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meegbear

(25,438 posts) Tue Nov 26, 2013, 08:05 AM Nov 2013

It's headlines like this that makes CNN the source for news

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It's headlines like this that makes CNN the source for news (Original Post) meegbear Nov 2013 OP

I hate it when they use too much technical jargon. Why can't they use plain English? FSogol Nov 2013 #1

Me too. I need to know about isobars fadedrose Nov 2013 #2

I don't trust their recipes. After they made me sick I decided they're too close to call. pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #3

And they got it wrong again. Going to be beautiful in N. Florida Lochloosa Nov 2013 #4

Maybe sunny above the rain clouds! Roland99 Nov 2013 #8

DAMN concise for a news outlet spanone Nov 2013 #5

But...is that a GOOD thing, or a BAD thing? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2013 #6

I saw that too and thought, SoapBox Nov 2013 #7

They are going after a younger demographic, in this case KurtNYC Nov 2013 #9

And you thought that was bad... W_HAMILTON Nov 2013 #10

FSogol

(47,554 posts)

1. I hate it when they use too much technical jargon. Why can't they use plain English?

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 08:34 AM

Nov 2013

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)

2. Me too. I need to know about isobars

Reply to FSogol (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 08:36 AM

Nov 2013

and a recipe if they have one.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. I don't trust their recipes. After they made me sick I decided they're too close to call.

Reply to fadedrose (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 08:39 AM

Nov 2013

Lochloosa

(16,698 posts)

4. And they got it wrong again. Going to be beautiful in N. Florida

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 09:20 AM

Nov 2013

Thanksgiving
Day

Sunny

High: 54 °F

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

8. Maybe sunny above the rain clouds!

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 11:06 AM

Nov 2013

at least according to the radar. Rain has lifted past central FL for the most part. Really windy. Knocking outdoor Christmas decorations about.

spanone

(141,316 posts)

5. DAMN concise for a news outlet

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 09:21 AM

Nov 2013

dixiegrrrrl

(60,154 posts)

6. But...is that a GOOD thing, or a BAD thing?

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 09:22 AM

Nov 2013

Are CNN blabbers still using that phrase, or did Jon Stewart embarrass them into dropping it?

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

7. I saw that too and thought,

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 11:05 AM

Nov 2013

serious?

Journalists at CNN...ya right.

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)

9. They are going after a younger demographic, in this case

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 12:44 PM

Nov 2013

about 6 years old.

W_HAMILTON

(10,288 posts)

10. And you thought that was bad...

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 07:42 PM

Nov 2013

I can't post a screenshot, but here's a blurb they have on their front page right now:

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"Grandma, this is not looking good"
It's left a mess in the West. Now, a big storm is soaking the South and may ice roads in the Northeast -- making it hard for travelers to get over the river or through the woods. FULL STORY

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