# Breaking news in the sniper case! Or, not. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548 "2002-10-23T17:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/1 "2002-10-23T17:23:09Z")
Read this column in today’s St. Petersburg Times. So accurate. I couldn’t have said it better. [http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/23/Columns/And\_now\_\_this\_breakin.shtml](http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/23/Columns/And_now__this_breakin.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/2 "2002-10-23T17:35:01Z")
Oh, that was too funny! I think the last real breaking news story was Sept 11, and the news networks have to treat each “breaking” news story like that horrible day. God forbid they should be second place in case something happens. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/3 "2002-10-23T17:35:34Z")
The bit about Carrot Top, that’s what put me over the edge. Sounded a lot like that old Monty Python skit about an election - “Can I just say this is the first time I’ve been on television?” “No, I’m sorry, there isn’t time…” ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/4 "2002-10-23T17:43:44Z")
I liked the panel from the Institute for People Who Talk on Television, myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/5 "2002-10-23T17:57:05Z")
That feels like a bit from Who’s Line Is It Anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/6 "2002-10-24T00:56:08Z")
I like this guy. FWIW, this Phenomenon is not peculiar to CNN, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/7 "2002-10-24T01:30:13Z")
Wow… That sums it up pretty well… ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/8 "2002-10-24T08:18:36Z")
There’s actually some real BREAKING NEWS going on right now. There have been two arrests made “in connection” with the sniper case at a rest-stop in Maryland. I’m one of the few people awake to watch it live… I hope they’ve got the @#'er !!! I’m going to bed now, it’s probably gonna be the same news over and over until I wake up…M U S T T U R N O F F T E L E V I S I O N ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/9 "2002-10-24T08:22:40Z")
Man, Americans _really_ hate Carrot Top, don’t they? 🙂 I’m sure he’s annoying an’ all. He made me laugh though. Anyway, fine piece of journalism. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/10 "2002-10-24T15:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ross \* > **Man, Americans _really_ hate Carrot Top, don’t they? 🙂** Well, there _are_ worse things. Like an earwax high colonic. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/11 "2002-10-25T14:18:24Z")
If you liked that you should check out a show on the ABC (Australian) called CNNNN. Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-in-the-sniper-case-or-not/133548/12 "2002-10-25T19:10:09Z")
Beautiful! Everyone should do themselves a favour and block all 24-hour “news” stations on their TV. [sub]man, the guys at Network HQ will kill me if that gets out