And then, typically, I answer my own question by clicking through to read more.
Today, that happened when I came across a Very Important News Article about the "$65,000 home equity piggy bank" belonging to Faisal Shahzad, the man being held in connection with the botched attempt to car-bomb Times Square last weekend.
I'm not sure why this seemed interesting, except perhaps that I've never seen the inside of an incompetent bomber's home, or maybe I'm the kind of guy who just likes virtual open houses. As you can see here, it's all pretty unremarkable. No telltale signs of an "aspiring terrorist bomber," as CNN so eloquently* put it. Not even any photos of Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
In fact, what I found most interesting were the cloying little blurbs accompanying the photos, which read as though they were co-written by Captain Obvious and a very dimwitted real estate agent.
For example, the master bedroom:
This is precisely the reason we turn to CNN. For analysis like this: "Green is the theme color in the Shahzads' bedroom. The curtains pick up the tone of the bed linens, and a bamboo print hung between the windows extends the botanical motif."
This is not retouched or edited. Someone really wrote that.
Walk with me to the kid's room, won't you?
The extraordinary analysis only deepens here, where we learn that the child's bedroom "appears to be slightly more cluttered than the rest of the house - a not-uncommon characteristic of a child's room."
Penetrating insights from the news organization that is quickly becoming known as the world leader in boudoir-organization reportage.
OK, let's go out back:
In case you can't quite make it out, this is a photo of an empty wooden deck. Which is empty. And has nothing on it.
CNN helpfully explains: "There's certainly no evidence that anyone barbecued or lounged on the house's deck; it seems to be entirely empty."
Yes, yes it does.
Yes, yes it does.
*Either eloquently or ridiculously. You decide.
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Nice. So now we know what to be on the lookout for next time we're in a random tract house in CT - green curtains framing a bamboo print that "extends the the botanical motif." Thanks, CNN.
This is certainly my favorite post of 2010, and possibly my favorite SFTC post of all time. Well played.
hilarious. very in-depth reporting by cnn. very astute observations by the reporter. maybe they thought they were doing a show for hgtv, not cnn?!
I have learned a lot today. But not cause of CNN.
ridiculous!
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