# Dear CNN And All Other Non-Deplorable News Sites **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740 "2021-02-25T20:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740/21 "2021-02-26T18:46:48Z")
I recall a quote from about 2015-2016 from some media figure regarding you-know-who, and the conundrum they faced. Though the exact wording escapes me, a few don’t. It was something like: _Covering him is a ratings bonanza, which is great for us, but we wonder and worried if we might be enabling the the creation of a fourth reich_ ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740/22 "2021-02-26T18:56:28Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Been saying it for a while, and I see the MSM just can’t let go, they absolutely positively _HAVE_ to have him in the lede. They learned **nothing**. It’s addiction. They are jonesing so much for the neurotransmitter rush after the infliction of pain, they have to get more even as they know it’s killing them. The “news” is an information based product. Time on the air is like rent; the time has to be rented out to advertisers. And advertisers need people to watch. People don’t necessarily watch to be informed; they watch to have their attention grabbed. Trump is good at grabbing people’s attention. Yes, it’s an addiction, a vicious cycle, which is made worse by social media that allow people to not only receive titillating entertainment but also push onto others as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740/23 "2021-03-08T16:05:46Z")
Far fewer Trump stories (and Trump threads on the Dope) would be fine with me. Another category for the Rat’s Ass Chronicles (stories about which I do not give a rat’s ass) is stuff about the Royal Family. Apparently Oprah just interviewed a couple of these entitled dingbats, giving rise to the following splendid headline: “Meghan Markle drops bombshell when asked about reports she made Kate Middleton cry” The baby Jesus would be far less likely to cry if it didn’t have to hear endless crap about the royals. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740/24 "2021-03-08T19:29:01Z")
Dear CNN et al, please refer to him as “donald john trump”, as befits his place along side Booth and Oswald. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740/25 "2021-03-08T21:24:20Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Dear CNN et al, please refer to him as “donald john trump”, as befits his place along side Booth and Oswald.   I prefer “un-indicted co-conspirator Donald John Trump”. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740/26 "2021-03-09T01:39:39Z")
Maybe just “Don John”, sounds like dungeon. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740/27 "2021-03-09T05:07:04Z")
Meh. I’ll let you know when I’m finished with “America-hating fuckstick.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cnn-and-all-other-non-deplorable-news-sites/933740.md?page=1)