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loro mi dicevano Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:31 PM
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Breaking: CNN cannot spell.


Honestly, you'd think they could spell Schiavo correctly, after all, they've reported on nothing else for two weeks...
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:37 PM
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1. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:40 PM
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2. Well, no one seems able to pronounce it correctly.
Wouldn't it be "Ski-ah-vo"?

Perhaps CNN is helping rewrite Italian geneology.
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:42 PM
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3. Just as pathetic...
...was the talking head on Boston WBZ radio -- 50,000 watts, clear channel AM, not rinky-dink -- talking about the 'papalcy'.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:44 PM
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4. They've been having a spell check, fact check and
truth check problem for years now.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:54 PM
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10. That reminds
me of the time the Bush camp was having some type of conference and on CSPAN they misspelt a word. I can't remember which word but it was your basic word. :eyes:
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loro mi dicevano Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:58 PM
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12. Wasn't it "challange"? Or was there another incident?
*sigh*
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SouthernDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:45 PM
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5. Watch the ticker at the bottom of the screen during the news. You will be
amazed.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:51 PM
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7. Oh you are right about that
I often wonder what intern from Stone Mountain Junior High they have typing in headlines.
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:49 PM
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6. Not as bad as some of their broadcast goofs
Like space shuttle Columbia travelling 18 times the speed of light, relocating Switzerland on their European map, and misspelling poor Niger Innis' name (yep, they inserted an extra 'g' in there).
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:51 PM
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8. They'd probably misspell "morans", too! nt
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:52 PM
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9. I've seen typos on their scroller on TV all the time
Most of the time they're caught pretty quick, but sometimes they make a few rounds first.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 08:56 PM
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11. That is one of the funnies things I've seen today
Thanks for the laugh...ahh, good ol' CNN.

:rofl:
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loro mi dicevano Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 10:48 PM
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13. Hahaha, it's corrected on CNN.com now. Hm.
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rehema Donating Member (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 10:53 PM
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14. CNN received spelling lessons from Bush and Quayle
"internets" and "potatoe"
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