CNN "obeying in advance"

[senseandsensibility]

There was probably little chance that CNN would be a beacon of good journalism in covering the Iran War, but they are really outdoing themselves. This morning, while nbcnews. com has a huge headline proclaiming Three US Soldiers Dead and Five Wounded that takes up almost half the page, and MSNOW is running a permanent chyron that says 3 US Soldiers Dead, CNN is taking a different tack.

So far I have seen Dana Bash interview Fetterman and Ted Cruz, and on her insufferable "panel" Scott Jennings is allowed to interrupt and smirk to his hearts content. There is no chyron about the three soldiers who died. In fact, at one point towards the end of the hour, a guest said hurriedly before they went to commercial break that three soldiers had died and they hadn't talked about it yet.

CNN has already taken a turn to the right recently that has turned off many viewers. Now they are facing new ownership and I believe they are signaling that they will be good little war cheerleaders.
That portends danger for an already endangered democracy.

[NewHendoLib]

1. All TV news has been dead to me for decades

Just places for propaganda, snake oil finance and pharma ads

[senseandsensibility]

2. MSNOW is doing well

I am glad we have them.

[TommyT139]

10. This morning, Ali Velshi

...explained the roots of the US / Iran (amd UK and other countries) conflict, how restructuring around WW2 debt and political interference (including CIA) interacted with post-colonial westernization -- it was excellent, and certainly nothing I'd ever learned in school.

[yorkster]

11. He is very good at the deep dive, giving a

clear "big picture". He is a real gift and you have described very well the approach he takes.

[LSparkle]

22. I only learned about Mossadegh from Pacifica Radio

Didn’t learn that history in high school (class of 76) but later on ... and not even during the hoopla of the Iran hostage crisis that began in ‘78.

Velshi also ran through the litany of our regime change failures in South America. He is becoming a national treasure ...

[Initech]

20. Same. I stopped watching 15 years ago. Don't miss it one bit!

[Soul_of_Wit]

23. I peruse The Atlantic (via Apple News) and have a Bulwark+ subscription

I used to have online subscriptions to both NYT & WP. They have fallen so far. The NYT has an editor who described democracy as a partisan issue. And cancel.

[lostincalifornia]

3. I can hardly wait until Jake Tapper jumps all over this like he did with his foaming of the mouth bashing of Biden

trying to evacuate troops from Afghanistan when they were hit with a terrorist bomb.

I won't hold my breath.

As far as CNN "obeying in advance" of the probable Ellison take over, they were headed that way long ago with the free airtime for the swiftboating of Kerry, giving free airtime to the swift pukes ad as a "news story", playing it almost 24/7.

They also were right on top of Howard Dean after the Iowa Primary, trying to present him as unhinged.

It won't take CNN long to go full MAGA. The days of Ted Turner are long gone.

[senseandsensibility]

13. JT was very concerned that Biden "had lost a step"

but even supposing that he had, and could not articulate quickly or succinctly, no one doubted his sanity or his judgement. How is Biden's supposed lack of verbal acuity a danger to our country? And why are the actions of trump not dangerous? Tapper will never cover trump with the same venom he used against Biden no matter what facts present themselves. And yes, I do agree that he basically blew his top when we exited Afghanistan. But we hear nothing from him regarding trump's various misadventures.

[GenThePerservering]

31. Biden had to deal with a

Life-long stutter in a profession where public speaking is essential - he was nothing short of incredible! I stutter a bit under pressure and can't imagine dealing with it as an ongoing problem! I really miss our Joe!

[lostincalifornia]

37. +++

[Katinfl]

17. Stopped watching CNN and network news long ago. Only MS NOW.

[David__77]

4. CNN loves US war.

[meadowlander]

6. Yeah, I'm old enough to remember all the breathless coverage of the bunker buster bombs in Iraq

and not a soul stopping to discuss whether the whole thing was legal or a good idea or not.

[OhioBlue]

32. yep!

[popsdenver]

35. Was there EVER any doubt

which way CNN would go???????? They have now earned the title of: Fox News Light, Fox News 2.0

[RandomNumbers]

5. Isn't CNN being bought by Paramount?

don't expect it to get any better.

[senseandsensibility]

8. Yes. I address that in my last paragraph.

They are obeying their new owners in advance.

[peppertree]

38. True. Once Bibi Weiss gets through with it, it'll look like Farce News - but with less hair bleach and Botox

(maybe)

[Blue Owl]

7. If everyone just quit watching CNN, it would die its deserved death and go away

What a simple and effective act of resistance

[senseandsensibility]

9. Agreed. I am monitoring them out of morbid curiosity

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I suppose.

[surfered]

12. I hope the ghost of Ted Turner comes back to haunt them

[BaronChocula]

14. Thanks for monitoring

for those of us that don't watch CNN. I did turn it on briefly on Fri night because they were the first to cover the events live.

[senseandsensibility]

16. Somebody's gotta do it

but I probably won't be able to stomach it much longer.

[bromeando]

15. CNN

Boycott CNN

[mdbl]

25. Been doing that for years already.

[peppertree]

18. Good ol' Dana "Bush"

Once, during the early days of Bush's Iraqi invasion, the anchor accidentally called her that - and she blushed like a teenaged girl whose first crush just walked into the room.

Her job's safe.

[Soul_of_Wit]

19. Who watches CNN?

CNN has been dead to me since they pioneered the concept of two from the right and two from the left screaming at each other. The show was Crossfire, and it debuted barely two years into the existence of CNN. This approach is why so few Americans watch any 24-hour news channel.

[senseandsensibility]

21. I am glad they are losing viewership

The loss is well deserved. As a lapsed journalist, I am appalled by their slide into irrelevance and incompetence, so I find myself monitoring them and pointing out their failures. But I totally understand if you find it more productive to just ignore them.

[Soul_of_Wit]

24. Thankfully, there are many news sources to choose from

I believe that the last time I eyeballed CNN was for a debate that only they were airing.

[Skittles]

26. so now Fetterman is the token "Democrat"

[senseandsensibility]

27. He's been appearing regularly on FAUX for weeks

I guess he's found a new home. is right.

[ShazzieB]

29. Ugh.

And he's not up f9r reelection untill 2028.

Fortunately, I've read that a lot of people seem to think he hates being a senator and is likely not to run for reelection. If that's the case, I wish he'd just retire already and give PA Dems a chance to fill that seat with a real Democrat.

[Skittles]

33. he's just so.......transformed

sad

[NNadir]

28. They have always been war cheerers. I was trapped often at the gates at airports with CNN playing Wolfie Blitzer...

...carrying on insipidly about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction in the lead up to Bush boy's Oedipal war.

They didn't exist.

[Skittles]

39. yes

and ANYONE with critical thinking skills knew those warmongering pieces of shit Cheney and Dubya were LYING

[NNadir]

40. There was something very Orwellian about the experience in airports, continuous propaganda, like Orwell's...

...telescreen.

One couldn't turn it off, just as Orwell described the Telescreen.

And yes, Wolfie was running propaganda off his mouth continuously.

[Mysterian]

30. Cowards and liars of the corporate media

The corporate media must be destroyed.

[Takket]

34. CNN has been trying to appeal to the right for a decade

They used to be a respected newsroom. That was a long time ago. Doubling down on the strategy that lost them most of their viewers in the first place is not going to help.

[CaptainTruth]

36. It's become CNN - Certainly Not News

[flying-skeleton]

41. Stopped watching CNN when....

... the 🍊🦓🕳️ first ran for President. They've only gotten worse from everything I've read.