# Gotta pit CNN **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136 "2013-01-23T18:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pacific420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Pacific420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pacific420)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/1 "2013-01-23T18:41:19Z")
Re the refinery and employees taken hostage in Algeria, two Canadians were thought to be amongst the terrorists and apparently they were I.D.'d by passports which were also speculated to be forgeries. All this aside, I have to object to CNN’s banner ‘Canadian terrorists’ responsible for this terrorist act. Tabloid level of news reporting. CNN…“most trusted news source”? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/2 "2013-01-23T18:56:38Z")
All I can think of is the terrorists for a free Nova Scotia from Archer… ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/3 "2013-01-23T18:56:56Z")
I don’t get it? Are you arguing the two weren’t Canadians, or you just don’t like CNN reporting them as such? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/4 "2013-01-23T19:19:37Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I don’t get it? Are you arguing the two weren’t Canadians, or you just don’t like CNN reporting them as such? Was it a Canadian terrorist group, or a terrorist group that had two Canadian members? The headline suggests the former, not the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/5 "2013-01-23T19:21:12Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I don’t get it? Are you arguing the two weren’t Canadians, or you just don’t like CNN reporting them as such? Until it’s clear that the passports aren’t forgeries (and not stolen) it’s not clear that the terrorists are Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/6 "2013-01-23T19:25:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Was it a Canadian terrorist group, or a terrorist group that had two Canadian members? The headline suggests the former, not the latter. "Canadian Terrorists’ doesn’t really suggest anything, other then that what’s being discussed involves Canadian terrorists. It doesn’t even suggest that a group existed, never mind that it was completely made up of Canadians. News banners are limited to a few words. Criticizing them for not giving the whole story is silly. If you want to find out what they’re talking about, your supposed to listen to the news program. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/7 "2013-01-23T19:29:03Z")
> [@Pacific420](#): > > All this aside, I have to object to CNN’s banner ‘Canadian terrorists’ responsible for this terrorist act. What exactly did the banner read? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/8 "2013-01-23T19:35:21Z")
Blame Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/9 "2013-01-23T19:49:01Z")
Why am I not surprised when I see a pit thread which boils down to “x has given incomplete information on a subject” and I read it and say “I have no idea what you’re complaining about. Perhaps you can provide more complete information?” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/10 "2013-01-23T20:07:05Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Why am I not surprised when I see a pit thread which boils down to “x has given incomplete information on a subject” and I read it and say "I have no idea what you’re complaining about. Holy crap, we’re been harassed by a Canadian drone. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/11 "2013-01-23T20:22:39Z")
I, too, cannot believe that every headline is not absolutely perfect and exactly the way I would like it to be. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/12 "2013-01-23T20:38:46Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > "Canadian Terrorists’ doesn’t really suggest anything, Except to put a far more ominous spin on the Great Canadian Syrup Theft a while back… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pacific420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Pacific420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pacific420)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/13 "2013-01-23T21:37:55Z")
Darth Panda ya slay me! 🙂 Czarcasm got what I meant…sorry for not being clearer with my gripe ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/14 "2013-01-23T21:50:15Z")
_Terrorists who could be from anywhere, but happen to be Canadian, alleged to be responsible…_ I assume this was a banner on TV that you saw? Can’t find anything on the website. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/15 "2013-01-23T22:12:18Z")
Canadian Terrorist Sketch A couple seated in a restaurant ordering breakfast. Waitress list specials for the day, including “Canadian Bacon” Two guys walk past and one of them says “You know it’s only ham, eh?” Somewhere in the background someone drops a plate. End Sketch ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/16 "2013-01-23T23:00:59Z")
I agree. News outlets should take great care before alleging that terrorists are Canadian. The terrorists are entitled to their day in court and the opportunity to prove they are not any of the things they are alleged to have been, including Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/17 "2013-01-23T23:30:39Z")
Canadian Terrorists. Sounds like the next great reality TV show. Hockey Beer Aboot Canadjuns, eh? Up to no good in the Frozen North. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/18 "2013-01-23T23:34:19Z")
I assume they would be very friendly terrorist, right? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/19 "2013-01-23T23:59:26Z")
Yeah, but they tip shittily. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136/20 "2013-01-24T00:09:26Z")
What about that Canadian who beheaded the guy sitting next to him on the bus? I tell ya, when I see a Canadian nowadays, I shoot first and ask questions later. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136.md?page=2)