Huge World Cup spoilers, in case you couldn’t tell
I was so excited Spain-Ireland was going to be on ABC this afternoon. Finally, I don’t have to get up at an abominable hour to get my World Cup fix, or stay up till one. In fact, I missed the first 35 minutes of this game because I had stayed up last night to see the end of the Senegal-Sweden game [worth it, IMHO]. Anyway, I figured, hey, as long as I don’t go to sports sites I shouldn’t have the result spoiled. CNN.com is [was] my default site, and what do I see 3 spots down in top headlines?
Senegal, Spain advance
AAAAAAAAAAH! As it turns out the game was won on PKs. The first PKs of the Cup and I don’t get to feel their excitement because I already know the outcome. If this was, say, Denmark-England, which was only shown in the morning, I wouldn’t be making a big stink about it, but Spain-Ireland is being shown on a major network right now in America, on against syndicated crap and car racing, so there’s probably a fairly large viewership. CNN, a fairly popular site in America, is giving away the result tothat game. CNN, you fucked up big time. I’m making my default page the New York Times now.
