted on
10/16/2003 3:31:38 PM PDT
by
Timesink
To: cyncooper
Check this out...
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posted on
10/16/2003 3:37:55 PM PDT
by
Dog
(Rush was right.....Donovan McNabb is overrated.)
To: Dog
!!!Well, now we know why they're too busy to cover actual news. They're all rehearsing!
LOL
To: cyncooper
Hehehehehe!!
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posted on
10/16/2003 3:50:58 PM PDT
by
Dog
(Rush was right.....Donovan McNabb is overrated.)
To: mhking
The grand prize: $12,000. Maybe its just me, but if I were making the kind of money CNN employees make, I doubt I'd get all knotted up about winning 12K for my rendition of O Suzanna on the bagpipes.
To: reformed_democrat
the kind of money CNN employees makeThe kind of money CNN employees make, they'll kill each other to get $12,000.
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posted on
10/16/2003 5:36:50 PM PDT
by
mhking
(When it rains it pours: I'm looking for a job again -- any offers or help: mhking@bellsouth.net)
To: mhking
Well, it would be an easy way to get rid of them.
ON WITH THE SHOW!
To: TexasCajun
What about the kneepad race for the best Clinton quotes?
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posted on
10/16/2003 9:05:14 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(DEFUND NPR & PBS - THE AMERICAN PRAVDA)
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