CNN: good vs. bad

[ChairmanAgnostic]

First, the good.

when a breaking story is of national interest, they do a fair job in getting to the facts. Better than local stations, and far better than faux.
they have a broad range of issues they cover, at least 1/4 of which are done accurately.
It has become an international company, with poor to fair coverage of world affairs - and that is far better than most US media outlets.
Lou Dobbs, at least, actually tries to be honest, even as he himself is nuts on immigration.
today's news does crawl along the bottom, adding to content.
Jack Cafferty manages to scare Wolf Blitzer with honest statements.


Now, the bad

In depth coverage of the slightest complex issue sucks
their mourning show is News Lite, and I hesistate to mention news.
Their % of ads have grown tremendously.
they are more concerned with glitz than content.
their pipelines contain bullshit % of initial ads. I refuse to go through that crap.
They rarely do any critical analysis of White House Spin, at the same time as they hit dems hard.
While being present internationally, they have become a lightweight, fluffy, "who's today's missing blond bimbo" station, while ignoring real stories of merit because there is too little blondism involved.
Soledad O'Brien (that just about says it all. Is there a DUMB test they need to pass to get on the air?)

Have I been to kind too CNN? Too harsh?

[papau]

1. Smart witty Aaron Brown fired for good hearted not smart Anderson

Sad

:-(

but even before that the producer of Brown was micro managing so as to prevent any not in favor of the GOP news from getting out.

[jpevahouse]

2. What we call news

is mostly not news. MSNBC is far worse. The problem is the 24 hour news channel concept. They are under intense pressure to provide dialogue 24 hours. Couple that with the omission of all the stuff they consider offensive to either their audience or advertisers and not a lot of real news is left. So what we get is generally watered down, inflated chit-chat making a mediocre five minute news story 30 minutes or an hour.

[Bad Penny]

4. If they didn't limit their coverage of important issues

to 5 minute debates or 30 second sound bytes they'd find they could fill 24 hours a lot easier. The media is cynical and all about gloss. There isn't a reporter on CNN who isn't an intellectual head of lettuce

[ThomWV]

3. A Bit On The "Kind" Side I Think

Listen to the language used. It is never to the benefit of the Democrats. They, we, are berated continously.