March 2, 2011
FOX News is beating CNN in the television news ratings and it isn’t hard to see why. Here are five reasons. These news items are taken from cnn.com. They are all from the same day.
Reason #1- Insulting to Europe.
CNN clearly has an anti-Europe bias. Take a look at this unaltered graphic.
Asia: Petraeus-Afghan tension?
Americas: Hundreds mourn slain U.S. agent.
Europe: Why Fergie not invited to wedding (No matter what punctuation you stick at the end of it, the grammar just doesn’t work.)
Not only does Europe get represented by a lightweight fluff piece, but it is written in caveman talk. Why Fergie not invited to wedding? Me sad. Fergie not invited, am me invited? Am CNN invited to wedding?
Reason #2- Misses the obvious.
These links appeared next to each other just as shown.
“Tree ambassador” warns UN.
Saving Auburn’s poisoned trees.
Gee, I wonder what the “tree ambassador” was warning about? Seems obvious to me. And even if there is no link (which, honestly, there probably isn’t) how did they decide that one goes in “Living and Eatocracy” and the other in “Justice”? Shouldn’t they both be in the same category? And seriously, “eatocracy”?
Reason #3- Doesn’t do its own reporting
CNN is planning to do a feature on Hollywood and they want to run your pictures. I have a few questions.
1- If I am taking the pictures of Hollywood, then I must be in Hollywood. So why do I need CNN’s Hollywood feature?
2- CNN doesn’t have any pictures of Hollywood in their files?
3- They want celebrity pictures in honor of the Oscars. Is CNN not planning on sending anyone to cover the Oscars?
4- Why is CNN illustrating an article about Hollywood with a photo that could be from anyplace in the world except Hollywood?
5- Isn’t the overall premise of this the same as looking at other people’s vacation photos? Don’t people try to avoid that?
Reason #4- Odd celebrity pandering
Every news organization covers celebrates, some with more fawning than others. This one seems to be working against them. After seeing this, I have to wonder if maybe Justin Timberlake really is a jerk.
Reason #5- Ruins things for the rest of us.
Can’t they just keep their mouths shut? These places used to be quiet and secluded, but since CNN outed them they are full of obnoxious tourists and overpriced Starbucks’. Thanks a lot, CNN. I used to be able to book a room at any of these places, no even the Buddhist temple halfway up Mount Everest is booked for the next six months.
Great work CNN. Keep it up and soon you’ll be beaten by MSNBC, The Wisconsin Boondocks Ledger, and al-Jezeera.
Thanks to JRD of Skinner.FM for keeping CNN honest!
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
I knew things were going to go badly once they hired the Hulk to their international newsdesk.
I choose to believe that the UN was actually warning us about an intergalactic threat known as The Tree Ambassador – something like the probe from Star Trek IV, but it talks to trees instead of whales.
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CNN has become oh so terrible. Cable news is terrible and watching it seems like a joke. With the news roulette, celebrity coverage and internet videos, I have completely lost faith in CNN. The news isn’t accurate, the newscasters aren’t involved and nothing is even timely. It’s almost like a really long and drawn out April Fool’s joke.
I’m not even going to talk about where FOX news is on all of this. I’m absolutely convinced that the majority of the programming is designed just to propagate untruth and support a right wing bias. It’s like watching a bunch of spoiled children throw a fit 24 hours a day.
Hilarious graphic, by the way.
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The problem with the business of journalism is the business part. People forget that CNN, FOX, the newspapers and magazines, are all in existance to make money. They do not exist to serve the people. They do not exist to right wrongs or bring truths to light. They do not exist to bring information to the people. Those are not ends, those are means. The means of making money for their owners. And if that means that one network appeals to the right and another network appeals to the left and a certain newspaper in your town covers only Charlie Sheen and Justin Beiber’s latest haircut, that’s how they get the money from your pocket to theirs. FOX gives its audience what it wants, CNN does the same with theirs, and neither one of them is more than a buisiness. McDonald’s has a target consumer, Wal-Mart has a target shopper, cable news has a target audience. It is all about the money. And don’t even begin to look at the web of who owns what in what market. It is all too incestuous.
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