Huh? WTF did CNN write?

[aphex]

CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

 

[Lonyo]

How does it not fit?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

?

 

[FeuerFrei]

1. Red
2. Black
3. ???
4. Profitability!

 

[meltdown75]

you're right, it does seem rather strange appended to the end of an otherwise fine sentence...

Mr. Oxford 😛 (read the other BF thread 😉 )

 

[Sysbuilder05]

Originally posted by: aphex
CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

LOL... it takes until Thanksgiving for companies to make a profit in Bush's crap economy? Sounds about right,been there done that.

 

[Indolent]

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05

Originally posted by: aphex
CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

LOL... it takes until Thanksgiving for companies to make a profit in Bush's crap economy? Sounds about right,been there done that.

haha, why are people so stupid that they have to make everything political? You do know it was called black friday way before Bush was president, right?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Indolent

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05

Originally posted by: aphex
CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

LOL... it takes until Thanksgiving for companies to make a profit in Bush's crap economy? Sounds about right,been there done that.

haha, why are people so stupid that they have to make everything political? You do know it was called black friday way before Bush was president, right?

but we all know that bush hates black people! :laugh:

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Indolent

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05

Originally posted by: aphex
CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

LOL... it takes until Thanksgiving for companies to make a profit in Bush's crap economy? Sounds about right,been there done that.

haha, why are people so stupid that they have to make everything political? You do know it was called black friday way before Bush was president, right?

It fits just fine. In programs like excel, red is often used to denote negative account balance. Thus moving into black = profitability.

 

[Modeps]

Typically most CNN written articles are terrible. They almost always contain some sort of grammatical error and often look like they were written by a 7th grader.

If you notice though, most of the articles on CNN are just reposts from the AP and Reuters. Major news outlets are just recycled content.

 

[alkemyst]

Well since Al Gore invented the Internet....

 

[lizardboy]

Aphex & Sysbuilder05 - you're both fvcking morons. The former for not understanding a sentence that makes perfect sense, the latter for trying to politicize a phrase that has been established for years. Idiots!

 

[meltdown75]

yeah now that i look at it again, it reads ok.

coffee helps

 

[thesurge]

1. People buying a lot of stuff.
2. ???
3. Profit for businesses.


HOW DOES THAT WORK!??!?!?

 

[tennisflip]

Originally posted by: Modeps
Typically most CNN written articles are terrible. They almost always contain some sort of grammatical error and often look like they were written by a 7th grader.

If you notice though, most of the articles on CNN are just reposts from the AP and Reuters. Major news outlets are just recycled content.

But the article is written just fine.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Modeps
Typically most CNN written articles are terrible. They almost always contain some sort of grammatical error and often look like they were written by a 7th grader.

If you notice though, most of the articles on CNN are just reposts from the AP and Reuters. Major news outlets are just recycled content.

Writers need to keep the level of education of their audience in mind 🙂 😛

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05

Originally posted by: aphex
CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

LOL... it takes until Thanksgiving for companies to make a profit in Bush's crap economy? Sounds about right,been there done that.

It's called Black Friday because it's traditionally the day retailers move into the black. They didn't name it this at the start of the Bush administration; it's just a general fact of life. Sheesh.

 

[weirdichi]

Wouldn't it sound better with PROFITABLE?

RED = ADJ
BLACK = ADJ
PROFITABILITY = NOUN
PROFITABLE = ADJ

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05

Originally posted by: aphex
CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

LOL... it takes until Thanksgiving for companies to make a profit in Bush's crap economy? Sounds about right,been there done that.

You're a frickin moron.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05

Originally posted by: aphex
CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

LOL... it takes until Thanksgiving for companies to make a profit in Bush's crap economy? Sounds about right,been there done that.

hhahahahahahah oh man.

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
Wouldn't it sound better with PROFITABLE?

RED = ADJ
BLACK = ADJ
PROFITABILITY = NOUN
PROFITABLE = ADJ

When used as "the red" and "the black" as written in the sentence, they are nouns. 🙂

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo

Originally posted by: Indolent

Originally posted by: Sysbuilder05

Originally posted by: aphex
CNN.com

"Bargain-hungry shoppers braved the early morning hours, chilly temperatures and crowds to score deals on "must-have" holiday items. Some retailers -- including Kmart -- were open for business Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it marks the period when retailers move out of the red and into the black, or profitability."

Or Profitability? Somehow that just dosen't fit.

LOL... it takes until Thanksgiving for companies to make a profit in Bush's crap economy? Sounds about right,been there done that.

haha, why are people so stupid that they have to make everything political? You do know it was called black friday way before Bush was president, right?

[kanye west]but we all know that bush hates black people![/kanye west] :laugh:

FIXED

 

[weirdichi]

Originally posted by: oddyager

Originally posted by: weirdichi
Wouldn't it sound better with PROFITABLE?

RED = ADJ
BLACK = ADJ
PROFITABILITY = NOUN
PROFITABLE = ADJ

When used as "the red" and "the black" as written in the sentence, they are nouns. 🙂

I read it as "the red/black (zone, area, proximity.. whatever you wanna call it)."

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
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