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senseandsensibility

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 12:54 PM 10 hrs ago

CNN "obeying in advance" [View all]

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.

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CNN "obeying in advance" [View all] senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago OP
All TV news has been dead to me for decades NewHendoLib 9 hrs ago #1
MSNOW is doing well senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #2
This morning, Ali Velshi TommyT139 9 hrs ago #10
He is very good at the deep dive, giving a yorkster 9 hrs ago #11
I only learned about Mossadegh from Pacifica Radio LSparkle 7 hrs ago #22
Same. I stopped watching 15 years ago. Don't miss it one bit! Initech 7 hrs ago #20
I peruse The Atlantic (via Apple News) and have a Bulwark+ subscription Soul_of_Wit 7 hrs ago #23
I can hardly wait until Jake Tapper jumps all over this like he did with his foaming of the mouth bashing of Biden lostincalifornia 9 hrs ago #3
JT was very concerned that Biden "had lost a step" senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #13
Biden had to deal with a GenThePerservering 7 hrs ago #31
+++ lostincalifornia 6 hrs ago #37
Stopped watching CNN and network news long ago. Only MS NOW. Katinfl 7 hrs ago #17
CNN loves US war. David__77 9 hrs ago #4
Yeah, I'm old enough to remember all the breathless coverage of the bunker buster bombs in Iraq meadowlander 9 hrs ago #6
yep! OhioBlue 7 hrs ago #32
Was there EVER any doubt popsdenver 7 hrs ago #35
Isn't CNN being bought by Paramount? RandomNumbers 9 hrs ago #5
Yes. I address that in my last paragraph. senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #8
True. Once Bibi Weiss gets through with it, it'll look like Farce News - but with less hair bleach and Botox peppertree 6 hrs ago #38
If everyone just quit watching CNN, it would die its deserved death and go away Blue Owl 9 hrs ago #7
Agreed. I am monitoring them out of morbid curiosity senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #9
I hope the ghost of Ted Turner comes back to haunt them surfered 8 hrs ago #12
Just FYI Turner is still alive. choie 2 hrs ago #43
Thanks for monitoring BaronChocula 8 hrs ago #14
Somebody's gotta do it senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #16
CNN bromeando 7 hrs ago #15
Been doing that for years already. mdbl 7 hrs ago #25
Good ol' Dana "Bush" peppertree 7 hrs ago #18
Who watches CNN? Soul_of_Wit 7 hrs ago #19
I am glad they are losing viewership senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #21
Thankfully, there are many news sources to choose from Soul_of_Wit 7 hrs ago #24
so now Fetterman is the token "Democrat" Skittles 7 hrs ago #26
He's been appearing regularly on FAUX for weeks senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #27
Ugh. ShazzieB 7 hrs ago #29
he's just so.......transformed Skittles 7 hrs ago #33
They have always been war cheerers. I was trapped often at the gates at airports with CNN playing Wolfie Blitzer... NNadir 7 hrs ago #28
yes Skittles 5 hrs ago #39
There was something very Orwellian about the experience in airports, continuous propaganda, like Orwell's... NNadir 5 hrs ago #40
I'll never forget supposedly 90% of people rallying around that warmongering POS Dubya Skittles 3 hrs ago #42
Cowards and liars of the corporate media Mysterian 7 hrs ago #30
CNN has been trying to appeal to the right for a decade Takket 7 hrs ago #34
It's become CNN - Certainly Not News CaptainTruth 6 hrs ago #36
Stopped watching CNN when.... flying-skeleton 4 hrs ago #41
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