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Etymology

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Blend of CommunistCable News Network.

Proper noun

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the Communist News Network

  1. (derogatory) CNN.
    • 1998 October 15, WM, “Communist News Network”, in talk.politics.guns[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-03:
      CNN AKA The Communist News Network ran results of a survey showing the percentage of Juveniles that owned firearms. So who else other than Communists hell bent on taking away firearms from law abiding citizens would care.
    • 2003 June 8, Alvin Valkenheiser, “The Communist News Network gets caught in another lie.”, in ny.politics[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-03:
      Not again! The Communist News Network gets caught in another lie.
    • 2008 October 23, Steele, “An interesting news Item on the Communist News Network”, in alabama.shoals.general[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-03:
      Interesting that even the Communist News Network can't even get its own quotes right, isn't it? You'd expect them to take other agencies out of context and jump up and down, but to take their own???

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