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Following Wednesday night's presidential debate, CNN correspondents Anderson Cooper and Van Jones gave viewers multiple reasons to (almost) believe in cable television again.

"You know this is a really sad night for the country," Van Jones said. "You can't polish this turd."

"Technically, you can't polish any turd," Anderson Cooper corrected.

It's unclear how Jones would polish a turd, but Twitter had their own imagination.

van jones: "you can't polish this turd"
anderson cooper: "technically you can't polish any turd"

I'M NOT SORRY I LOVE CNN

— Aminatou Sow (@aminatou) October 20, 2016

CNN just now: “You can’t polish this turd”

This guy for president.

— Chris Albon (@chrisalbon) October 20, 2016

Earlier in the evening, calm-cool-and-collected Anderson Cooper finally struck out at a Trump surrogate after she alleged that dead people were committing voter fraud

Things so off the rails with Trump supporters on @CNN, Anderson Cooper says, "You're making that up" pic.twitter.com/JamxJetGHF

— Mashable News (@MashableNews) October 20, 2016

"You're making that up," Anderson told her.

The debate may have been unwatchable, but this -- this was good.

BONUS: Not even the audience can take Trump seriously when he says he respects women