The Zong

Ok, think back to the most awkward and embarrassing thing you’ve ever seen in your entire life. Maybe it was something someone else did, maybe it was something you did. Just think about it for a minute. Did it build character?

Now, try your best to watch this bit from the Correspondents’ Dinner all the way through. It’s like the opposite of truthiness, but if you make it to the end, Karl Rove will rap for you. If I told you it was the worst thing you’d ever watch, you’d watch it, right?

Sir Rebholz points out that this part of scanners kind of simulates the experience of watching it:

- M.G.