What's wrong with CNN?

[airiefairie]

CNN anchors show what's popular on Twitter, run YouTube videos and ask viewers to choose the news.

What in the world is going on with CNN? It used to be a news network. The one of Christiane Amanpour and Nic Robertson. Now it is behaving like a gadget-crazed, Tweeter-maniacal adolescent. Where are the news? Why do they show cats who put socks on their head for 10 minutes instead of running full investigation reports? What the.....

Sorry I am starting to rant...

Comments

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

This is the CNN-USA anyway. CNN International is different. It does run international news, but it runs 4-5 pieces of news all day. Over and over again.

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

So it is worth watching for 30 minutes and that's it?

[chascobal.livejournal.com]

What is worse is that EVERY Chilean network is copying that model.

[il-mio-gufo.livejournal.com]

hahahaha ... is that right? so funny!

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

Don't get me wrong. Television needs teenage programs. It does. But they shouldn't call themselves "News" network. It is not.

[alphistia.livejournal.com]

they aren't doing well in the ratings and are desperate, that's the only explanation except that they're not really serious about the news anyway, especially for the domestic programming...they own a travesty called Headline News which has to be seen to be believed...

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

They only thrive when there is a war somewhere. Then they are at their top. There were jokes that CNN caused the wars in Iraq so it could test its new cameras. =)

One would think they would do well during election cycles too. The States are virtually in a permanent election mode with those 12-month long election campaigns. But no...I saw the CNN "Situation Room" and I just stood there and gaped in amazement. At some point they split the screen into SIXTEEN parts and every little piece was populated by a talking head. There were moments all sixteen talking heads were talking over one another. It was like a pub.

This is no journalism.

[il-mio-gufo.livejournal.com]

imo, they are trying to counter, and/or parallel, glenn beck's intensity. i could b wrong though

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

Well, Glenn Beck is one person. All he needs is a chalkboard and a pair of funny glasses, and his craziness to populate the screen with his presence. Not a room full of smart-heads talking nonsense and scouting through people's Tweets.