# A brilliant bit of writing on CNN

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**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880 "2023-12-20T13:31:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880/1 "2023-12-20T13:31:55Z")

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This opinion piece on CNN about the recent scandal regarding a sex video recorded in a US Senate hearing room is a genius piece of work, both serious and loaded with comical double-entendres:

[https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/opinions/senate-sex-tape-filipovic/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/opinions/senate-sex-tape-filipovic/index.html)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880/2 "2023-12-20T14:11:03Z")

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A news article asking “Why is the news still talking about this?”, while talking about it.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880/3 "2023-12-20T14:20:40Z")

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I’d more charitably call it a news article that necessarily talks about it in an attempt to get people to stop making it into a bigger deal than it actually is.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880/4 "2023-12-20T15:48:03Z")

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I’m not seeing the brilliance.

I did stop reading about halfway through, though, out of boredom. Maybe all the brilliance is in the second half?

mmm

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880/5 "2023-12-20T16:32:56Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> I’m not seeing the brilliance.

Me neither. Just a few juvenile cheap-shot double entendres, It’s an opinion piece that goes on way too long for the subject matter involved.

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880/6 "2023-12-20T16:51:11Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> Me neither. Just a few juvenile cheap-shot double entendres, It’s an opinion piece that goes on way too long for the subject matter involved.

Sorry to disappoint. I counted close to two dozen - maybe the article ran that long so as to make room for them all?

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880/7 "2023-12-21T14:15:37Z")

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It’s an opinion article.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brilliant-bit-of-writing-on-cnn/994880/8 "2023-12-21T14:28:04Z")

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There may be a second tape. I’m still asking-why? Why can’t people just keep it in their pants at work?

> **[There May be a SECOND Capitol Hill Sex Tape: Report](https://www.thedailybeast.com/congress-investigated-reports-of-another-staffers-sex-tape-last-year-report)**
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> Reports that a senior staffer in a Washington congressman’s office had engaged in “purported, unbecoming behavior” on Capitol Hill sparked an investigation last year.