CNN has gotten more outrageous with headlines, right?

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ElFenix

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Originally posted by: thehstrybean
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: tk149
Skoorb? Wow, I haven't seen you in awhile.

Yeah, the headline sucks.
Yeah, I've been in couselling and drug programs for the past 18 months. I got badly into crack as a result of coming upon one too many "BREAKING NEWS" stories from CNN about a celebrity's favorite dessert.

:Q

Good to have ya back, man...

essential reading
 

sandorski

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meh, CNN sucks, but that was actually a good chuckle and a far reach to show why they suck IMO.
 

Martin

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Look at this

This is just f**king puerile (about two moles removed from Bush's face, a fairly common thing for an old person).

I keep meaning to stop going to CNN (mainly on account of them pretending that miniscule blurbs of news are worthy of a headline) but I'm so used to plugging in that tiny URL that it's just second nature. Damn CNN!

Don't blame them, ****** like this is simply an expression of what society considers important. Obviously news outlets would not be devoting enormous amounts of time and resources covering something like the death of a stupid B-list celebrity slut if people did not care about her.
 

IGBT

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..so who here still watches cnn? surprised they're still around.
 

SarcasticDwarf

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I read the BBC News and CNN every day. I read the BBC news for actual real news (with a major anti-American/Israeli bias) and CNN for entertainment.
 

mercanucaribe

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Originally posted by: WingZero94
Well i'm no fan of Fox News Headlines, but that is not why they are beating the snot out of the competition. It is because the majority of Americans don't like the smear merchants from all the liberal networks. Pretty much every liberal network is losing viewers like it had the plague.

Fox News is popular because people will watch the news they want to hear.
 

her209

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Originally posted by: IGBT
..so who here still watches cnn? surprised they're still around.
Yeah, everyone switched over to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. :p
 

Mill

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I've started noticing that lately as well. 8/10 headlines will be stupid ass tabloid or bullsh1t fluff stories.
 

Babbles

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I noticed that this morning and was somewhat surprised with how dumb the headline is. I think the quality of the CNN 'product' has been deteriorating for a long while. It is turning more into a tabloid than anything of genuine interest. However, I too keep going there out of habit.

Stupid habits.
 

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Originally posted by: WingZero94
They are turning into left wing whackjobs. Anything to discredit the president. It is getting rather pathetic. Fox News is good and they destroy their competition - mainly because their primary mission isn't to assinate traditional values.

I hope you're joking.
 

sandorski

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US Cable News sucks so much ass. At one time CNN was not too bad, but even a few years back watching it felt like someone was trying to suck your brain out through your eyes/ears. Fox is worse, far worse, both should be burnt to the ground and replaced by a Real News Source. I think a combo of C-Span and PBS News would be great and a News service that could be amongst the best in the World.