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jambo101

(797 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:48 PM Apr 2013

Seems CNN has gone 24/7 with the Boston story

Sympathies to all those injured in the bombings but it seems like CNN is obsessed with the story. One of the perpetrators is dead the other will spend the rest of his life in jail,as far as i'm concerned the story has run its course and no longer merits the majority of CNN's air time.

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CurtEastPoint

(18,643 posts)
1. I saw it on at lunch and thought WTF give this a rest and let justice work FFS
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:50 PM
Apr 2013

They are just pitiful. CNN, that is...

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
2. Jeff Zucker is the new CEO. He hasn't done a damned thing to turn the network around.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:50 PM
Apr 2013

In fact, I think it's gotten worse.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
3. It would be interesting to find out why
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:53 PM
Apr 2013

they are doing this - but we can assume this is the emotional story of the month and they're like the New York Post vs. the NYT as msnbc.

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
4. I know I'm watching CNN less and less. I used to watch Soledad in the
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:55 PM
Apr 2013

the morning, but their morning show since her departure is almost unwatchable. I can't stand Erin Burnett or Wolf Blitzer or any of the other daytime/evening hosts.

Anderson Cooper is okay, but I think he'd be better on MSNBC.

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)
5. I used to sometimes tune it in because MSNBC is not in HD. After their initial coverage of the
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:56 PM
Apr 2013

bombing, I quit watching it entirely.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
7. So Jahar Tsarnaev has had his trial?
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 06:16 PM
Apr 2013

Hmmm... didn't know he'd been found guilty.

Considering that new evidence is coming out daily, I'm loathe to jump on any "fry him" bandwagon, yet.

spinbaby

(15,089 posts)
8. They're like Fox lite
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 06:17 PM
Apr 2013

I had the misfortune to watch some Fox noise in a hospital waiting room today and it was a steady drumbeat about how the Obama administration should have known these dudes were up to no good.

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