diff --git a/crates/programs/aichatbot-sidecar/src/workers/news_stories/news_story_audio_preprocessing/process_single_item.rs b/crates/programs/aichatbot-sidecar/src/workers/news_stories/news_story_audio_preprocessing/process_single_item.rs
index 00968e2bfc..91016b392b 100644
--- a/crates/programs/aichatbot-sidecar/src/workers/news_stories/news_story_audio_preprocessing/process_single_item.rs
+++ b/crates/programs/aichatbot-sidecar/src/workers/news_stories/news_story_audio_preprocessing/process_single_item.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fn split_into_manageable_portions(text: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     if trimmed_paragraph.len() > 250 {
       speakable_portions.extend(split_paragraph(&trimmed_paragraph));
     } else {
-      speakable_portions.push(paragraph.to_string());
+      speakable_portions.push(trimmed_paragraph.to_string());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/crates/programs/aichatbot-sidecar/src/workers/news_stories/news_story_greenlighting/site_handlers/cnn_greenlighting.rs b/crates/programs/aichatbot-sidecar/src/workers/news_stories/news_story_greenlighting/site_handlers/cnn_greenlighting.rs
index d70abf4d58..edbcbca995 100644
--- a/crates/programs/aichatbot-sidecar/src/workers/news_stories/news_story_greenlighting/site_handlers/cnn_greenlighting.rs
+++ b/crates/programs/aichatbot-sidecar/src/workers/news_stories/news_story_greenlighting/site_handlers/cnn_greenlighting.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@ use sqlite_queries::queries::by_table::news_story_productions::list::news_story_
 
 pub fn cnn_greenlighting(target: &NewsStoryProductionItem) -> Option<SkipReason> {
 
-  if target.original_news_canonical_url.contains("/deals/") {
+  if target.original_news_canonical_url.contains("/deals/")
+      || target.original_news_canonical_url.contains("cnn-underscored") {
+    // We got a 3-minute long ad for Levi's with the "/deals/" URL.
+    // CNN underscored is nothing but ads: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored
     return Some(SkipReason::Advertisement);
   }
 
+  if target.original_news_canonical_url.contains("/videos/") {
+    // Video content tends to have little text
+    return Some(SkipReason::VideoContent);
+  }
+
   None
 }
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