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CNN writes the Taco Bell diarrhea headline America needed

In the world of online journalism, the headline is the whole enchilada.

Jason Weisberger
Jul 17, 2026
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CNN Business has produced a headline so pure, so direct, so violently inevitable, that no rewrite desk should be allowed within 500 feet of it: “Taco Bell has a diarrhea problem.”

The actual story is grim and gross: CNN reports that shredded iceberg lettuce sold at some Midwestern Taco Bell locations has been linked to a cyclospora outbreak involving mor…

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