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1. Andrew Simone on March 11th, 2011 at 2:11 am

   It’s not news, it’s CNN.

2. Deron Bauman on March 11th, 2011 at 7:31 am

   Holy crap.

3. Michael Smith on March 11th, 2011 at 7:43 am

   Yes, HOLY CRAP!

4. Casey on March 11th, 2011 at 7:47 am

   That’s awful.

5. Deron Bauman on March 11th, 2011 at 8:04 am

   Thanks for posting this, Andrew, and thanks for the link to Aljazeera. I heard from Twitter an anchor on CNN was giggling while footage of the tsunami was playing.

6. Luke Neff on March 11th, 2011 at 8:53 am

   to quote a Patton Oswalt tweet: “Al Jazeera’s covering tsunami like professionals, has informed anchors, and probably thinks Charlie Sheen is a floorwax.”

7. Tycho on March 11th, 2011 at 9:36 am

   I hope they get the situation at the nuclear power plant rectified.

8. Andrew Simone on March 11th, 2011 at 9:44 am

   The CNN news was abominable.

9. Sheila Ryan on March 11th, 2011 at 5:34 pm

   So, ummmnh, has anyone actually turned up footage of a jocular Godzilla or monster movie reference made by a CNN anchor?

   A literal, giggling comment? Something over and above the generally hysterical and sensational tone of much US media coverage?

   Throughout the day, it’s true, I have heard various witnesses use the simile, “It was like a movie.”

   Anyway, just wondering.

10. Rick Neece on March 11th, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    I remember another devastating earthquake. Easter, 1964. God, how far we have come. How far we need to go.

11. Joel Bernstein on March 11th, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    Sheila: Godzilla and giggling rumors seem to be false.

12. Sheila Ryan on March 11th, 2011 at 7:23 pm

    Thanks, Joel. I just found that, too. Seems like an instance of a vaguely snide remark being repeated in ambiguous contexts, then being taken literally and repeated till it attained the status of fact.

    Not that I’m either a CNN defender or detractor.

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