CNN = the boy who cried wolf. - Democratic Underground

jillan

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Sun May-02-10 11:04 PM
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CNN = the boy who cried wolf.

I've had the tv on for most of the day as background noise while I puttered around the house and they've had a Breaking News banner on the screen all day - so I tune in to hear what the Breaking News is - and it's the same Breaking News story they had hours ago.
If there really is Breaking News - who the heck would ever know?

Breaking News!!! We are telling you the same thing we told you an hour ago, which was the same breaking news from an hour before that! And Breaking News!! This happened last nite and we reported on this same sound bite for hours but it's Breaking News!

:crazy:

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msongs

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Sun May-02-10 11:11 PM
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1. got u to watch didnt it? nt

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jillan

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Sun May-02-10 11:14 PM
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2. Like a fool!

:P

I kept expecting them to say they got the guy or they capped the hole in the oil tanker....but no....

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Clio the Leo

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Sun May-02-10 11:16 PM
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3. Most folks are not freaks like us who keep it on all day.

;) NT

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jillan

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Sun May-02-10 11:20 PM
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4. You just might have a point there!

What can I say - I have an addiction...news junkie!

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Speck Tater

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Sun May-02-10 11:36 PM
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5. "Breaking News" is relative.

Back when George Washington was president breaking news was any news from Europe that was less than three months old.

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gateley

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Sun May-02-10 11:57 PM
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6. The Boy Who Cried Blitzer. nt

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TexasObserver

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Mon May-03-10 12:04 AM
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7. CNN is the home of the little boy, Wolf, who cried.

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pansypoo53219

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Mon May-03-10 12:06 AM
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8. jazz hands.

gottta just 'wait' for the finale.

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hvn_nbr_2

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Mon May-03-10 02:51 AM
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9. CNN as background noise? Don't you have something more pleasant....

like a chalkboard and fingernails, or silverware in the garbage disposal, or something?

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jillan

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Mon May-03-10 09:59 AM
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10. Only because of the oil spill & NY did I have it on - I was really hoping for some real breaking

news.

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Ron Green

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Mon May-03-10 06:50 PM
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11. "When news breaks....

...we'll fix it!"

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