Joseph Gordon Levitt: CNN, MSNBC are Like 'Bull**** Entertainment,' Media Ignores Corporate Evil

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 8/16/12 at 1:45pm

Any news about Joseph Gordon-Levitt automatically qualifies as entertainment news. Unfortunately, as far as he's concerned, the major news media handles news about politics and world affairs in the same manner they handle red carpet and tabloid headlines.

The politically-minded star of the upcoming NYC bike messenger thriller Premium Rush took dead aim at cable news networks in a new interview with Playboy, likening CNN and MSNBC to "bull**** entertainment shows."

"Every time I sit down and watch television news, I think, 'This is show business,'" he told the magazine. "That’s what I do. I say, go on the internet and find news from all over the world through the BBC, the Pacifica stations, newspapers, people’s blogs and tweets. It’s so funny when people say Fox is bad. Sure Fox is bad, but I don’t think CNN and MSNBC are really any better."


Hollywood Reporter

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/17/12 at 10:54pm

Well, can anyone argue this? None of them report news. They give opinion. Only local news shows report news.

[Yawper]

Posted: 8/18/12 at 12:04am

Switch to BBC and/or CBC if you want informative international news coverage (online, too).

http://www.cbc.ca/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/18/12 at 12:08am

He also said, "A song-and-dance role is closer to me personally than other characters I play."

Let the dream casting in my mind commence.