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Grand opening...grand closing. There was a time when CNN was real news like the BBC and not a somewhat-centrist entertainment channel.
by mountainofdeath 4y ago
Grand opening...grand closing.
There was a time when CNN was real news like the BBC and not a somewhat-centrist entertainment channel.
- shadowgovt 4y ago3/4ths of BBC's funding apparently comes from the license fee every Brit with a TV is charged, and I can't help but think that the only hard-news media that can survive these days is one with a captured income stream.
- woodruffw 4y agoPBS seems to do pretty well! As best I can tell, they have virtually no captured income streams (other than people forgetting to cancel their donations).
- bin_bash 4y agoMy understanding may be wrong but I thought the Koch brothers have been heavily bankrolling PBS
- woodruffw 4y agoI think your understanding is wrong. PBS receives the majority of its money from small donors, followed by the federal and state funds. The Koch brothers were involved in the Meredith Corporation's purchase of Time back in 2017, but I think that's the most direct involvement they've had with media institutions themselves. They're much bigger fans of the "independent institute that writes policy briefings for conservative politicians" model.
- colinmhayes 4y agoI believe the Koch brothers are bankrolling the newshour, but not PBS as a whole. By the way David is dead now, and I don't think Bill was considered part of the "Koch Brothers" since he was bought out of the company decades ago. Really it's just Koch brother now I guess.
- bin_bash 4y agoyeah I'm off on many accounts, I think I was misled remembering newshour and nova's preroll Koch ads. Thanks for setting me straight.
- scrlk 4y ago>3/4ths of BBC's funding apparently comes from the license fee every Brit with a TV is charged Note that you only have to buy the TV licence if you watch live TV or use the BBC iPlayer streaming service.
- davisonio 4y ago> somewhat-centrist
- meatsauce 4y agoThat's hilarious. CNN is about as 'somewhat centrist' as Hugo Chavez.
- cwkoss 4y agoCNN is very economically conservative, it's just socially (cynically 'performatively') liberal. Ask your local Bernie bro what coverage was like when he was campaigning for social programs that would materially benefit the lower and middle classes.
- TechBro8615 4y agoIsn’t there a difference between corporatism and economic conservatism?
- robonerd 4y ago> CNN is very economically conservative, it's just socially (cynically 'performatively') liberal. 'Corporate values'
- wbsss4412 4y agoThis is just a baffling comparison. I realize it’s hyperbole, but it’s still baffling.
- orthecreedence 4y ago> Capitalists are leftists
- _blz2 4y ago> real news like BBC
- mFixman 4y agoThe BBC is the most biased media channel if you don't count all the rest.
- mdoms 4y agoCNN today is not "somewhat centrist" unless your only bar is MSNBC. Over the past half decade CNN has veered into full blown left wing activism.
- dragonwriter 4y agoIf not an intentional lie, this could only be said by someone who has no idea what “left-wing” means.
- nicky0 4y agoHow would you describe the political leanings of CNN?
- monocasa 4y agoBroadly neo-liberal, probably closest to Ordoliberalism if one branch had to be picked.
- tjpnz 4y agoCentrist or centre-right if judged by non-US standards.
- mardifoufs 4y agoAre you american? CNN would be extremely liberal on social issues pretty much everywhere in the world.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> CNN would be extremely liberal on social issues pretty much everywhere in the world. Debatable, but even if true, its corporate capitalist economic stance would have it somewhere between the center and center-right, definitely no further left, the economic axis being the main determinant of left-right position.
- karolist 4y agoLately I am enjoying Deutsche Welle in English the most as a non politically biased news source, much more so than BBC.
- smcin 4y agoFor European, or international, affairs? Which issues did DW cover more neutrally than the BBC?
- throwawaylinux 4y agoWhat's centrist entertainment?