Comments on: KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR: EPIC ‘JEOPARDY’ FAIL

By: John

John — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:37:31 +0000

Soledad O’Brien is such a phony. In April 2008, Reverend Jeremiah Wright gave a speech in Detroit to the NAACP. One of the things that he said in this speech was that black and white children learn with different parts of their brain, and then gave an "unflattering imitation of the way white pastors speak." Peoples comments were that he gave a racial speech. Soledad O'Brien, on CNN, was quoted as saying, in a gushing manner, that the speech was a "home run" and "really funny." When questioned about the things he said in the speech, she would say things like, what he really meant was .....or what he wanted to say was... Once again she's covering the truth and being racist. Just as with the Henry Gates incident. In an appearance on Anderson Cooper, the night or so before CNN's "The Moment of Truth" she appeared enraged that it was a racial profile against Gates. She said that she got calls from her FRIENDS saying it was all about Gates being black. She went on that show with the purpose, at all costs, to destroy the credibility of the white police officer and throw him under the bus. When Cooper was talking she wanted to make the point that Gates said "Thank You" to the police officers. By mentioning that, she was purposely misrepresenting the truth by playing down Gates' belligerence and racial remarks, which she didn't even mention. Even Gates' attorney and friend, said to the media that he used very strong language. Colon Powell and President Obama both said he should take blame in the incident. I have seen this in many occasions with her, where she doesn't speak the truth and hides the true facts. Another time on Anderson Cooper, Cooper said to O'Brien that Senator John McCain hasn't brought race into the campaign, like he said he wouldn't. You would think her response would have been something like, that's great because he shouldn't. Instead she strongly insinuated that he would, even in the last week of the campaign. Also, her questioning style, in interviews is completely different with a white person than it is with a black person. Like in her interview with Henry Gates in "The Moment of Truth" She just went along with his lies. I have seen several comments on various websites about her racism. There are many other examples I could give of her racial bias, dishonesty and hypocrisy. She seems to consider herself to be black. She mentioned in an interview that her parents made it clear to her “you’re black” and that’s all there is to it. She’s all about being #1, she wants the world to revolve around her. She comes first, before her family. She wants to be a celebrity figure and a star. In interviews she says she works 6 days a week, mostly out of town, and on some holidays. She goes to gala events, concerts, lots of entertainment events, as a single woman, leaving her husband and kids behind. I think Soledad O’Brien is a very poor journalist. What ever happened to the days of CNN with Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff? They were honorable journalists. You could believe what they said. John Las Vegas

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:51:28 +0000

Rousing endorsement for the rigorous academic standards of the University of California-Los Angeles.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:25:28 +0000

@Graddy — that Seattle question was actually from a couple days before. (Yes, I DVR jeopardy. What of it?) Anyway, just further proof that comedians are the smartest people on TV and news anchors… well, they’re not. Remember the Andy Richter beatdown of Wolf Blitzer a few weeks ago?

/needs to stop watching so much jeopardy

By: Jonny

Jonny — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:16:41 +0000

Looks like Kareem was doing pretty well otherwise (from his score.) He just had a brainfart on that one question. I think it’s kind of cool that he doesn’t seem to care that much about his basketball career now.

By: Spring Jackson

Spring Jackson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:00:38 +0000

After the show, Kareem spent the rest of the day splashing water in his face.

By: Spring Jackson

Spring Jackson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:58:09 +0000

Jesus, really Kareem?

By: Graddy

Graddy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:41:06 +0000

Soledad O’Brien was pretty retarded in the episode too. In a category where all of the clues involve “sea” as part of the question, one clue asked the northernmost city (with some large population #) in the U.S. and she answered “what is Boston” (very confidently I might add).

It’s little surprise that Lenny from Laverne & Shirley had no trouble thrashing them.

(Is eagerly looking forward to the day that calling things a “fail” is universally greeted with a tired groan)

By: jackin'4beats

jackin'4beats — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:57:54 +0000

I think one too many shots to the head by Bruce Lee in Fists of Fury killed off his long-term memory. Either that or he was high…your choice.

By: Burnsy

Burnsy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:20:06 +0000

This would be hilarious if Kenan Thompson played him.

By: La Schmoove

La Schmoove — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:13:56 +0000

I’ll take anal bum covers for $200, Trebek.