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		<title>iReport.com, lowering the journalistic standard to bold new levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darian rake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hippy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, it haven&#8217;t done a classic &#8216;rant&#8217; in a while. The major reason for that is I&#8217;ve been pretty mellowed out the last few years, and nothing seems to piss me off that much. (The Drake Abides.) That is, until today. I often choose to peruse the news (triple rhyme score +15), and today I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div class="shortcode-show-avatar" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/bdc883cfcad76b559525028c9cd33d47?s=96&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&amp;r=G' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' /></div>So, it haven&#8217;t done a classic &#8216;rant&#8217; in a while. The major reason for that is I&#8217;ve been pretty mellowed out the last few years, and nothing seems to piss me off that much. (<em>The Drake Abides</em>.) <strong>That is, until today</strong>. I often <u>choose</u> to <u>peruse</u> the <u>news</u> (<strong>triple rhyme score +15</strong>), and today I ran across an interesting article called: &#8220;<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/03/new.york.jobless.graduate/index.html">Alumna sues college because she hasn&#8217;t found a job</a>.&#8221; Now I&#8217;m not going to lie, I clicked the article thinking: &#8220;Hell, if that works I&#8217;m getting a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_basket_weaving">degree in underwater basket weaving</a>.&#8221;<span id="more-291"></span></p>
<p>Anyway, the article turned out to be some uninteresting bullshit about a chick who got a vanilla business degree in May, and is pissed because her college&#8217;s job placement service hasn&#8217;t landed her a dream job yet. The interesting thing to me, was this link at the end of a line, in the middle of the story. <a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-308985">iReport.com: &#8220;Don&#8217;t sue your alma mater&#8221;</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;d never heard of iReport.com; I had to find out, is it written by sentient report papers? Is it like I Robot, except you&#8217;ll only get paper cuts? Is it where you report improper capitalization in website names? Is it a new <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary">over-priced apple product</a>?</p>
<p>So I clicked the link, it turns out, that it&#8217;s none of the above. I&#8217;m greeted with a video of Hippy McNeedsToShave (Internet name: David Seamen) giving me his asinine opinion on the subject of Trina Thompson suing her university. Guess what, if I wanted to hear people&#8217;s asinine opinions on things, I&#8217;d go read blogs, not CNN. Their name is CNN. that&#8217;s Central News Network, not Bullshit Asshole&#8217;s Opinions About Shit They Know Nothing About (<a href="http://rantlister.com/">BAOASTKNA</a>). (As a side note, it&#8217;s not just CNN, it&#8217;s ABC with &#8220;<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/icaught/iCaught">i-Caught</a>,&#8221; Fox with &#8220;<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/studiob/ureport/">uReport</a>,&#8221; and MSNBC with &#8220;<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16712587/ns/community-firstperson">FirstPerson.</a>&#8220;)</p>
<p>You know what CNN, way to go, you&#8217;ve combined the monotony of AP news rehashes, with the integrity of a Myspace glitter page. Ben Franklin won your freedom of the press, and this is how you repay him? Really, this dude&#8217;s name is &#8220;David Seaman&#8221; and he thinks that a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a liberal arts degree. No David, the degree in Pot Smoking and Journalism you&#8217;re getting for your university is a liberal arts degree. Here&#8217;s an idea David, if you can&#8217;t find a job after you graduate college, instead of pointing the finger at the government, point it at yourself, and go find a job, you know, waiting tables or something else you&#8217;re bullshit journalism degree will qualify you for.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m too fat, drunk, and lazy to make a video remix of this guy&#8217;s video that ends with &#8220;<a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keyboard-cat">play him off, keyboard cat</a>&#8221; so watch this video and just pretend I did okay?</p>
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