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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Blogger Slams CNN

Dear CNN.com headline people,

Have you ever noticed how much you use the word "slams" in your headlines? No? Well, I have. Please get a thesaurus.

Kindest regards,
Andy

HP slams Hewlett in letter to shareholders

Burton Slams White House Stonewalling

China slams Bush on eve of poll

63 killed as typhoon slams China

Kerry slams Bush on terrorism

U.S. slams ban on its chickens

N Korea slams Seoul troop decision

Sharon slams loan scandal report

U.N. again slams Woomera conditions

China slams EU food ban

North Korea joins Asian security forum; China slams missile-defense plan

Kerry slams Bush on Iraq; campaigns in Texas

AllPolitics Gephardt Slams Budget Of Many Deficits

Edwards slams Dean again for Confederate remark

Sri Lankan president's party slams Norway, U.S., Britain

EU slams U.S. steel tariffs

Rumsfeld slams Iran's 'mock' elections

Gorbachev slams U.S. 'sickness'

Mugabe slams Blair, vows free vote

*From a search on CNN.com that yielded 2,972 results.
Posted by Andy at 12:21 PM

4 comments:

Matthew said...

That's sad, but somehow unsurprising.

4:19 PM
Anonymous said...

*yells at CNN; slams door*

4:22 PM
Anonymous said...

Slam, bang ...thank you, man.

4:27 PM
bohica said...

I guess the best answer is to just start watching Fox News :)

2:36 PM

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