Can Someone Explain Why CNN Seems to Have Become the Cannabis News Network?

[JCMach1]

[In_The_Wind]

1. .

[liberal_at_heart]

2. CNBC has also covered cannabis stories. There is money to be made. Why else do any of the cable

news shows cover anything? Ratings and money.

[yallerdawg]

3. I thought they only covered things that fly (or stop flying).

Hmmmm...

[Jackpine Radical]

15. Jefferson Airplane?

[stevenleser]

4. Maybe because this represents a huge shift in policy that is happening right now?

What would you have them cover? Local bowling scores?

[HereSince1628]

5. Sanjay Gupta??????

[JCMach1]

10. Seems to be non-stop pot tonight...

[HereSince1628]

11. rumor was the pres might push for federal medical marijauna tonite...

Gupta is one of CNN's medical journalism stars and has been converted to the belief it's got medicinal value.

[Avalux]

6. Do you have a problem with it?

I think anything that puts cannabis in a more positive light, even if it's on CNN, is a good thing.

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Not being a tube feeder, I don't know much about M$M, but

I have gathered that CNN seems to have a relatively conservative and somewhat older audience demographic, and this is pretty much who really ought to be hearing this stuff.

[malaise]

7. Because no aircraft have crashed or are missing

and they have to fill segments

[JCMach1]

9. +1000

[Politicalboi]

8. They talk about pot

And have segments leading up to the moment they talk about it right after these messages. Then they never really show the pot segments, they keep us watching for them all day after these messages. Damn! Missed it again. Oh wait, I am smoking pot thinking I'm watching CNN. Hmmmm I never watch CNN.

[Taylorz]

26. What's CNN? DU's more entertaining than CNN.

and the fact that I can DU outside helps...

[TransitJohn]

12. Because it generates ratings

and they're in the business of selling advertising. More eyeballs watching makes their ad slots more valuable. It's not rocket surgery.

[glinda]

17. Because it hooks younger voters and then fills them with BS.

[TransitJohn]

24. Blue unicorn confetti

Are we just hurling non sequiturs?

[Duppers]

36. BS?? You've not watched this...

obviously.

[glinda]

39. Not referring to that coverage but to the news on either side of it.

[Taitertots]

38. CNN is a gateway drug to Fox news

[sufrommich]

13. Because there's huge money to be made

where weed becomes legal.Colorado is raking in tax revenue like it's never seen. Money is what is going to get weed legal as states scramble for a piece of that pie.

[Taylorz]

27. It did indeed exceed expectations

and we're still rolling in the money and it's delivered over $53 million in taxes back to educational coffers.

What's more, the TABOR may give us some of that money back to us taxpayers.. Not its intention, but Douglas Bruce is a moron, and remains one forever as a disgusting cockroach who has violated his parole and may be headed back to jail with additional charges as a slumlord and a tax evader in other states.

[applegrove]

14. I'd rather they cover weed stories than oil and gas stories.

[applegrove]

20. Maybe they see a whole new bunch of potential advertisers

if weed is legal around the country. There would be a whole pile of medium sized weed corporations trying to destroy each other to make it to the top. Only room for a few huge weed producers and many small ones. With a deregulation the medium sized producers of any product get wiped out.It could be very fruitful for cnn. It could also be a bloodbath.

[valerief]

18. Have they stopped reporting on the missing Malaysian plane?

[malaise]

22. They're looking for it in a field full of some serious

ganja buds

[Jesus Malverde]

19. The legalization choo choo

Has left the station.

All aboard!



Obviously gonna be a hot topic in the next election.

[Scurrilous]

21. They're catering to their only audience...

...people too stoned to find the remote and change channels.

[darkangel218]

28. Lmao!!

That was too funny!

[fadedrose]

32. And those people who want to be too stoned

to change the channel.

[bluedigger]

23. In general, ratings and profits.

More specifically, tonight is the eve of 4/20, the unofficial stoner holiday.

[Taylorz]

25. *puffs from his Gorilla Glue #4*

Say what, buddy - did you know 4/20 is tomorrow, and some of us has to work...

Ahh shit, now you're harshing my mellow..

*lights up a Super Silver Haze*

Ahhh that's the life...

Now, what's this about the CNN, dude?

[JCMach1]

37. +1

[B Calm]

29. It's what people want to see. The majority of Americans want it legalized!

[greymattermom]

30. Georgia

First legalizing medical with a list of conditions, then who knows? I'm hoping the list grows longer quickly.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. You mean after 80 years of hyperbolic "reefer madness" drug war bullshit, someone is actually

getting the other side of the story out?

Oh, how awful.

[fadedrose]

33. ++++

[Fozzledick]

34. Recent polls have shown a solid and growing majority are now in favor of legalization.

They're running in front of the crowd to try to look like a leader.

[Duppers]

35. old adage about a stopped clock applies

I am very glad it's being covered fairly by any network. SG is moving the issue forward. So, bash all you like.

Yay, Weed!