CNN—suck it

CNNI used to have a sweet spot for CNN—especially the international edition when I was living in Brasil. For me, the International news report was a gem of english-language world coverage in a sea of Globo and other Brasilian national news. I watched the Iraq invasion from my comfy apartment across the street from the beach, among other things. I might have even developed a weird fetish for all the well-educated foxes from the international news desk (completely off topic).

So, I’ve been back in my motherland for a few years now and out of habit still watch and click on CNN. But my patience for decent news coverage from them has completely run out. For many months now, I bitched and complained about “Britney Spears” headlines at cnn.com. I think today, I’m finally at a turning point where I no longer regard this company as a true news source, but as a part of a corporation (like all other corps) fixed on making money outside of integrity or purpose. There’s still a handful of bona fide journalists on the CNN payroll, but for the most part, the reporting is so sensationalist, it’s really frustrating to be forced to hunt for actual news.

I really wish CNN would reconsider their efforts. But for the time being, I’m going to get my news elsewhere. So, CNN, you can suck it.

date Posted on Wednesday, 05 Aug 2009   comment
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