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Your Opinion Counts At CNN — But Should It?

theodp writes "Some people love how CNN employs Twitter to engage its audience. Not Steve Dahl. 'I am not interested in the take of @stinky on the Fort Hood shootings or any other current events,' complains Dahl of the access the media gives to Internet know-it-alls. 'I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion.'"

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  1. Yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion

    Yeah! That is slashdot's job!!

    1. Re:Yeah! by conspirator57 · · Score: 5, Funny

      but that will take away the righteousness I feel when down-modding things i don't agree with^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H err... when down-modding useless goatse.cx comments. that's it. yeah.

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    2. Re:Yeah! by OakDragon · · Score: 5, Funny
      So browse at 3 or 4.

      Sorry, I took your advice and now I can't see your post.

  2. Re:Who's Steve Dahl by jdpars · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some idiot with a computer and a cable modem.

  3. Re:Comments by Chelloveck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Most web commenting is pretty ridiculous amateur-hour nonsense. Its housewives and teens giving us their "wisdom." Web forums have been politicized by partisans. Fringe nutters have turned everything into their own PR outlets.

    What a typical left-wing liberal comment. The government lets people like you post freely to the internet, so how can we trust them to run our healthcare system? I guess that's what you get when you vote a socialist Muslim Kenyan national into the White House.

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