#TheDailySpin: Jon Stewart rips CNN’s Whitney Houston coverage

By {/%BYLINE%} {%AUTHOR%}Alan Pearcy{/%AUTHOR%} {%TITLE%}#TheDailySpin: Jon Stewart rips CNN's Whitney Houston coverage{/%TITLE%} {%ALTERNATIVEURL%}{/%ALTERNATIVEURL%} {%IMAGE%}/Uploads/Public/Jon-Stewart-CNN-Whitney-Houston-death-coverage.jpg{/%IMAGE%} {%ROLE%}87d65c27-6e78-4e5c-b423-78d47d4f2768{/%ROLE%} {%KICKER%}Crisis Communications{/%KICKER%} {%CATEGORIESID%}5b5f5480-7a63-458a-90a4-0b98007ec3f7, 1fd4d0a9-bbe2-4b5c-af5c-11dce5b9983e, 9b04de1d-f7bc-4de7-842e-c9c833ff24e9, 055d8a23-ee23-4f9c-a2f4-df030843f312, e8e0f32d-5d24-41be-86cc-a8fd29cc4619{/%CATEGORIESID%} {%CAPTION%}The host also took aim at conservatives for their views on women in combat. Plus, Valentine’s Day PR pitches get no love, Apple announcement’s gone wild, revival of the Chai Pet,, more.{/%CAPTION%} {%BODYCOPY%}Jon Stewart spares no one with his pointed criticism—and that’s exactly how we like it. On Monday, “The Daily Show” host ripped CNN for its coverage of Whitney Houston’s untimely death, criticizing the network for surprising random people on the street with the startling news in hopes of capturing an equally startling reaction. Then, perhaps in the spirit of Valentine’s, a love for “the fairer sex,” Stewart blast conservatives, GOP hopeful Rick Santorum for their views that women not serve on the front lines in the military. If you were among the millions celebrating Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, we hope the card you wrote got your loved one’s named correct. If so, you did one better than an email Mediabistro received from Sunshine Sachs pitching the PBS phenom “Downton Abbey,” in which the subject line read, “Paperless Post does Downtown Abbey.” If only the disheartening V-Day pitches stopped there. But no, Slate compiled the industry’s worst cases of PR love letters (to the media) gone wrong. Seems Apple found love on Valentine’s Day … a love of announcements. According to PCWorld, the company’s highly anticipated iPad 3—expected to make its debut Mar. 3—will feature 4G connectivity through Verizon, AT&T. However, there are some reports that the Goliath of gagdetry could be working on the David of iPads, testing a new tablet device with a smaller screen. Apple is also scaling back its costs for marketers to run mobile campaigns via iAd, slashing the fee from $500,000 to $100,000. If that doesn’t ease your nerves—from a mobile standpoint, at least—there’s a new app in development that might be of some assistance for calming one’s social anxiety. Can’t Suri just count us back from 10, tell us to breathe deep? But if that doesn’t ch-ch-ch-chill you out, perhaps some Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Pet seeds could help one’s mental health, the popular plant fad of yesteryear now being dubbed the new “super food” craze. Science has also proved helpful in identifying exactly what parts in Grammy-darling Adele’s hit “Someone Like You” make you loose your sh*t reduce listeners to tears. Speaking of the Grammys, a minor league hockey player, Minnesota Wild prospect might be familiar with the penalty box for his on-ice activity, but the wrath of Twitter is another story. The athlete was suspended for two games after tweeting an offensive gay slur directed at nominated performers the Foo Fighters. Fans of “The Simpsons” fought for a Guinness World Record last week for the longest viewing of a TV marathon, which they achieved at a staggering 86 hours, 37 minutes worth of Homer’s “D’ohs”, Bart’s “Eat my shorts.” We’re sure Barbie, Ken diehards would queue up for at least 86 hours, 37 minutes if it meant getting their collector hands on Mattel’s Prince Duke William, Princess Duchess Kate Barbie dolls, marking the royal couple’s first anniversary in April. Luckily, you can just buy them on Amazon. Too bad, though—it looks like no one is buying much of anything. Retail sales in the U.S. rose a mere 0.4 percent in January, just half of what was expected. No wonder ladies selling Avon are packing it up. The Chicago Tribune reports that greater numbers of door-to-door reps are leaving the cosmetics company than in past years, despite shares being up more than 3 percent. Even the gum market is in a sticky situation—sorry, too easy—and it’s not on the bottom of its shoe. Gumball vendors are hard-pressed to turn a profit in a generation not carrying around pocket change. If you're unfamiliar with coins, just Google it. We bet you’ll find all the information you need on its Wikipedia page. We also bet that Wikipedia page is on the first page of the search results, as are Wikipedia pages in 99 percent of searches powered by Google.{/%BODYCOPY%} {%ID%}10836{/%ID%} {%DATAID%}e88dc26b-b80b-47ab-ad6d-e03c963f2f84{/%DATAID%} {%CanonicalUrl%}{/%CanonicalUrl%} {%PUBLISHDATE%}2/15/2012 2:58:27 PM{/%PUBLISHDATE%} {%LINK%}https://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/10836.aspx{/%LINK%} {%BYLINE%}Kristin Piombino
Feb. 15, 2012