# Fuck CNN. And, while we're at it, Fuck the BBC **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884 "2025-08-09T02:31:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/1 "2025-08-09T02:31:50Z")
I get it. Nothing is free. Yet, having to endure relentless video and still ads SHOULD have been enough. But no. CNN allows a tiny number of “free” articles per month, then I have no access. Or I have to pay to subscribe. Always loved the BBC, which is not so Ameri-centric, and had unlimited access. Until recently. Now, pay pay pay. So fuck both of them. Anyone have a free comparable worldwide news resource I can find online? Fine, fine, gimme the ads. But let me have free access. Wasn’t that the whole IDEA of suffering with the ads ??? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/2 "2025-08-09T02:40:33Z")
Try these. High on facts, and because they supply other news organizations with diverse viewpoints, that can’t be too biased in their own reporting. > **[Associated Press News: Breaking News | Latest News Today](https://apnews.com/)** > > Read the latest headlines, breaking news, and videos at APNews.com, the definitive source for independent journalism from every corner of the globe. > **[Top News, Latest headlines, Latest News, World News & U.S News - UPI.com](https://www.upi.com/)** > > UPI delivers the latest headlines from around the world: Top News, Entertainment, Health, Business, Science and Sports News - United Press International > **[The news hub | AFP.com](https://www.afp.com/en)** > > L’AFP est une agence d’information globale, assurant une couverture rapide, complète et vérifiée des événements de l’actualité comme des thèmes qui façonnent notre quotidien. Avec un réseau de journalistes sans égal, déployé sur 151 pays, l'AFP est... ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/3 "2025-08-09T02:45:03Z")
Thank you. I’m embarrassed. As the son of a newspaperman, I should have thought of AP and UPI first off. Will look and also look for apps for my Android device. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/4 "2025-08-09T02:46:34Z")
France 24, Reuters, Deutsche Welle (German) and sometimes TVP World (Polish). And Reddit. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/5 "2025-08-09T02:52:54Z")
I used to go to Reuters for all of my international news. Then, at some point, the app decided not to work on my phone. Sad, that. Removed app, upgrades on the Android, blah blah. No Reuters love. Will check out France24 though !! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/6 "2025-08-09T03:12:10Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Thank you. I’m embarrassed. As the son of a newspaperman, I should have thought of AP and UPI first off. > > Will look and also look for apps for my Android device. 🙂 I’ve got the AP app on my Android. It’s not immediately intuitive, but play around with it enough, and you’ll get the hang of it. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/7 "2025-08-09T03:42:49Z")
Try CBC and CTV. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/8 "2025-08-09T06:17:49Z")
I read these guys mostly. [https://www.euronews.com/](https://www.euronews.com/) It’s a cross-border multi-country news consortium that was started in the wake of CNN’s original success. They do good work. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/9 "2025-08-09T06:51:18Z")
NPR is another possibility: [https://www.npr.org/](https://www.npr.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/10 "2025-08-09T16:58:04Z")
Reuters in my experience requires payment for some articles. AP and The Guardian beg for money. My go-to for general news is the ABC news website. “Free” for now with the possible exception of a few features. For local and some international news, TV station sites are generally free. I don’t mind paying in some cases (we have online subscriptions to three newspapers), but shelling out for stories on CNN? Not going to happen. Will NPR go down the tubes thanks to recent budget cuts? ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/11 "2025-08-09T17:20:41Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Fine, fine, gimme the ads. But let me have free access. Wasn’t that the whole IDEA of suffering with the ads Too many people welching on their end of the deal. All the people with ad blockers are making free to view impossible. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/12 "2025-08-09T17:24:52Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > All the people with ad blockers are making free to view impossible. Likely so. In the case of the sites for local U.S. TV stations and newspapers, it likely doesn’t help that those sites are infamous for having their sites packed with spammy, bandwidth-hogging, screen-takeover, hard-to-skip-out-of ads. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/13 "2025-08-09T17:44:26Z")
OP maybe you need a different browser. **Brave** eliminates ads even on Youtube without installing anything. Neither BBC or CNN shows any ads or requires any log in or registration. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/14 "2025-08-09T17:48:07Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Neither BBC or CNN shows any ads or requires any log in or registration. I pretty much never use CNN, but I’m on the BBC’s news site every day. They _do_ have login and registration boxes at the top of the home page, but I don’t recall running into any issues with having content locked to me on BBC because I’m not paying. FWIW, it sounds like @Cartooniverse is using a mobile device to read news, yes? I have the BBC news app on my iPhone, and again, have not ever run into a “you need to pay to read” issue with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/15 "2025-08-09T17:48:45Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@colinfred](#): > > > > All the people with ad blockers are making free to view impossible. > > Likely so. > > In the case of the sites for local U.S. TV stations and newspapers, it likely doesn’t help that those sites are infamous for having their sites packed with spammy, bandwidth-hogging, screen-takeover, hard-to-skip-out-of ads. It’s impossible to read some of these sites with their ads. I don’t bother with them. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/16 "2025-08-09T18:06:09Z")
Neither BBC or CNN **requires** account login or registration…you can do either/both but not required and Brave knocks out any ads. Brave is also available for iOS tho not sure how to make default browser on my iPhone. Without active intervention by your browser many sites are unusable due to encroaching ads. Just installed **Brave** on my iPhone and dumped **Safari** - no more ads. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/17 "2025-08-09T18:11:14Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > Too many people welching on their end of the deal. All the people with ad blockers are making free to view impossible. Or conversely, _two_ income streams. “A paid subscription _and_ advertising fees? You’re a genius, Smedley!” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/18 "2025-08-09T18:21:08Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Brave is also available for iOS tho not sure how to make default browser on my iPhone. Settings, Apps, Default Apps, Browser App. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/19 "2025-08-09T20:13:33Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > NPR is another possibility: Whenever my local station asks for donations they always emphasize that they’re a public service rather than a for profit enterprise, and therefore will never be paywalled. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884/20 "2025-08-09T21:41:15Z")
Unless you’re desperately poor can you not pick up a newspaper? They are pricier than they used to be, I don’t find it very prohibitive, tho’. If you’re so breathless to hear the latest bullshit media is feeding us(and have been), you’ll have to pay. I’m not even reading the front pages of the 3 papers I have subscriptions to. Just not worth it. After Nov. 2024, I figure if the worse happens I’ll hear about it soon enough. Don’t need it bombarding my brain and affecting my mental health. Over and over and over again. It’s sickening. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-cnn-and-while-were-at-it-fuck-the-bbc/1021884.md?page=2)