# CNN.com=evil \[If you're watching Spain-Ireland now, don't go there!\]

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 16, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-com-evil-if-youre-watching-spain-ireland-now-dont-go-there/114387 "2002-06-16T18:56:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-com-evil-if-youre-watching-spain-ireland-now-dont-go-there/114387/1 "2002-06-16T18:56:32Z")

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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](http://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.

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-com-evil-if-youre-watching-spain-ireland-now-dont-go-there/114387/2 "2002-06-16T19:08:31Z")

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Can’t win, can they?

First, the football-watching US public whines because the US media don’t cover football adequately . . .

Then they do.

😛