# What would happen if we put an X on CNN? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069 "2005-11-28T16:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/81 "2005-11-29T17:16:03Z")
I want one of those sports tv’s that you can write on to be mandatory for all political/news shows. I’d actually watch FOX or it’s ilk if I could draw pretty pictures while doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/82 "2005-11-29T18:57:40Z")
> [@Love Rhombus](#): > > I want one of those sports tv’s that you can write on to be mandatory for all political/news shows. I’d actually watch FOX or it’s ilk if I could draw pretty pictures while doing it. I’d like a direct pipeline to all sports announcers so that I could shout obscenities at them for being so god damned irritating. I’m sorry, what were we talking about again? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/83 "2005-11-29T19:27:38Z")
> [@Love Rhombus](#): > > I want one of those sports tv’s that you can write on to be mandatory for all political/news shows. I’d actually watch FOX or it’s ilk if I could draw pretty pictures while doing it. Did you see the SNL episode where O.J. Simpson (played by Tim Meadows) was using a light pen to document a football play and ended up spelling out “i did it” ? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/84 "2005-11-29T20:28:59Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > So, uh, Cheney’s _not_ going to stop lying? Sure he’ll stop. When his ticker gives out. Though I’d fact check his tombstone. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/85 "2005-11-29T20:59:46Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Sure he’ll stop. When his ticker gives out. > Though I’d fact check his tombstone. HERE LIES A LOVING FATHER AND HUSBAND FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ SINCE 9/11 CHANGED THE WORLD ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/86 "2005-11-29T21:17:47Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > HERE LIES A LOVING FATHER AND HUSBAND > FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ SINCE 9/11 CHANGED THE WORLD You forgot the part where he fought to keep Torture as a tool and to give No-bid contracts to his own company. Jim ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/87 "2005-11-29T21:36:41Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Isn’t it one of the points of democracy that we _don’t_ worship our leaders? That’s what I was thinking. Cheney is not some sacred thing, he is just a person. No more, no less. > [@Kevin Finn](#): > > said, “The Vice-President is a symbol of the United States, much like the American flag. For CNN to desecrate the image of the Vice President is the same as the Iranians burning the U.S. flag at a rally staged for the whole world via television. It is a slap in the face to all those who serve and have served in the armed forces”." Cheney is not a symbol of anything. It was no desecration, of some holy or magical whatever. Lastly, the “slap in the face” stuff is pure bullshit. Aid and comfort to the enemy, unpatriotic, treason, all this is wrapped up in this one little “X”? Bullshit. Cheney is no god king. Cheney is not America. And Cheney himself (Mister 5 deferments warhawk) HIMSELF is a slap in the face. Bullshit on all of it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/88 "2005-11-29T21:37:09Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > You forgot the part where he fought to keep Torture as a tool and to give No-bid contracts to his own company. Kellogg, Brown and Root will get a no-bid contract to dig his grave, at which time they’ll discover a wealth of oil underneath Arlington National Cemetery. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/89 "2005-11-29T21:41:47Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > That’s what I was thinking. Cheney is not some sacred thing, he is just a person. No more, no less. No less? How…generous of you! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/90 "2005-11-29T22:39:43Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > HERE LIES A LOVING FATHER (snip) see? even after he’s dead and buried, he **still** lies. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/91 "2005-11-29T23:23:58Z")
It’s been well over 24 hours. Can we start bitching about **Clothahump** ’s lack of response yet? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/92 "2005-11-29T23:28:34Z")
I think that humpy’s post-and-run is now certainly fair game. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/93 "2005-11-29T23:44:51Z")
We can officially pile on now for the hit-and-run ignorance, I mean posting. Jim ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/94 "2005-11-29T23:46:42Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > It’s been well over 24 hours. Can we start bitching about **Clothahump** ’s lack of response yet? Given that he was here and posting 3 hours ago…yes. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/95 "2005-11-29T23:57:31Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Given that he was here and posting 3 hours ago…yes. Now that is actually chicken-shit. He should at least step back into the thread and apologize or make a lame excuse. Jim ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/96 "2005-11-29T23:58:23Z")
**Clothahump** waded into the Pit, Dropped a buttload of paranoid shit About media bias, Then vanished. So why is Our OP not back, the damned twit? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/97 "2005-11-30T00:06:03Z")
What would happen if we put an X on Cnn? A: XCNN would be similar to CNN, only more X-TREME. There would be a greater emphasis on flashy graphics and yelling. It would be pretty much like Fox News. A:CNNX would be similar to CNN, only _naughty_. Every news report would feature a nude Wolf Blitzer performing unspeakable acts upon Paula Zahn. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/98 "2005-11-30T00:27:40Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > We can officially pile on now for the hit-and-run ignorance, I mean posting. > > Jim I prefer the term [shit-and-run](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6694484#post6694484), which I last used on another **Clothahump** opus. For the record, in that one he waited 24 hours, then made a completely nonsensical joke-response to something **Bricker** said. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/99 "2005-11-30T00:47:48Z")
Xxx ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/100 "2005-11-30T05:26:03Z")
Well, I just asked GrizzWife (who’s dang smart, I must say) “If you saw a picture of Dick Cheney on CNN, and an “X” appeared over his face for a second or so; what would that mean?” I further went on the say that no, it was NOT a rhetorical question. She and I agreed that, if we saw that, we wouldn’t have a clue as to it’s supposed _MEANING_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069.md?page=6)