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I’m sure there’s news, but it’s always buried under a mound of opinion. And there’s news worthy facts that get conveniently left out.

MobileVet 6y ago
Every organization has bias, period. Some have more, some have less. The sooner one recognizes and accepts it, the sooner one is able to have constructive conversations and consume media with the appropriate level of skepticism. News is a business like any other. They require money, which is equal to clicks in the online world. Hate the game, not the player (unless they are purposefully distorting reality).
PaulHoule 6y ago
Mostly CNN is sensationalistic and wants to develop an attachment to it's brand. CNN has to fill 24 hrs of TV and has less budget to do it then a network has for the half hour evening broadcast. That means as little flying to flyover states as possible, never leave WDC or Atlanta, certainly dont send Anderson Cooper to Egypt where he could get beat up by government thugs. Thus its a lot easier to make the news about yourself; reminds me of the ESPN morning SportsCenter from years ago -- when they ran out of sports lowlights the anchors would get caught abusing people on tape.
- maxerickson 6y ago
  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anderson-cooper-attacked-mob-egypt-95628 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anderson-cooper-attac... Are you saying they changed in the last 10 years? CNN has revenues in excess of $1 billion, so they are likely spending millions of dollars a day.
  - PaulHoule 6y ago
    Yes, they've gotten worse. AC used to go to interesting places and do interesting things. After he got beat up they'd have him sit behind a desk and report on WDC politicians acting like children except he had to take them seriously instead of calling out their behavior. Before Trump came on the scene you would hear them talk about themselves on a slow news Sunday, and the big problem they face was low ratings. You might think they just chased away people with saturation cover of school shootings and plane crashes, but they tried many different things and convinced themselves they were doing the optimal thing. Probably the owners thought about shutting it down, but the presence of Fox News made that seem really irresponsible. Trump came and it was great for ratings, like 9/11 every day. That's over now.
    - dakics 6y ago
      There are Arwa Damon and Clarissa Ward. Then another female anchor, who people-smuggled herself through Africa with a hidden camera. They are all serious badasses, I don't even watch movies that tense. There will always be another storm season for Chris Cuomo and AC. :-)

MobileVet 6y ago

Every organization has bias, period. Some have more, some have less. The sooner one recognizes and accepts it, the sooner one is able to have constructive conversations and consume media with the appropriate level of skepticism. News is a business like any other. They require money, which is equal to clicks in the online world. Hate the game, not the player (unless they are purposefully distorting reality).

PaulHoule 6y ago

Mostly CNN is sensationalistic and wants to develop an attachment to it's brand. CNN has to fill 24 hrs of TV and has less budget to do it then a network has for the half hour evening broadcast. That means as little flying to flyover states as possible, never leave WDC or Atlanta, certainly dont send Anderson Cooper to Egypt where he could get beat up by government thugs. Thus its a lot easier to make the news about yourself; reminds me of the ESPN morning SportsCenter from years ago -- when they ran out of sports lowlights the anchors would get caught abusing people on tape.

maxerickson 6y ago
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anderson-cooper-attacked-mob-egypt-95628 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anderson-cooper-attac... Are you saying they changed in the last 10 years? CNN has revenues in excess of $1 billion, so they are likely spending millions of dollars a day.
- PaulHoule 6y ago
  Yes, they've gotten worse. AC used to go to interesting places and do interesting things. After he got beat up they'd have him sit behind a desk and report on WDC politicians acting like children except he had to take them seriously instead of calling out their behavior. Before Trump came on the scene you would hear them talk about themselves on a slow news Sunday, and the big problem they face was low ratings. You might think they just chased away people with saturation cover of school shootings and plane crashes, but they tried many different things and convinced themselves they were doing the optimal thing. Probably the owners thought about shutting it down, but the presence of Fox News made that seem really irresponsible. Trump came and it was great for ratings, like 9/11 every day. That's over now.
  - dakics 6y ago
    There are Arwa Damon and Clarissa Ward. Then another female anchor, who people-smuggled herself through Africa with a hidden camera. They are all serious badasses, I don't even watch movies that tense. There will always be another storm season for Chris Cuomo and AC. :-)