[Sandwich]

I'm getting tired of their shtick. I feel like they have no idea who they are nor who they are catering to. Sometimes it's simple reporting, but a lot of other times there's a clear editorial bent. I feel like they keep trying to sprinkle a little MAGAsm in as well, with little commentary like "Yeah, Trump said he wants the police to freely beat up anybody brown, but Kamala had tea with breakfast".

Example, this article highlights the issue: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/politics/october-surprises-trump-harris-analysis/index.html Trump worked to undermine the election and details of it have been released just before the election...BUT there's a hurricane. And a strike that Harris cannot control, because she's not a longshoreman. WTF?

Maybe it's just me, but I've been moving away from CNN entirely and focusing on Reuters or APnews to minimize the editorialize and general shittiness.

 

[Westy]

Network News has long since left the land of credibility. Infotainment at the lowest possible production cost.

 

[SkaredShtles]

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Maybe it's just me, but I've been moving away from CNN entirely and focusing on Reuters or APnews to minimize the editorialize and general shittiness.

Jeezus, dude. Welcome to the adult world. CNN has been a shitfest for probably a decade at this point.

 

[jonKranked]

you should check out newsmax and OAN.

 

[Jm_]

you should check out newsmax and OAN.

Ive been saying for years, Fox is just the gateway drug. If one thinks Fox is bad, they have no idea…

 

[Pesqueeb]

Network News has long since left the land of credibility. Infotainment at the lowest possible production cost.

Pepperidge farms remembers when the nightly news was a money loser for the big 3 networks. As with all things, when profit became the motive, things turned to shit pretty quick.

 

[jonKranked]

Pepperidge farms remembers when the nightly news was a money loser for the big 3 networks. As with all things, when profit became the motive, things turned to shit pretty quick.

go 'way, 'baitin'

 

[mykel]

I know it was only applicable to broadcast news.

Fairness Doctrine.

Bring it back and apply it to both broadcast ( is that still a thing? ) and cable / interwebs.

Was having a conversation the other day and we were talking about way back when you could watch all three major networks and the news was pretty much identical, until the end when you got to the opinion parts. Then the disclaimer claiming not necessarily the opinion of the network, affiliates yada yada yada. Even then, you had to pay attention to the subtleties to discern a difference of opinion on a lot of what was being said.

Have not watched any form of cable news in years. Being they no longer employ actual journalists, instead of talking heads; you go to the news aggregators ie AP, Reuters - you know the places all the big names actually get their content before they twist it into something unrecognizable.

What a fucking shit-show.

 

[Changleen]

You know CNN got bought by some alt-right POS right? This was probably a year or so ago now?

 

[Sandwich]

You know CNN got bought by some alt-right POS right? This was probably a year or so ago now?

I thought he got the axe because alienating all of CNN’s viewer base in favor of gaining 3 fox news watchers was an elon musk level business move.

edit: yeah, he done: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn/index.html and quick too. It’s likely he made an impact and this is the nonsense that I’m seeing now, however.

 

[mykel]

I thought he got the axe because alienating all of CNN’s viewer base in favor of gaining 3 fox news watchers was an elon musk level business move.

edit: yeah, he done: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn/index.html and quick too. It’s likely he made an impact and this is the nonsense that I’m seeing now, however.

Dammit, now I gotta go remove my thumbs up from @Changleen. You be making me look bad dude, and I can do that well enough on my own.

Naw, he can keep it. Thanks for the update though, I missed that one.

 

[Pesqueeb]

an elon musk level business move.