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CNN writes the Taco Bell diarrhea headline America needed

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Boing Boing reports on CNN Business's coverage of a cyclospora outbreak linked to contaminated lettuce at Midwestern Taco Bell locations, affecting over sixteen hundred people and hospitalizing nearly one hundred. The story gained traction not just for the outbreak itself, but for CNN's notably direct headline: 'Taco Bell has a diarrhea problem'—a refreshingly unfiltered take that bypassed corporate spin.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2026/07/17/cnn-writes-the-taco-bel...

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