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To be fair, CNN has proven multiple times in the last few years that their credibility is worth very little. They have a VERY extreme slant to the left, so much
by finder83 6y ago
To be fair, CNN has proven multiple times in the last few years that their credibility is worth very little. They have a VERY extreme slant to the left, so much so that news casters were even becoming anti-vaxxers against the Covid-19 vaccine simply because Trump was the president at the time trying to push for people to take it. Their handling of Covid-19 early on was also atrocious. I don't mean to demean them if they're your favorite news source, but they've lost a lot of faith in the past few years.
The others, NPR, NBC, etc, I think you'd be surprised how many Republicans watch them for a differing point of view. There are many republicans who are more libertarian, classical liberal, or independent leaning than classically conservative leaning.
That's part of the problem though with this argument, is that the "right" or "conservative" or "republican" can actually be very different things. It seems that most people on hacker news lump them all into the same category.
Also, not every conservative is an over-the-top Trump supporter. I'm definitely not. It doesn't mean I don't like some of the things he did, but he's got a lot of issues and was FAR from my ideal candidate.
- jariel 6y agoCNN is a biased, but highly credible source, there is a difference. We're not talking about 'Conservatives' or 'Republicans' because Trump is none of that, this has nothing to do with ideology. Trump is neither a Conservative nor a Republican really. Hardcore Trump fans are Trump fans, not ideological fans. It's a cult of personality. His words are the source of Truth to most supporters and that's that. They believe him when he cast doubt on the election, and enough of them believe him completely. That's not a 'left/right' or ideological issue.