Anyone up for a game of Media Whore Charades?

[0rganism]

Since the mediahorse has gone out to pasture for a while, I'd forgotten how much fun Charades is. But a poster over at atrios.blogspot.com put something up that kind of rang a bell.

Here are the rules:
o Take an everyday quotation from the day's news.
o Predict the country's response.
o Predict the Right's response. Then..
o Predict the Media Whores' response!

Players: Infinite.

Scoring: No points for anything. It's all so predictable.

Example (fictitious)
Quotation: "Sen. John Kerry discovers a cure for cancer."
America: "Well, hot damn! It's about time someone did."
The Right: "John Kerry coordinated release of his cancer cure with his campaign staff!"
Media Whores: "John Kerry's cure for cancer leaves thousands of diseases untreated."

Example
Quotation: "Robert McNamara says the United States got it wrong in Iraq."
America: "Why the hell are our sons and daughters dying for W's oil buddies?"
The Right: "Robert McNamara is an Unamerican Traitor who knows nothing about war!"
Media Whores: "Iraq: does the newsmedia publish too many negative stories?"

For more examples, check out http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/charade.htm

For this thread, just grab the template and roll your own.
Quotation:
America:
The Right:
Media Whores:

[gottaB]

1. UN Chief Says Iraq War was Illegal

Quotation:"UN Chief says Iraq war was illegal."
America: "Was it really such a good idea?"
The Right: "Kofi Annan steals candy from babies."
Media Whores: "Has the UN lost all credibility?"

[0rganism]

2. Hey, that's a good 'un!

Are you a Charades veteran, or a talented newcomer?

[gottaB]

3. a newcomer--hey! this is fun

Quotation: "Two New Polls Show Deadlocked Whitehouse Race"
America: "I guess I better vote!"
The Right: "The polls merely reflect media coverage, not actual voter intentions."
Media Whores: "Republican base expected to turn out in massive numbers."

[strategery blunder]

4. Today's NYT

Quote: "U.S. Intelligence Shows Pessimism on Iraq's Future"
America: Iraq is going down the tubes thanks to bu$h*
The Right: Kerry is a flip-flopper!
Media Whores: Can John Kerry be trusted to fix Iraq?

[AmericanErrorist]

5. Quote: Air America takes off

America: What a refresing counterpoint to Rush and Hannity!
Right: We still have many more stations and it'll stay that way forever!
Media Whores: Can "Liberal" Talk Radio really work?

[0rganism]

6. Hehe, this one was too good to pass up...

Quotation: "Vice President Dick Cheney claims that economic indicators fail to measure the financial gains of Americans selling items on eBay."

America: "What the hell is he babbling about? eBay my ASS! Give me some Halliburton stock and maybe I'll have something to gain."

The Right: "Yeah, eBay is great! I sold my grandma's antique silver tea service for $30 on there two days ago."

Media Whores: "The American economy is recovering on the Internet!"