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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:22 PM
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Brilliant! See CNN SUCK: WTFCNN.com
From Tech Crunch
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/28/wtf-cnn/

A new site, WTF CNN?, compliments of Breadpig, shows you exactly what world news you’re missing by clicking on CNN. The way the site works is simple: CNN.com is displayed at the top of the page, and under it, you get a choice of seeing the frontpage from one of the following global news sites: ABC (Australia), Al-Jazeera (Qatar), BBC (UK), China Daily (China), Deutsche Welle (Germany), EuroNews (Europe), France 24 (France), or Reuters (UK). Both halves are shown live, and switching between sites is as simple a selecting the one you want from a drop down menu.

Or watch CNN suck directly

http://wtfcnn.com/
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:31 PM
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1. Wow. Great comparison stuff. CNN really does suck bad. Al-Jazeera is way better
as are all the others! WTF CNN indeed!!! :grr:
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elias7 Donating Member (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 10:32 PM
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2. unbelieveable
first crack at it and I get CNN with Laura Bush's big mug atop the headlines which read, "We might have been poisoned" juxtaposed with Al Jazeera talking about the Grecian financial debacle.

WTFCNN!!
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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:33 PM
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3. The Spouse's Response:
It might be fake but, at Fox, at least they pretend to do the News.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:35 PM
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4. I passed that one on
I remember many years ago CNN and even Headline News were pretty good. Now, they are fluff and Faux snooze.
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 11:39 PM
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5. A space balloon from NASA crashed?
Where was that reported in the US?
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 09:47 PM
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13. Was that the one that dragged along the ground and overturned some cars?
If so, MSNBC had it on this afternoon, but I was proofreading some documents and not really paying attention.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 04:59 AM
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6. I sent the link to CNN
while making the suggestion that they take it seriously. Like that will happen.
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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 12:58 PM
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7. Hey, one can hope.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 01:00 PM
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8. Some cities have RT, France24, EuroNews and Al Jazzera on "Expanded Cable." eom
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 08:50 PM
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9. Now we need POSNBC and BSABC as appropriate complements. n/t
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 08:52 PM
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10. heheh, I like that idea. nt
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IcyPeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 09:40 PM
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11. Like the idea...... sorry, but I hate the layout.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 09:44 PM
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12. I love the popup message
Dear CNN,

We know you think this is what we want, but it's not. We don't care what random Tweeters think about a news story, how many holograms you have in your Situation Room, or even the latest celebrity gossip.

We care about our world. Instead of using your resources to do the journalism that gives us a better understanding of this world -- we get the front page of CNN.com.

Why do we have to look enviously at the front page of Al-Jazeera English for a better sampling of important news stories at any given time? If the CNN frontpage is a reflection of consumer demand, are we to believe that their readers demand real journalism?

Consider this a gentle nudge from the anonymous Internet, CNN.

PS. We still love Wolf's beard.
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