Comments on: Oh Really, CNN?

By: LiteralDan

LiteralDan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:43:44 +0000

Count me among those more confused by your misunderstanding of what they meant than by what they said. But I agree with your overall idea– CNN is as much a joke as all the media companies for the past couple decades!

By: RookieMom Whitney

RookieMom Whitney — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:53:08 +0000

I also read it. (I was also quoted in it). And I also didn’t understand what the ear thing meant, but figured since my kids have never had an ear infection, I was just missing out on a common parenting experience.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:41:49 +0000

I’ve been kind of ticked at CNN lately. I turned it yesterday for news about the “5 rights you would lose with the health care plan”, and they said to go online to read the article myself. They are too busy Twittering and Facebooking to actually…
Report. The. News.

By: F.

F. — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:34:35 +0000

Those few sentences were not well written. I had to ‘decode’ what the author meant. Sounds to me like a CNN editor fell asleep behind the computer mouse.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:04:01 +0000

It was clear to me when I read it. AJ- I had to read what you wrote to see what you thought was wrong with it.

I agree that the Mary Poppins reference is to a spoonful of sugar.

I had an incident that warranted a call to poison control because I got Swim Ear drops in my daughter’s eye because she would not hold still. Don’t worry- no permanent damage, just a little stinging.

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:12:34 +0000

@Steve, the brand name actually struck me too. I was wondering that as well.

I can’t imagine having to mix meds with more sweets. They are already super (yet artificially) sweet as it is!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:41:03 +0000

I’m curious why the doctor referenced Motrin, a specific brand name, rather than the type of medicine — ibuprofen. Does the doctor have any affiliation with the makers of Motrin?

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:33:01 +0000

I totally didn’t get that they were referring to accidental ear squirting either, but now that it is pointed out I can see that is what they meant. But yeah, unfortunate wording.

There are actually a number of home ear ache remedies floating around by word of mouth and the internet that do involve squirting stuff in your ear so it isn’t too much of a stretch to think someone might mistakenly think “Well if essential oils are good to put in my kids ear Motrin would be even better!”

By: cavale

cavale — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:30:33 +0000

this is really a case of you completely misunderstanding the sentence. they obviously were referring accidentally squirting medicine in your baby’s ear when they squirm, while you’re aiming for their mouth.

and i’m sure they don’t even mean that, seriously.

and i’m sure the mary poppins reference is regarding “a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down” re: the chocolate syrup.

seriously, calm down.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:42:39 +0000

No, it’s not clear. But I think the Mary Poppins reference was referring to the idea of adding chocolate syrup to medicine, not squirting medicine into a kid’s ear. You know, “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down?”