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Sun Jul-16-06 06:02 PM
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| Gotta love CNN they start off by saying "Breaking News" but first they |
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Edited on Sun Jul-16-06 06:03 PM by thepurpose
tell you about some scare expose they have coming up about how a plane could crash again. CNN if it can wait...It ain't breaking news.
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:05 PM
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| 1. "Breaking News" has become just another marketing term. |
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Someone pointed this out a couple of days ago, and it sounds about right to me.
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:10 PM
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| 3. What it used to mean: This crap JUST hit the fan!!!! |
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What it means now: We've only run this story five or ten times so far in this news cycle.
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:08 PM
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| 2. They have shown CNN presents all weekend instead of covering live |
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:11 PM
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Thanks for watching CNN for me--I got rid of my dish and refuse to watch regular news.
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:15 PM
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| 5. I think it's just an excuse for them to play the breaking news jingle |
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You know the one, "Daa daaaa.. da de doo de deee".. It used to get my attention right away, but they've cried wolf about 1000 times too many.
It's all about marketing and drawing your eyes to the screen.
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:20 PM
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| 6. I notice that on their home page. Should be "Breaking Wind" |
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:29 PM
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| 8. "what you don't know can kill you! news at 11!" |
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the local news is the worst. they have these insanely sensationalistic teasers for a story that they KEEP pumping even during the program. "coming up next, what's in everyone's refrigerator that can kill you!!"
of course, the actual story doesn't run until 11:26, and it's always a 20 second let-down, e.g., "don't drink the freon coolant in your refrigerator, it's toxic!"
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:33 PM
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| 9. Seen the one "What can kill you and you eat it every day!!!!" |
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So you stay up to find out 3 people died when they were in their 90s from eating this whatever it was every day of their life.
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:38 PM
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| 10. right, they finally choked on it or whatever. |
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local news is, sadly, useless.
especially because it SHOULD be so highly relevant.
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| The Count
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Sun Jul-16-06 06:46 PM
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| 11. Means: "My boss will break my neck if I don't repeat this drivel" |
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It's really short for "Neck Breaking News"
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Mon Jul-17-06 03:18 PM
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| 13. I believe regarding CNN, the news has been broke for some time. n/t |
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