CNN sucks! They've shown the SAME five pictures six or seven times in the last minute...

[George II]

...at the airport, and doing it over and over and over again. What's the point?

They're quickly losing what little credibility they had left.

[SheltieLover]

1. Brainwashing

[madaboutharry]

2. MSNBC seems to have their act together.

Craig Melvin is working at reporting facts currently known.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

3. Between Barbara Starr (CNN)&

Andrea Mitchell (MSNBC), thank the heavens for France24, BBC, CBC, Guardian etc....
Edited to add, second blast, Barron Hotel, which is the Brit's current evacuation point. Canada's last flight left a few hours ago, as with the German's last flight.

[Hoyt]

4. Not sure BBC is any better at broadcasting bad news.

Pentagon says there are a number of US and civilian casualties

A Pentagon spokesperson has said that the bombing at Kabul airport has resulted in a number of US and civilian casualties and was the result of a "complex attack".


https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-58279900

[JohnSJ]

6. From my perspective Bloomberg is very thorough in reporting news with less editorial comment

They are usually very fast in reporting breaking news.

I think BBC is better for the same reasons

[FBaggins]

5. I'm sorry... but you're going to have to learn to live with it

Or turn off the TV

The US is trying to run a massive evacuation from a country in the Middle East and now terrorists have attacked - reportedly killing some Americans?

Yeah... that's going to be the only thing on the news for a while - no matter who is in the White House. You'll be lucky if it doesn't interrupt your weather reports.

[stillcool]

11. it isn't what is reported...

it is how it is presented. Create a perception and you create a reality has never been more obvious, but people continue to imbibe whatever drivel their given, and not question what is really going on. Good, bad, or indifferent, the news does not need to weaponized, nor are there two sides. Opinions are not facts. My news channels get interrupted for things like golf matches. Don't know if this will rise to that amount of importance. All about perception.

[Elessar Zappa]

14. Cable "news" stations are 100% about ratings, not accurate news reporting.

I turn them all off and read the papers, which, in my view, are better sources of information.

[GemDigger]

17. What part is not accurate?

There was a bomb, multiple people died, there are a few pictures. More will come out. What part of that is false?

[Elessar Zappa]

18. I'm not talking specifically about their coverage of this event.

I don’t watch so I have no idea what they’re saying. I was speaking generally. And generally, cable news leaves a lot to be desired.

[GemDigger]

21. So you are complaining about something you aren't watching?

That you don't watch?

[Elessar Zappa]

23. Actually no.

I never said anything about this particular story. I was commenting on the nature of cable news. I don’t have to watch to know that they care more about ratings than news. That’s not going to change anytime soon.

[Hoyt]

22. If folks don't like the news, then it's inaccurate. For some reason, people seem to want a 10

second update on Afghanistan and headline that everything is going swimmingly.

[Haggard Celine]

7. This shouldn't be a surprise to anybody.

Many people, including the President, have said that terror attacks were a strong possibility. The airport just isn't as secure as it needs to be. That's not Biden's fault, or our military's fault, it's just the reality they're working within. I hope they can get more people out of there before the 31st, but now there will be people who will either want us to abandon the effort, and then there will be people who want us to get more involved. I hope Biden doesn't listen to the latter group of people.

[hunter]

8. U.S. television news and opinion is one of the easier habits to kick.

It's not like cigarettes or fossil fuels.

[Blecht]

16. +1000

Turning that crap off is the best thing anybody could do for their mental health.

[mrsv]

9. Corporate Media

Americans' eyes have been opened for those willing to see. MSM is in it for the money. Democracy be damned. Truth be damned. Profits is all they care about.

[Boomerproud]

10. Next will be the same 10 second video shown on a loop.

Their producers suck. Breaking News for 10 hours straight.

[Treefrog]

12. They ALWAYS do that.

Have you just started watching them or something?

Par for the course. Turn it off if you don’t want to watch. Smh.

[stillcool]

13. I think the "Lock box" was my introduction

into the media beating dead horses. Then came planes flying into the World Trade Center, and the "Dean Scream", The "Swift-boaters for truth", and "Reverend Wright". I've been tuning out since then, for the most part. Took a long time.

[GemDigger]

15. It's all they have at the moment.

What does that have to do with credibility? It is fact, is it not?

[Treefrog]

19. This.

The hysteria around here about the media would be funny if it weren’t so irrelevant.

[bluedevil4]

20. What's the point?

Our troops have been attacked and they say more is coming. That's probably the point. just a guess