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Yet, no mention on front page of CNN. However there is "What breast-milk lollipops taste like" and "Before and after: Child stars"

by tibbon 13y ago

u2328 13y ago
They're in the entertainment-as-news business, not news. I'm surprised this hasn't become apparent to everybody yet. I haven't bothered to check them for for news in years now. It like expecting the Food Channel to cover hurricanes.
- tibbon 13y ago
  The reason I check them is I figure they are a good 'average' of the news that the average american receives. I definitely know it is neither comprehensive, nor good reporting. But I'm sad for the fact that most Americans will hear more about honey-boo-boo (or whatever stupid entertainment stuff) on CNN than they will about NSA collecting their phone records.
cantos 13y ago
I agree their front page is overloaded with silly human interest stories and other fluff. However, this is an update to an older story that was apparently broken on May 11th 2006 by USA today. It was covered by CNN tv on that day: http://mediamatters.org/research/2006/05/11/despite-bipartisan-outcry-over-nsa-phone-call-d/135661 http://mediamatters.org/research/2006/05/11/despite-bipartis...
jdp23 13y ago
Kind of like the cooking show on CNN Turkey during the protests there last week ...
- bobwaycott 13y ago
  Don't forget about the penguins.
nwzpaperman 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLN_(TV_channel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLN_(TV_channel) "HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News (often abbreviated as HN) and CNN2, is a cable television news channel...Since 2005, however, its format has increasingly shifted to long-form tabloid-, opinion-, crime-, and entertainment news-related programming."
carbocation 13y ago
This is now getting coverage by major US news channels: https://www.google.com/news/rtc?ncl=dPuiLMqO9_4PpZMgjjKLahcvtxeFM&topic=n https://www.google.com/news/rtc?ncl=dPuiLMqO9_4PpZMgjjKLahcv...

Yet, no mention on front page of CNN. However there is "What breast-milk lollipops taste like" and "Before and after: Child stars"

by tibbon 13y ago

Yet, no mention on front page of CNN. However there is "What breast-milk lollipops taste like" and "Before and after: Child stars"

u2328 13y ago

They're in the entertainment-as-news business, not news. I'm surprised this hasn't become apparent to everybody yet. I haven't bothered to check them for for news in years now. It like expecting the Food Channel to cover hurricanes.

tibbon 13y ago
The reason I check them is I figure they are a good 'average' of the news that the average american receives. I definitely know it is neither comprehensive, nor good reporting. But I'm sad for the fact that most Americans will hear more about honey-boo-boo (or whatever stupid entertainment stuff) on CNN than they will about NSA collecting their phone records.

cantos 13y ago

I agree their front page is overloaded with silly human interest stories and other fluff. However, this is an update to an older story that was apparently broken on May 11th 2006 by USA today. It was covered by CNN tv on that day: http://mediamatters.org/research/2006/05/11/despite-bipartisan-outcry-over-nsa-phone-call-d/135661 http://mediamatters.org/research/2006/05/11/despite-bipartis...

jdp23 13y ago

Kind of like the cooking show on CNN Turkey during the protests there last week ...

bobwaycott 13y ago
Don't forget about the penguins.

nwzpaperman 13y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLN_(TV_channel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLN_(TV_channel) "HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News (often abbreviated as HN) and CNN2, is a cable television news channel...Since 2005, however, its format has increasingly shifted to long-form tabloid-, opinion-, crime-, and entertainment news-related programming."

carbocation 13y ago

This is now getting coverage by major US news channels: https://www.google.com/news/rtc?ncl=dPuiLMqO9_4PpZMgjjKLahcvtxeFM&topic=n https://www.google.com/news/rtc?ncl=dPuiLMqO9_4PpZMgjjKLahcv...