# CNN Poll: Should CNN cram their polls up their ass? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-should-cnn-cram-their-polls-up-their-ass/88708 "2001-10-21T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-should-cnn-cram-their-polls-up-their-ass/88708/21 "2001-10-23T14:58:48Z")
As long as I’m on the subject of CNN, here’s another bit to add. If you cover news 24 hours a day, don’t have crawl text that reads: …TWO MORE POSTAL WORKERS EXPOSED TO ANTHRAX… Two more than what? Two more since when? I already knew about X cases…is this “two more” included in X or are we now at X+2? Here’s what I propose…instead of having a graphic of the weather in Texas, which people outside of Texas don’t care about and people in Texas aleady know, have an ANTHRAX METER keeping track of the number of cases. At a glance I know where we’re at, regarding Anthrax. Alternatively, here’s a suggestion from my friend Tangential, in a chat room, which is related to the playstation game Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo: [Tangential] I think that they should have a picture of a taliban guy and an american [Tangential] And above them you have like an HP meter. [Tangential] To show you how much life is left in the taliban and how many cases of anthrax. [Tangential] And they should periodically taunt one another like in Super blah blah 2 turbo . [legomancer] in Japanese! [legomancer] and, like, if a bunch of anthrax cases show up at once, a robot drops on the american guy’s head [Tangential] That’s more information at a glance! Dense data content ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-should-cnn-cram-their-polls-up-their-ass/88708/22 "2001-10-23T15:36:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by delphica \* > \*\*Now that **Wildest Bill** is banned, he probably has some time on his hands, and I wonder if CNN could put him to good use thinking up polls. It seems a shame that only we should see such gems as “Do old people act crazy just to fuck with our heads” VOTE NOW! when the entire internet-using world could ponder whether that is A. Yes always, B. No never, C. No, only your head, Wildest Bill. Because those polls would be just as informative as the ones they have now. \*\* My God, this is a great idea. A sick,perverted idea, but a good one for it! Here’s the latest poll: [/quote] I was juggling chainsaws and my head fell off. Should I go to a doctor?[list=A][li]Yes, go to a doctor, you putz!.[_]Have a beer and suck it up. It will heal by itself.[_]Dig out the staple gun.[/list=A][/li][/quote] I liked WB, but 100% of the people who responded to a poll I just made up and asked myself about considered this to be his true calling and think that he will like working for CNN. They (ok, I) also think that his employees will only miss that son of a flake until they regain some sort of contact with reality. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-should-cnn-cram-their-polls-up-their-ass/88708/23 "2001-10-24T08:16:34Z")
It would be great if they lost all of the graphics and tickers as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-should-cnn-cram-their-polls-up-their-ass/88708.md?page=1)