I’m With Stupid

November 17th, 2007Blog0 comments

So I’m getting word here that the young female college student who posed the “Diamonds and Pearls” question was actually forced to ask that question by CNN. Apparently she gave them a list of five questions she had crafted, four of them being useful and the fifth being the diamonds/pearls bit, and CNN wanted to end on a lighthearted note.

Okay, you can’t take yourself seriously all the time. But diamonds and pearls? There’s no other question that could be posed to ALL the candidates, be informative, and also be lighthearted? Like “what is the one thing you would say to all the children of America about the future?” Perhaps something a little more concise, but you get the picture.

According to the article CNN is trying to put the blame on the young female college student, saying “HEY YOU WROTE THE DIAMONDS AND PEARLZ QUESTION!!” Yeah, but you people chose to use it. If someone gives me the opportunity to write five questions that would be asked of presidential candidates (oh, and one can be sort of cute and off the cuff — don’t worry about it), I might write four useful things and a fifth asking them if they like big butts. If you make me ask Dennis Kucinich if he likes big butts, I’ll do it. But you’re still culpable.

CNN has been committing a lot of stupid moves lately. Everyone in the organization needs to put a Post-It on the top of their monitor that says DON’T BE DUMB. And before they send any email, save a Word document, or say “GO” on the phone, they should look at that stickie. That’s how I roll.