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Old Oct 1st 2017, 11:19 am
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So I got up this morning did my usual catch up on what happened overnight on certain web sites for news or the UK daily rags.

So at the moment it appears that a potential terrorist incident happened last night in Edmonton Alberta.
This is the article from the CBC website
Edmonton police investigate 'acts of terrorism' after officer stabbed and van rams pedestrians - Edmonton - CBC News

The CBC obviously are reporting it, the BBC yup, Daily Mail, Mirror, Sun all have stories.
CNN and Reuters nothing visible on their pages. Maybe its too early or they are concentrating on reporting that O.J. Simpson has just been released.
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Old Oct 1st 2017, 11:25 am
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My favourite viral Twitter tweet was from a few years ago when Russia first invaded Crimea, and the major news networks in the US were totally ignoring it in favour of the usual low-news-value click bait.

Someone tweeted, "Hey CNN: Russia just invaded a major European country and the UN Security Council is in emergency session. Any interest?"
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Old Oct 1st 2017, 11:44 am
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There again the Daily Mirror although reporting it got some aspects wrong

Police said that the attack began with a man driving his car "at high speed" at a police checkpoint outside an American football game in Edmonton, Alberta, attended by thousands of people.

Im pretty sure the Edmonton Police Services know the difference between the NFL and the Canadian Football League which Edmonton play in

Canada police terror attack: Officer repeatedly stabbed by motorist with ISIS flag after he rams patrol car before driving truck deliberately at pedestrians - Mirror Online
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CNN is unwatchable since the Trump took power, its just been mostly Clintons Nagging News channel
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Old Oct 1st 2017, 3:20 pm
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I recall during the Japanese tsunami it took CNN at least 2 hours until it changed its coverage from normal business chat to the tsunami. Sky News and BBC were into it almost immediately. Quite hard to fathom as they are an excellent channel once they start reporting, but they do seem a bit slow to start sometimes.
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If u go to CNN world news online it is there
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If it turns out that the culprit(s) is an immigrant from one of Trump's travel ban countries, I can guarantee it will be front page news on Fox for the next few days....
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Originally Posted by Danny B
If it turns out that the culprit(s) is an immigrant from one of Trump's travel ban countries, I can guarantee it will be front page news on Fox for the next few days....
So which of these countries are you putting $5 on?
Come October 18, nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, Somalia, and North Korea.

Now if going out on a limb and I had $5 to gamble I would put it on the person originating from Somalia. There again it could be someone born in Canada and radicalized.
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Five hurt as Edmonton attacks spark terror investigation - CNN
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Better late than never
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CNN would make breaking news out of a pile of dogshit. - tweeted a couple of years ago by Jann Arden
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Originally Posted by caretaker
CNN would make breaking news out of a pile of dogshit.
What? Where? How big? What colour? What breed? Was it runny? Did the dog own up to it? Was it armed? Was it shot to death? Did it get away? What did the selected dog panel have to bark about it?
BBC completely missed this one.
You have to hand it to CNN to scrape and squeeze the last drop of slippery smelly turd from the important news stories of the day and to ask the right questions.
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During the first days of Desert Storm a CNN reporter was embedded with a recon unit charging through Iraq and they came into contact with the enemy in the dark and a firefight ensued. He got on the air live and gave the details to Wolf Blitzer on the anchor desk, "We've come into contact with an enemy force about (x miles) southwest of Baghdad, although it's unknown if they're regulars or Revolutionary Guard." Blitzer scolds him for giving away their position, "You shouldn't be giving your location on a live feed." The reporter, on the verge of hysteria replied, "Oh they know where we are Wolf, they're shooting at us!"
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This is my favourite CNN busted moment

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Originally Posted by caretaker
...The reporter, on the verge of hysteria replied, "Oh they know where we are Wolf, they're shooting at us!"
Sounds like something from Catch 22
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