Posted by: thekohser
Well worth watching and noting how closely CNN's move is a Wikipedia-esque shift, and oh how Colbert http://www.hulu.com/watch/305064/the-colbert-report-stephen-colberts-me-reporters!
Posted by: Michaeldsuarez
QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 7th December 2011, 10:38am)
Well worth watching and noting how closely CNN's move is a Wikipedia-esque shift, and oh how Colbert http://www.hulu.com/watch/305064/the-colbert-report-stephen-colberts-me-reporters!
Here's a better link for those those who don't wish to pay for Hulu:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/403149/november-28-2011/stephen-colbert-s-me-reporters
Posted by: Peter Damian
QUOTE(Michaeldsuarez @ Wed 7th December 2011, 4:19pm)
QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 7th December 2011, 10:38am)
Well worth watching and noting how closely CNN's move is a Wikipedia-esque shift, and oh how Colbert http://www.hulu.com/watch/305064/the-colbert-report-stephen-colberts-me-reporters!
Here's a better link for those those who don't wish to pay for Hulu:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/403149/november-28-2011/stephen-colbert-s-me-reporters
Both unavailable in UK.
Posted by: thekohser
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/stephen-colbert-addresses-cnn-layoffs-unveils-me-reporters-6700_b99971 described the sketch as such:
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Colbert noted that CNN said that new technology and social media, including iReport, had made some positions redundant. It was only logical that he get in the game too. Colbert then unveiled his own social news initiative, the “me Report 6700,†which features viewer-submitted reports of his colonoscopy, a goat, and live breaking news from a Manhattan bus stop.
The original story was http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cnn-cuts-50-staff-members-260737, I believe.
Posted by: SB_Johnny
QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 7th December 2011, 2:23pm)
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/stephen-colbert-addresses-cnn-layoffs-unveils-me-reporters-6700_b99971 described the sketch as such:
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Colbert noted that CNN said that new technology and social media, including iReport, had made some positions redundant. It was only logical that he get in the game too. Colbert then unveiled his own social news initiative, the “me Report 6700,†which features viewer-submitted reports of his colonoscopy, a goat, and live breaking news from a Manhattan bus stop.
The original story was http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cnn-cuts-50-staff-members-260737, I believe.
Glad they got a goat in there. Goats need more PR.
Edit to add: yes, you can blame me for moving this to "News worth discussing".