# CNN's new home page **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888 "2015-01-03T21:52:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/1 "2015-01-03T21:52:45Z")
Have you seen this monstrosity? Oh my god, it’s just so stupidly busy. Truly designed for today’s short attention span consumer. I can’t even stand to look at it. :eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/2 "2015-01-03T22:01:20Z")
I know…it really sucks for a news outlet. I gave up the various NBC news sites for the same reason when they redid theirs. It’s already enough work to find real news stories, and guessing what might be behind the obscure headlines. Now this…no thanks. It’s out of my regular rotation. Sadly, more and more sites seem to be doing this. I assume it produces more page views, and thus ‘works’ from a business perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/3 "2015-01-03T22:07:06Z")
I may get used to it eventually, but my first reaction was WTF. I’d rather see the news I may be interested in without having to scroll and sort through all the chaff. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/4 "2015-01-03T22:09:07Z")
I just tried to pull it up, and after a couple minutes, all I had was the logo and some headlines to fluff stories at the side. Nothing else had downloaded. :rolleyes: I really didn’t go there all that much anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/5 "2015-01-03T22:36:57Z")
Ugh, ugh. I used to go there a lot on my cellphone (mobile) _because_ it was almost all text. Damn, CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/6 "2015-01-03T22:45:00Z")
They could’ve at least make the tiny effort of writing Espa **Ñ** ol and M **É** xico in the names of their international editions (not the URL). ---
**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:** [January 4, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/7 "2015-01-04T00:28:16Z")
Reuters is my go-to. And CNN looks text heavy compared to MSNBC. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/8 "2015-01-04T01:17:28Z")
The dumbing-down continues, but in CNN’s case I’m not surprised. Reuters, Aljazeera… any other news sites for grownups? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/9 "2015-01-04T01:24:08Z")
Yesterday, I almost changed my home page from Yahoo to CNN. Now what? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/10 "2015-01-04T01:53:50Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > The dumbing-down continues, but in CNN’s case I’m not surprised. > > Reuters, Aljazeera… any other news sites for grownups? cbsnews isn’t awful. Scroll through the list of stories, and you’ll hit the familiar groupings of articles by topic. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/11 "2015-01-04T02:01:15Z")
I like BBC America too. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/12 "2015-01-04T06:49:35Z")
Yuk! I used to use CNN as my home page. [news.yahoo.com](http://news.yahoo.com/) seems pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/13 "2015-01-04T08:28:51Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Have you seen this monstrosity? Oh my god, it’s just so stupidly busy. Truly designed for today’s short attention span consumer. I can’t even stand to look at it. > > :eek::eek: You are correct about short attention span, but when you see a page go to big ass fonts and pictures, it’s been redesigned for mobile, which goes hand-in-hand with short attention span. The funny thing is, a lot of the underlying links are to video-only, no text, but they pre-roll 30 second ads, which doesn’t exactly fit with the show-me-the-kitty NOW! mentality. ---
**Author:** ![Jaded](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaded/32/162_2.png) [@Jaded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaded)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/14 "2015-01-04T14:19:32Z")
I hate the news ticker at the bottom of the page and their live stream that can be watched online got bad a few months ago. It went from just watching the stream to a news ticker at the bottom, links to news stories on the left side and links to news stories above the ticker. The default stream size is so small now it’s not worth watching unless you go full screen. When I’ve tried to watch without going full screen it makes me feel like I’m watching a stockbroking site or something with how busy it is. Here’s a screenshot. Sorry about the white popup on the bottom right side. [![](https://i.imgur.com/lAEcD16.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/lAEcD16.png) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/15 "2015-01-04T15:20:30Z")
[Home - BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/) iss easily my favorite for generic headline news. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/16 "2015-01-04T15:28:33Z")
Hate it. I stopped going to MSNBC when they went to their iPhone format. I was glad to see the CNN feedback popup, and I indicated how much I hated their new format. Hey, we’re not all Cool Kids with iPhones. Some of us still use laptops. I told them they needed more information and less flash. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/17 "2015-01-04T15:42:41Z")
Horrible. And what’s with the crawling headlines at the bottom of the page? Can’t turn those off. Since WP and NYT went pay-to-view, I mostly check the BBC site for news. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/18 "2015-01-04T15:47:08Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > [Home - BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/) iss easily my favorite for generic headline news. Thanks. I just switched to BBC. I have increasingly hated CNN due to their seeming preference for inane stories and ridiculous hype. The BBC has now replaced it on all my devices. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/19 "2015-01-04T15:59:55Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Yesterday, I almost changed my home page from Yahoo to CNN. > > Now what? The SDMB, of course!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888/20 "2015-01-04T16:04:03Z")
I used their [feedback page](http://www.cnn.com/feedback/) to send this: > [@](#): > > CNN is supposed to be a news outlet, not Short Attention Span Theatre. I used to read MSNBC along with CNN. When MSNBC changed to their picture-heavy, information-light format, I stopped going there and removed their bookmark. I read the news because I want serious news. If CNN isn’t going to take news seriously, then I’ll go elsewhere. I acknowledge that smartphone-friendly websites are necessary. Go ahead and make a ‘News Lite’ site for those who like looking at pretty pictures, but keep your homepage in a format that is accessible to people who actually read the news. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-home-page/708888.md?page=2)