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It's headlines like this that makes CNN the source for news (Original Post)
meegbear
Nov 2013
OP
I hate it when they use too much technical jargon. Why can't they use plain English?
FSogol
Nov 2013
#1
I don't trust their recipes. After they made me sick I decided they're too close to call.
pinboy3niner
Nov 2013
#3
FSogol
(45,435 posts)1. I hate it when they use too much technical jargon. Why can't they use plain English?
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)2. Me too. I need to know about isobars
and a recipe if they have one.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)3. I don't trust their recipes. After they made me sick I decided they're too close to call.
Lochloosa
(16,058 posts)4. And they got it wrong again. Going to be beautiful in N. Florida
Thanksgiving
Day
Sunny
High: 54 °F
Roland99
(53,342 posts)8. Maybe sunny above the rain clouds!
at least according to the radar. Rain has lifted past central FL for the most part. Really windy. Knocking outdoor Christmas decorations about.
spanone
(135,781 posts)5. DAMN concise for a news outlet
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)6. But...is that a GOOD thing, or a BAD thing?
Are CNN blabbers still using that phrase, or did Jon Stewart embarrass them into dropping it?
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)7. I saw that too and thought,
serious?
Journalists at CNN...ya right.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)9. They are going after a younger demographic, in this case
about 6 years old.
W_HAMILTON
(7,833 posts)10. And you thought that was bad...
I can't post a screenshot, but here's a blurb they have on their front page right now:
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"Grandma, this is not looking good"
It's left a mess in the West. Now, a big storm is soaking the South and may ice roads in the Northeast -- making it hard for travelers to get over the river or through the woods. FULL STORY
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