# CNN and What Passes For Journalism

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-what-passes-for-journalism/527673>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 4, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-what-passes-for-journalism/527673 "2010-02-04T14:54:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-what-passes-for-journalism/527673/21 "2010-02-05T02:08:06Z")

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> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> Whoosh..
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> But yes, many on the left indeed do not see much of a liberal bent coming from the corporate media. Nor do they see any need to come to the defense of shoddy reporting.

Yes to all three of your points…

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**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-what-passes-for-journalism/527673/22 "2010-02-05T05:50:46Z")

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As I posted in your last “CNN sux” thread:

> [@Hatii News Coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hatii-news-coverage/524945/45):
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> Thread after thread: “TV news sucks! Waaaaaaaaaaaah”
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> Yeah, no shit, dumbfucks. Stop watching shitty TV news! Have you people never heard of NPR or the internet? If CNN sucks so bad, why do you watch it?

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**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-what-passes-for-journalism/527673/23 "2010-02-05T06:36:51Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> I’m still amazed anchors will actually sit there and read Twitter and other viewer comments and then run them on the screen. Who gives a crap?

As Jon Stewart mentioned, “Ahhhh…so you guys ignore the ‘best news team on television’ and instead defer to the opinion of SexyGuy69.”

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-what-passes-for-journalism/527673/24 "2010-02-05T12:02:58Z")

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> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#):
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> As I posted in your last “CNN sux” thread:

The OP was discussing news on the internet.

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**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-what-passes-for-journalism/527673/25 "2010-02-05T15:46:09Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> The OP was discussing news on the internet.

Would you look at that! Sorry.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-and-what-passes-for-journalism/527673/26 "2010-02-05T16:26:06Z")

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> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> Whoosh..
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> But yes, many on the left indeed do not see much of a liberal bent coming from the corporate media. Nor do they see any need to come to the defense of shoddy reporting.

I think CNN does terrible reporting. I could never defend them They are just bad. They are a half step above local news.

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