I discovered two things this past weekend that are worth pointing out:
One. While playing Trivial Pursuit on Friday night¹, I discovered that CNN was once derided as the Chicken Noodle Network by other news organizations.
Two. While briefly watching CNN on Sunday, I discovered that it deserves the name. During their extended-play coverage of the whole Saddam spectacle, CNN conducted a phone-in survey asking "Should Saddam have been taken alive? Yes or No." I certainly hope I'm not the only one who found the question preposterous and a simple invitation for a bloodthirsty response.
Actually, come to think of it, calling CNN the Chicken Noodle Network is disparaging to wonderful chicken noodle soup which is both delicious and heart-warming.
¹ Yup, I'm a loser who sometimes plays Trivial Pursuit on Friday nights.

Comments
Will - December 15, 2003 2:02 pm
I smell a google bombing.
Mandy - December 15, 2003 11:25 pm
<a href=http://mamadunce.blogspot.com>Trivial Pursuit</a> seems to be the thing to blog about these days. I feel out of the loop. Well, I played Scrabble twice tonight if that counts for anything
And agreed, I think that was a horrible question of CNN to ask, yet one that does not surprise me. I don't know which one makes me feel more sad for our world... the question, or my lack of "shock (and awe")?