CNN’s ‘Quick Hit’ on ‘Southern Conservatives’ (Implication is That They're Drunks)

NewsBusters.org ^ | 6/15/2007 | Matthew Balan

[Pyro7480]

Here’s something a little more light for a Friday afternoon, but demonstrates the mainstream media’s biased view of the world.

Among the "Quick Hits" on CNN’s "American Morning" on Friday was a brief on how the drought in the Southeast is affecting the production of Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey in Lynchburg, Tennessee. The water levels in the cave spring that supplies the Jack Daniels distillery are "dangerously low" according to the brief by co-host John Roberts.

After giving the brief, Roberts and substitute weather forecaster Reynolds Wolf began the weather report with the following exchange:

JOHN ROBERTS: "Reynolds Wolf is here with a look at the weather forecast, and somebody said to me this morning that that will get Southern conservatives interested in global warming." (Laughs)

REYNOLDS WOLF: "There's no question about it. Absolutely."

I guess the "secret" is out that left-wing media thinks that Southerners are a bunch of hillbilly drunks, and don’t care about climate change like "enlightened" liberals do.

[Pyro7480]

More liberal elite worldview bias at CNN.

[Pyro7480]

Ping!

[martin_fierro]

That's John "Sloppy Seconds" Roberts.

[arderkrag]

Of course, we all know that's just silliness...

Pass the whiskey.

[dead]

That’s pretty weak tea. I think the implication is that southern liberals are already interested in global warming, so the threat to Jack Daniels wouldn’t change things for them.

[domenad]

Conservatives know good booze. Now if the production of wine spritzers was affected, I’m sure the left would be terrified.

[Greg F]

Ridiculous. I prefer Wild Turkey.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Hey, John. You play the banjo? Wanna go fishing???

[weegee]

A “quick hit” from the drive-by media.

Rat-a-tat-tat...

[Constitution Day]

When there’s a problem at the Maker’s Mark distillery, let me know and I’ll start getting worried.

[Pyro7480]

Here's a link to the video.

Video (0:25): Real (694 kB) or Windows (783 kB), plus MP3 audio (127 kB)

[WildcatClan]

I live close to the distillery, so I will let you know. I still fail to see what the drought has to do with GW. There have been droughts before, there will be again. It’s all irrelevant anyway, no one is watching CNN anyway.

[thulldud]

We should note that Southern hillbillies are usually armed, and shoot much more accurately than limousine liberals, whatever their level of intoxication.

[OKIEDOC]

Geesh folks it’s only CNN.

The only people who listen to them and what they think about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is RINO’s such as Limply Graham, Arlen Spinctor, Mal Martinez, Mickey Chertoffu, Trent Sodom and Gomorah Lott, John McCaniac, Carl Rovian and more.

Also listening is Hairy Read, Dickie Turdban, Murdering Teddy Kennedy, Babs Boxero, Diane Fraud Feinstein, Nancy Peloser, John Skerry, John Break Girl Edwards, Osama Obama, Hellary Klinton and more Democrats.

[finnman69]

This is coming from the sophisticated network with reporters who like anal sex with men

[stainlessbanner]

Dixie Ping, thanks Pyro7480

[Constitution Day]

I certainly don’t watch CNN.

I am, however, a fan of Maker’s Mark. Great stuff!

[Arcy]

I wonder where CNN got the idea that southerner's are drunks?

[Right Wing Assault]

There aren’t any drunks on the CNN staff, right?

[Arcy]