CNN asks What was the top story of 2006?

[Don_1967]

To Vote:http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/

[tuvor]

1. You.

Didn't they consult Time magazine?

(Glad to see Darfur's at #2, especially considering how underreported it is.)

[Kiouni]

10. what a freak'n cop out!

time claiming "you" are the person of the year when one of the largest changes in political power took place this year.

[NV1962]

16. ROFL! That's the spirit... And it's sooooo Time Warner! (n/t)

[Quantess]

17. "You". Slick ad campaign. How smarmy.

:puke: How utterly patronizing. We're supposed to say "Yes! I am big news! FINALLY, I get recognition for being ME! Yaayyy!":puke:

[SeattleGirl]

2. So far, the Dem takeover of Congress is leading. n/t

[rodeodance]

3. yes, but 26%

[rodeodance]

4. Rummy Resigning only has 10%---te he-and the Media made that story

out to be so much----taking away the day of fame the Dems won.
I was so upset that day.

[SeattleGirl]

6. There are so many choices, it's not surprising, in a way.

Expecially early on.

[whistle]

5. Done....

What was the top story of 2006?

Sago mine disaster 6% 355 votes

Darfur crisis in Sudan 16% 868 votes

Democratic takeover of Congress 26% 1429 votes

Israeli-Hezbollah fighting in Lebanon 14% 761 votes

Iraq war: Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation 10% 567 votes

Immigration debate 8% 434 votes

Nuclear concerns over Iran 4% 207 votes

John Mark Karr’s false confession 3% 157 votes

Warren Jeffs’ capture 1% 31 votes

Scandals: Congress, the Rev. Ted Haggard 3% 169 votes

North Korea nuclear scare 7% 371 votes

James Frey’s fictional nonfiction 0% 20 votes

Celebs’ bad behavior 2% 98 votes
Total: 5467 votes

[Neecy]

7. those are interesting results....

Notice how the infotainment trash ranks so low? Yet the cable networks seem to think that we loooooove this crap and push it as 'news' nonstop. I had MSNBC on this morning and they spent almost all of their airtime on the Miss USA 'story'....just disgusting. I guess this poll disproves their theory that we actually WANT this garbage shoved down our throats.

[Don_1967]

19. Agreed

I am surprised that this bull shit isn't a category.

[Warren Stupidity]

8. The disaster in Iraq.

All other big stories are a direct consequence of the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of our nation, a blunder whose consequences are yet to be fully realized.


Although you could convince me that catastrophic climate change and peak oil are equally as important, although under appreciated.

[skipos]

9. dem takeover 26% nt

[Nite Owl]

11. Dems lead

Sago mine disaster 7% 373 votes

Darfur crisis in Sudan 16% 890 votes

Democratic takeover of Congress 26% 1492 votes

Israeli-Hezbollah fighting in Lebanon 14% 777 votes

Iraq war: Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation 10% 584 votes

Immigration debate 8% 444 votes

Nuclear concerns over Iran 4% 214 votes

John Mark Karr’s false confession 3% 159 votes

Warren Jeffs’ capture 1% 31 votes

Scandals: Congress, the Rev. Ted Haggard 3% 176 votes

North Korea nuclear scare 7% 379 votes

James Frey’s fictional nonfiction 0% 21 votes

Celebs’ bad behavior 2% 101 votes
Total: 5641 votes



I hope the dems can see how much the country is depending on them!

[LSK]

12. I was torn between Iraq and the Dem takeover of Congress

Went with Iraq

[spanone]

13. 2006 election, what else?

[northofdenali]

14. Notice they didn't have the balls

to just put "the conflict in Iraq" all by it's lonesome? Of course, that, along with general Repuke corruption, fueled the Dem takeover (lotsa waking up all over the red states, IMO).

But the disaster inflicted mainly on our troops by the most corrupt Misadministration ever, is basically ignored, except for Rummy.

I like that the "celeb misbehavior" is so low on the totem pole.......

[lonestarnot]

15. The lost rich blonde broad over in Aruba.

[Moloch]

18. How pathetic that they actually have:

John Mark Karr's false confession

and

James Frey’s fictional nonfiction

and

Celeb's bad behavior


What ever happened to NEWS?