> The only reason I watch CNN is to try to grasp what kind of spin they are applying You may have caught this on HN last month: http://www.meltingasphalt.com/

> The only reason I watch CNN is to try to grasp what kind of spin they are applying You may have caught this on HN last month: http://www.meltingasphalt.com/ads-dont-work-that-way/ http://www.meltingasphalt.com/ads-dont-work-that-way/ If you were to apply that model for how advertising works to your use of CNN, you could conclude that CNN may "work" very effectively on you and everybody else, even if nobody were to believe anything they see on CNN.