CNN Writer's Obsession with 'Male Gaze' Reveals Network's Divorce from Reality

Newsbusters ^ | October 13, 2025 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

For those of you wondering how CNN's brand has fallen so deep into the toilet, the strange attitudes divorced from reality of many who work at that network might offer one of the significant reasons.

An example comes in the form of CNN's Science and Wellness writer, Madeline Holcombe, who wrote an overlong boring rant about her neurotic hangup with the 'male gaze' on Saturday, "After years of progress on gender, the male gaze is back."

The "male gaze" is back? If you even knew it ever existed as a major problem in the first place, then YOU are probably the one with the problem for even noticing. And one who has definitely noticed and can't stop thinking about it is Holcombe who one could argue causes the male (and female) glaze -- as in their eyes glazing over in utter boredom while attempting to read a rant that seems like entering an unending wormhole into an alternate universe obsessively concerned about something that never appears as a problem on the radar screens of normal people.

[PJ-Comix]

Ummm, yeah… reading through this thread I see that there is a lot of crazy going on….

Sayeth the one who turned his body over to drugs and as a result went into a state of abject poverty.

[Lazamataz]

Did you know that I lost over 20 lbs simply by committing to swimming a minimum of 500 yards every single day? Try it! It works!

[Lazamataz]

Yeah, such a wonderful guy... who calls Freeper's wives "wh---s."! Great laughs there! BTW, a lot of others have called out humbleshmuck as well for similar reasons

OMG! He called your wife a whale?

Maybe she should commit to swimming 500 yards every single day.

[PJ-Comix]

Maybe she should commit to swimming 500 yards every single day.

Better yet, how about YOU commit yourself back to the drug addiction clinic since it is apparent your cure is still a long way off, Mr. Real Estate Tycoon.

[Lazamataz]

I also quit cigarettes. It’s wonderful to be free from that burden! I used the nicotine patch. I am so happy I did!

[PJ-Comix]

I also quit cigarettes. It’s wonderful to be free from that burden! I used the nicotine patch. I am so happy I did!

Three biggest lies in the world:

1. The check is in the mail.

2. Humbleshmuck found religion and went to Divinity School.

3. Laz is a drug-free real estate tycoon.

[Lazamataz]

I've also begun taking up new hobbies and avocations. One of them is reading some of the classics, like Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Larry Niven's Ringworld. Truly some of the most gripping and wonderful sci-fi I have ever encountered. 😁

[PJ-Comix]

One of them is reading some of the classics, like Isaac Asimov's Foundation...

Yeah, I read Asimov's "Foundation" when I was about ten then moved on to Asimov's "Guide to Shakespeare" and then on to Shakespeare himself a few years later. But good for you! Send me a telegram when you graduate to Tolstoy, James Jones (not the Star Wars guy), Gibbons, Durant (Will and Ariel), or Steinbeck.

[humblegunner]

I’ve read Ringworld, it was pretty good.
A lot of the stuff Niven did with Pournell is also great.

Highly recommend Legacy of Heorot.

[PJ-Comix]

I’ve read Ringworld, it was pretty good.

Before or after you were in Divinity School or is that claim also a fantasy?

[Lazamataz]

You should re-read Foundation. I did, and with my adult perspective, it was much more interesting. As far as reading Tolstoy, I've read Anton Chekov's The Sneeze in the original Russian, during an immersion course in the Russian language when I traveled to Санкт-Петербург in 1998 for a month. It's fascinating how much is lost in translation! Some concepts expressed in Russian do not translate well to English.

If you want a stellar read and an even better TV incarnation, I highly recommend The Expanse. Utterly superior sci fi.

[Lazamataz]

I’ve read Ringworld, it was pretty good.

He did a great job with The Puppeteers in Ringworld. Very imaginative. They were my favorite race. The Kzinti, not as much. Not too original.

A lot of the stuff Niven did with Pournell is also great.

I'll have to look that up. Many people recommend stuff that the two of them wrote.

Highly recommend Legacy of Heorot.

Definitely going on my list!

[Lazamataz]

Oh, and humblegunner, I cannot recommend The Expanse enough!

[glennaro]

Is it that her obsession is with male gays? (sorry if this a repeat ... just want to chime in ... no time this morning to read through the whole thread)

[humblegunner]

Definitely going on my list!

It's sort of a re-telling of the Beowulf legend.
I thought it was freakin' awesome.

[PJ-Comix]

I traveled to Санкт-Петербург...

Did you do any real estate tycoon investments there or was this back when you were begging the Russian Mafia for some crack samples?

[humblegunner]

was this back when you were begging the Russian Mafia for some crack samples?

Brother Peejay, you are so angry at the world.
You are lashing out all around when clearly you
need to look inside yourself for the source of your rage.

You should pray.

[Lazamataz]

Did you do any real estate tycoon investments there or was this back when you were begging the Russian Mafia for some crack samples?

The laser was first built in 1960. While it started as an 'invention in search of a problem', it soon became useful in everything from surveying to weapons design. The amount of applications it can be applied to is absolutely staggering!

[Lazamataz]

This is a fun thread! 😁😁😁