# God Damn CNN **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007 "2003-09-11T17:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/1 "2003-09-11T17:51:14Z")
Fuck them. Fuckidy fuck fuck fuck. Putting a “Breaking News” red banner up on thier page today. I almost threw up. Bastards. [fuckers](http://www.cnn.com/) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/2 "2003-09-11T17:52:15Z")
??? ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/3 "2003-09-11T17:59:01Z")
Well, that’s the worst OP I’ve ever written. Hit submit instead of preview. I had just finished reading various 9-11 stories, wandered over to CNN, saw the breaking news banner, and assumed the worst. Not a big deal, I know, but it pissed me off. Guess I’m just a little jumpy today. Sorry for the waste of bandwidth and all that… ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/4 "2003-09-11T17:59:45Z")
Well, it’s gone now - I’m assuming **lightingtool** saw the banner earlier, and thought terrorists were at it again… That would have scared me as well! ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/5 "2003-09-11T18:00:18Z")
Yeah, I’ll like to add a few more ??? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/6 "2003-09-11T18:01:25Z")
For those of coming in late, what did the banner say? ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/7 "2003-09-11T18:02:43Z")
jesus, I need to refresh my screen more. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/8 "2003-09-11T18:08:30Z")
The banner was in reference to [this story](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/09/11/mideast/index.html). Yeah, I’m a doofus. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/9 "2003-09-11T18:15:01Z")
I thought it was going to be this one, which was under the aegis of “Breaking News” earlier (in my email): “State Department warns of “increased indications” that al Qaeda is preparing attacks on U.S. interests to coincide with 9/11 anniversary.” ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/10 "2003-09-11T18:58:14Z")
I stopped visiting [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) partly because of those ridiculous red banners. Mostly I left because of the pop-ups, though. Try [http://news.google.com](http://news.google.com). You’ll never go back. The stories are computer-arranged by popularity; you can make your own decisions on how excited to get about each story. No red banners. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/11 "2003-09-11T20:20:54Z")
Why actually go to CNN when they will email you the news for free? ---
**Author:** ![Gjorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/12 "2003-09-11T23:56:36Z")
Don’t feel so bad. Last month, someone started a thread about the anniversary of the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan. I thought it had happened again. My basic thoughts were; WHAT THE HELL! Since when was the US mad at Japan? Why can’t I find the story on any of the internet news sites? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/13 "2003-09-12T00:25:44Z")
Now THAT’S funny Gjorp. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/14 "2003-09-12T00:28:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by masonite \* > \*\*I stopped visiting [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) partly because of those ridiculous red banners. Mostly I left because of the pop-ups, though. > > Try [http://news.google.com](http://news.google.com). You’ll never go back. The stories are computer-arranged by popularity; you can make your own decisions on how excited to get about each story. No red banners. \*\* You don’t like the popups (who does?) and like Google? Then why don’t you use Google’s new toolbar, which blocks popups? Then you can go to CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Computer\_Guru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Computer\_Guru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Computer_Guru)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-cnn/201007/15 "2003-09-12T01:26:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lightingtool \* > \*\*Fuck them. Fuckidy fuck fuck fuck. Putting a “Breaking News” red banner up on thier page today. I almost threw up. Bastards. > > [fuckers](http://www.cnn.com/) \*\* Don’t worry. I was pretty jumpy today. I was even crying this morning and almost burst out crying when they were paying tribute on the radio. Watching CNN made me cry also. It just hurt a lot, even though I wasn’t directly affected by it in that I didn’t lose any loved ones. I think that CNN did lose a member, and I think PA’s governor lost his dad. (I’m not sure on that. Any PA Dopers know if Gov. Rendell lost his father in the terrorist attacks?)