CNN Throws In the Towel; Moves Away from News
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A lot of the people on here love to knock Fox News, but they have been shown time and again the be the LEAST biased news organization in the States. And, when they DO make a mistake, they are the first to admit it, very openly.
CNN was ultra liberal from the beginning, because Ted Turner is ultra Liberal (would Jane Fonda have married him if he wasn't). And his personal political slant colored every aspect of what his network did.
Fox has two very different segments. One is the news, which it covers as exactly that, NEWS.
The other is opinion, and they do tend to be pretty "conservative" in opinions. But, they also feature a number of liberal opinions. People like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, etc. have OPINION shows, NOT News shows.
The reason why Fox has, by far, the largest audience is because more people trust and like them.
CNN was ultra liberal from the beginning, because Ted Turner is ultra Liberal (would Jane Fonda have married him if he wasn't). And his personal political slant colored every aspect of what his network did.
Fox has two very different segments. One is the news, which it covers as exactly that, NEWS.
The other is opinion, and they do tend to be pretty "conservative" in opinions. But, they also feature a number of liberal opinions. People like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, etc. have OPINION shows, NOT News shows.
The reason why Fox has, by far, the largest audience is because more people trust and like them.
There is no "news" on television anymore. It's all 'infotainment'.
Ewww, yes. Smarmy is right.
Ewww, yes. Smarmy is right.
The problem is there is impressions of left and right in America I find most of the
networks are right wing to one degree or another. The reason is there is no left
in America. What if Obama came north. We would call him a Red Tory at best.
The problem other than entertainment value for news outlets is the impression
polarization has left. They are more concerned whether the information comes
from a left or right wing view, than they are as to whether its true or not.
I observe both right and left viewpoints as best one can and find the truth is
somewhere in the middle.
I personally feel there is a small group of real right wing fanatics and a small left
wing group of fanatics and the rest of us who are left or right or left and right
on specific issues at varying points on the scale making most of us in the middle.
somewhere in the middle. The agenda is being driven by left and right wing
people who could care less about truth or value they care only that their side wins
and in that we all lose.
networks are right wing to one degree or another. The reason is there is no left
in America. What if Obama came north. We would call him a Red Tory at best.
The problem other than entertainment value for news outlets is the impression
polarization has left. They are more concerned whether the information comes
from a left or right wing view, than they are as to whether its true or not.
I observe both right and left viewpoints as best one can and find the truth is
somewhere in the middle.
I personally feel there is a small group of real right wing fanatics and a small left
wing group of fanatics and the rest of us who are left or right or left and right
on specific issues at varying points on the scale making most of us in the middle.
somewhere in the middle. The agenda is being driven by left and right wing
people who could care less about truth or value they care only that their side wins
and in that we all lose.
Remember CNN on the beaches as the Marines came ashore in Somalia.
MISSION TO SOMALIA - TV Army on the Beach Took U.S. by Surprise - NYTimes.com
BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1992: American marines land in Somalia