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So, Clinton and Dole are going to start doing Point/Counterpoint on 60 Minutes. That's pretty cool and all -- I can't get enough Clinton, really. The more he is on TV, the more I can work my pet theory into conversation.
But that isn't really the point. The point is that CNN is letting semi-literate high school english students write their copy:
I can just picture the reporter smoking behind the gym. "Dude, this is so awesome. I worked an SNL reference into that Clinton/Dole story. And it's, like, relevant, so Mr. Turner can't give me detention for saying 'slut' or anything!"
But that isn't really the point. The point is that CNN is letting semi-literate high school english students write their copy:
The original segment was a popular feature on "60 Minutes" in the 1970s, and its notorious contentiousness even spawned a "Saturday Night Live" spoof in which Dan Aykroyd famously began his responses to Jane Curtin with "Jane, you ignorant slut."
I can just picture the reporter smoking behind the gym. "Dude, this is so awesome. I worked an SNL reference into that Clinton/Dole story. And it's, like, relevant, so Mr. Turner can't give me detention for saying 'slut' or anything!"