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| Which of the following, repeated over and over, particularly gets to you? |
| "We need to focus on the small details in order to appreciate the broader perspective" |
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15% |
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| "Forty thousand interviews - and I'm just warming up!" |
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45% |
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| "The Middle East - you make you know it, but do you really? Never ordinary. We explain the issues. And you'll meet the people shaping its surprising future" |
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27% |
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| "All of us are a walking target. Such is life in a world of suicide bombings. |
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12% |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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 Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 3:25 am Post subject: The "I hate CNN" thread |
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| The repetition on CNN drives me nuts. Look at the poll. Wow, it's a tough choice! |
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Percy Nickets
Joined: 18 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 3:31 am Post subject: |
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"The Middle East - you make you know it, but do you really? Never ordinary. We explain the issues. And you'll meet the people shaping its surprising future"
"All of us are a walking target. Such is life in a world of suicide bombings.
I make CNN is teach Korean bad gramer! |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 3:56 am Post subject: |
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I don't know where the hell that came from. Obviously I meant "you may think you know it, but do you really?"
I really don't give a toss about bad grammar, Percy. Mother Nature has endowed me with a big c**k instead, whilst lucky old you got the "really good at grammar" card.
Grammar troll in PC bang = bored guy with small *beep* and no girlfriend. Congratulations buddy.
Now, if we're done with the indispensable work of pointing out typos, back to CNN..... |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| Grammar troll in PC bang = bored guy with small *beep* and no girlfriend. Congratulations buddy. |
As opposed to bored guy who watches too much T.V. and memorizes news show jingles + spends way too much time on Daves including starting current brain-numbing thread = loser |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| I don't watch CNN anymore for that very reason, Spinoza. I got so sick of hearing Larry King's advert, especially. And, I like to keep myself as closed off to the outside world as possible. I try to pretend that everything's hunky dory, and that my biggest issue is too much sauce on my ham and cheese toast "sarnie". |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| Larry King is to journalism as mogadon is to joyous spontenaety, the dude has the most cliched and boring interviewing style in the world and the only nice thing I can say about him is he puts me to sleep faster than a cup of warm milk. As for repetition though, all the major news channels follow the same pattern, even the once great BBC. I rarely, if ever watch it now. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| HapKi wrote: |
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| Grammar troll in PC bang = bored guy with small *beep* and no girlfriend. Congratulations buddy. |
As opposed to bored guy who watches too much T.V. and memorizes news show jingles + spends way too much time on Daves including starting current brain-numbing thread = loser |
Sore point, I see. Hmm.
I must say I didn't realize Hapki had a problem with me. Wasn't it you who helped me with those Korean phrases that time, or someone else? What's the problem? In any case, whilst hardly the most interesting chap in the world, you were never on my "this poster must be put to death" list. You've gone down in my estimations by writing rot, and that's never a good thing.
It's not hard to memorize news jingles when you hear them every morning when getting ready for work. What else is there to watch? I want a bit of news in the mornings. But it's the most annoying channel ever. Folks who don't like the thread or wanna make grammar jokes should stay away. I probably don't read 50% of Daves because it's boring. |
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Maserial
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: The Web
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| Looking at the results thus far, we can generally agree that the phrase 'I'm just warming up!' really chaps some asses. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| Happily I don't watch commercial news programs at all any more. But from what I've seen I'd say I hate Fox far more than CNN. |
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zappalives
Joined: 15 May 2006
Location: Gyeongju
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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FOX NEWS, BABY!!! THINKING SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO!!! BILL O'REILLY'S MY MAC DADDY!!! WE AIN'T GOT NO SPIN!!! WE GOT FISHIZZLE!!!
Ok, I'll stop now. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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The line that makes me wan to punch my TV screen is for advertising their sports reports. "Why get your sports news from the side line? CNN takes you where the others guys don't. On the court....blah, blah, blah... and even into the pool!" Oh brother!
You don't have to watch CNN. BBC news is on Arirang TV in the mornings. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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CNN sucks--bottom line. It gives me a freaking headache.
And...SPINOZA sucks too. Hard. What a ponce.
(I'm assuming that was part of the thread's theme.)
Last edited by flotsam on Mon May 29, 2006 3:48 am; edited 1 time in total |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:40 am Post subject: |
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CNN droning on & on with their tripe little slogan:
Be the FIRST to "know"
BAH!!! 
http://www.pidradio.com |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| Larry King's by far. You would think that after 40,000 interviews he would have the hang of it instead of just warming up. But watching him interview feels exactly like that, like he's just warming up, still green and an amateur. What is he now, 116 years old? He has to be one of the worst interviewers Ive ever seen. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 5:05 am Post subject: |
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my favorite is one of the ads with christiane amanpour (sp?) praising herself.
male voice: "direct questions..."
christiane: "do you really see country after country falling into the fold of democracy?"
male voice: "direct answers..."
whoever she's interviewing: "democracy will mean different things to different nations."
that has to be the least direct answer to any question i've ever heard. |
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