# CNN **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 3, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736 "2015-02-03T17:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/21 "2015-02-05T06:16:25Z")
I have to be honest with you, I don’t like censorship, and think these and there ISIS video should be available for the public to see; I feel news agencies should at least provide links to see them, then let the viewer decide if they can stomach it or not. The problem with NOT showing them or editing them is it causes Internet conspiracy stories that they were acted. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/22 "2015-02-05T12:45:46Z")
> [@Sasquatch](#): > > To work on the CNN angle, why are all news websites going to VIDEO OR BE DAMNED! I don’t want all-video, all the time news. WRITE some freaking news articles. The interest span of your basic smart phone user, and it saves time, effort and money if they don’t write an article. ---
**Author:** ![Sasquatch\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@Sasquatch\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch_1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/23 "2015-02-07T05:59:15Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I have to be honest with you, I don’t like censorship, and think these and there ISIS video should be available for the public to see; I feel news agencies should at least provide links to see them, then let the viewer decide if they can stomach it or not. > > The problem with NOT showing them or editing them is it causes Internet conspiracy stories that they were acted. I guess I’m feeling snarky on this subject, maybe because my job means I have to look at this stuff every day… CNN not handing you a link isn’t censorship. The video is out there, if you want to look at it, go find it. The producers put it on the internet on purpose, it isn’t just going to go away. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/24 "2015-02-08T12:36:53Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > CNN has been slipping for years, but the final straw for me was when they recently redid their format. I didn’t think it was possible for an actual “news” source to cheapen and stupidify their approach any more than they already had, but they did. Today the giant headlines have screamed “BURNED ALIVE” and “HORROR PLANE CRASH.” > > Meanwhile, Reuters is displaying more modestly sized headlines that say “Jordan executes two Iraqi miliants after pilot’s death” and “At least 11 dead as Taiwan plane cartwheels into river on take-off.” In other words, about 6 times the information content in half the screen real estate. > > I stuck with CNN for a long time out of habit, but Reuters is my go-to news page now. They have indeed become the Monster Truck Rally of online news. Reuters, you say? Lemme go look. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/25 "2015-02-08T14:53:21Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > They have indeed become the Monster Truck Rally of online news. Reuters, you say? Lemme go look. It looks much the same. The banner of headlines at CNN is good. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/26 "2015-02-10T05:16:04Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I have to be honest with you, I don’t like censorship, and think these and there ISIS video should be available for the public to see; I feel news agencies should at least provide links to see them, then let the viewer decide if they can stomach it or not. > > The problem with NOT showing them or editing them is it causes Internet conspiracy stories that they were acted. What on earth does this have to do with censorship? Do you think the government is preventing CNN from showing the video? (By the way, I watched the video. I was prepared to be disgusted and angered; I wasn’t prepared to lose my lunch and cry like a baby . . . plus disgusted and angered beyond belief. Did ISIS really think they’d win hearts and minds via this atrocity? And did CNN really think they would?) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/27 "2015-02-10T22:40:56Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > (By the way, I watched the video. I was prepared to be disgusted and angered; I wasn’t prepared to lose my lunch and cry like a baby . . . plus disgusted and angered beyond belief. Did ISIS really think they’d win hearts and minds via this atrocity? And did CNN really think they would?) I think the so called Islamic state whats to frighten people into paying ransom. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/28 "2015-02-10T22:53:42Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I think the so called Islamic state whats to frighten people into paying ransom. A more likely outcome is that all captives they take in the future will be given up for dead. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/29 "2015-02-10T23:22:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > A more likely outcome is that all captives they take in the future will be given up for dead. I did not say they are intelligent. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/30 "2015-02-10T23:54:46Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I have to be honest with you, I don’t like censorship, and think these and there ISIS video should be available for the public to see; I feel news agencies should at least provide links to see them, then let the viewer decide if they can stomach it or not. > > The problem with NOT showing them or editing them is it causes Internet conspiracy stories that they were acted. It’s not censorship for CNN to decide itself, without any outside authority’s input, not to air these videos. It’s news judgment. Any media outlet has to decide what to publicize and what not to. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/31 "2015-02-12T14:14:40Z")
I can’t stand the website redesign either… I’m assuming they did it so it will be “tablet friendly” or something. CNN is not the only one to do this… the Weather Channel’s website ([weather.com](http://weather.com)) is similar and I’ve seen the same changes made to other (at this time, unremembered) sites that I’ve been to. I blame Steve Jobs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/32 "2015-02-12T18:36:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I can’t stand the website redesign either… I’m assuming they did it so it will be “tablet friendly” or something. CNN is not the only one to do this… the Weather Channel’s website ([weather.com](http://weather.com)) is similar and I’ve seen the same changes made to other (at this time, unremembered) sites that I’ve been to. > > I blame Steve Jobs. 😉 Sports Illustrated is similarly unreadable. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736/33 "2015-02-14T02:46:25Z")
Reuters, AP and Al Jezzera US are my go-to news sites. Al Jazzera has _great_ feature stories. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736.md?page=1)