Anyone else get the incomplete news alert from CNN today?

smartvoter

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Sun Sep-04-05 03:02 AM
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Anyone else get the incomplete news alert from CNN today?

I got one that was clearly an error.

It said:

"-- President Bush"

To me, it looked like they were saying we should subtract Bush from the equation.

I thought, "I'll drink to that."

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cmd

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Sun Sep-04-05 03:05 AM
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1. I got the same message

Someone making a statement, perhaps?

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BQueen

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Sun Sep-04-05 03:08 AM
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2. 2 thoughts

1) they were waiting for him to think of something to say, and he never did....

2) the dashes were in place of a word they can't print....

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chalky

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Sun Sep-04-05 03:11 AM
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3. I vote for the second.

n/t

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Moochy

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Sun Sep-04-05 03:15 AM
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4. -- room for two letters ... how about Ex?

-- = Ex

ex president? Maybe the CNN reporters are getting ready for post-indictment Washington?

Either that or someone in the newspeak ministry meant to write out the english translation for "double negative bad"

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wli

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Sun Sep-04-05 03:26 AM
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5. Please clarify, I have no idea what this is about or its context. n/t

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smartvoter

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Sun Sep-04-05 03:28 AM
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6. A Breaking news alert from CNN today said only this:

"-- President Bush"

That's all we got.

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bananas

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Sun Sep-04-05 04:39 AM
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8. email alerts from cnn.com

Many news sites let you sign up for breaking news email alerts.
Whenever there is breaking news, they send you an email.

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Vektor

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Sun Sep-04-05 03:30 AM
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7. I got that too.

Creepy.

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craigolemiss

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Sun Sep-04-05 04:47 AM
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9. and the next one was an hour later

strange--I have seen some like that in the past few years, but usually followed 2 mins or so later by the rest of the info or a correction

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