# I pit CNN and here's why **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780 "2015-10-07T02:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/1 "2015-10-07T02:54:36Z")
The OJ verdict was 20 years ago right about now, and that station’s acting like everyone and anyone nowadays cares. Hour-long specials, interspersing it with the regular news, etc. Or do we? Back when the trial was going on, Newsweek mentioned that the sequestered jurors had all their media censored to remove references to OJ, and a letter writer asked where he could subscribe to that service. 😛 On a less humorous note, when the Oklahoma City bombing happened, my first thought was, “So, how long will this knock OJ off the top of the news?” The answer? Two days. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/2 "2015-10-07T02:59:55Z")
…what’s this I’m hearing about OJ? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/3 "2015-10-07T03:01:12Z")
I’d rather watch FoxNews than CNN – at least one can enjoy some recreational outrage! I have been curious about that Malaysian airliner though; does CNN have an update on that? 😃 Have others also noticed that, very often, when pursuing a story about something relevant going on _in the U.S.A._, the breaking coverage comes from _a British newspaper_? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/4 "2015-10-07T03:13:21Z")
Who’s OJ? I just said that to make you all feel old. I know he’s the guy who patented the abbreviation for orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/5 "2015-10-07T03:18:06Z")
I’m waiting for one of the reporters to pull a Mika Brzezinski and refuse to do a news story on him. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Mika saw a Paris Hilton story scroll up on the Teleprompter and refused to read it. She kept her job, too. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/6 "2015-10-07T03:22:04Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Have others also noticed that, very often, when pursuing a story about something relevant going on _in the U.S.A._, the breaking coverage comes from _a British newspaper_? :smack: Yep, definitely noticed it. Most with the _Daily Mail_, which is a tabloid, but they’re often there first and with the best and most detailed information on major news events in the U.S. But read the celebrity blurbs and you’ll get so tired of phony references to toned abs, toned pins and pert bottoms that you’ll want to pull your hair out. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/7 "2015-10-07T03:27:34Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Who’s OJ? > I just said that to make you all feel old. I know he’s the guy who patented the abbreviation for orange juice. He co-starred in _The Naked Gun_ series. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/8 "2015-10-07T05:07:48Z")
I pit them for the constant goddamn Liberty Mutual car insurance ads. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/9 "2015-10-07T12:30:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I pit them for the constant goddamn Liberty Mutual car insurance ads. Definitely. And for Wolf Blitzer. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/10 "2015-10-07T13:46:59Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Yep, definitely noticed it. Most with the _Daily Mail_, which is a tabloid, but they’re often there first and with the best and most detailed information on major news events in the U.S. First, yes. Best, not even if God was rewriting world events to conform to what the [Daily Mail](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGscoaUWW2M&list=RDDGscoaUWW2M#t=6) was reporting. It’s the UK version of the _New York Daily News_: it puts the “yellow journalism” in “yellow journalism.” ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/11 "2015-10-07T14:42:14Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Yep, definitely noticed it. Most with the _Daily Mail_, which is a tabloid, but they’re often there first and with the best and most detailed information on major news events in the U.S. But read the celebrity blurbs and you’ll get so tired of phony references to toned abs, toned pins and pert bottoms that you’ll want to pull your hair out. Thanks, Starving Artist. I feel like I understand you now. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/12 "2015-10-07T17:27:27Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > First, yes. Best, not even if God was rewriting world events to conform to what the [Daily Mail](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGscoaUWW2M&list=RDDGscoaUWW2M#t=6) was reporting. It’s the UK version of the _New York Daily News_: it puts the “yellow journalism” in “yellow journalism.” Certainly. But the fact they’re a tabloid doesn’t necessarily mean everything they write is bullshit. They obviously expend a fair amount of money and effort to report thoroughly and correctly about major news events in the U.S. Just about anytime something major has happened here they’ll have a lot more factual detail about what happened, the names of those involved and more and better photos than we see here in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/13 "2015-10-07T17:28:48Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Thanks, Starving Artist. I feel like I understand you now. Somehow I’m still dubious. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/14 "2015-10-07T17:42:11Z")
Sometimes it hard to tell what’s sarcasm, and what is not. The above was NOT sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/15 "2015-10-07T18:48:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > …what’s this I’m hearing about OJ? Calm damn shorty. It’s not time to celebrate. The police haven’t murdered OJ yet. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cnn-and-heres-why/733780/16 "2015-10-07T19:04:14Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Calm damn shorty. That’s the sequel to “Get Shorty”.