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Mass

(27,315 posts)
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:09 AM Mar 2014

Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia.



Seriously? nearly two weeks into this story, CNN is still making this kind of mistake.

I am beyond disgust with our cable news channels (all of them, FOX, MSNBC, CNN). I think these last few years have shown what is wrong with the concept of a 24/7 news media.

People who have no particular competency on the issue think they have to speak about it whether there are news or not. Right now, I am listening to Mika B. confusing a trace on a satellite picture with the certainty they found something.

Can they just stop to talk (and besmirch people at the same time), without knowing)?
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Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia. (Original Post) Mass Mar 2014 OP
oh, for god's sake mainer Mar 2014 #1
No. They can not stop talking. pangaia Mar 2014 #2
I've not watched a tv in years, but the second hand morningfog Mar 2014 #3
I dont watch CNN, but I have MSNBC on my computer screen Mass Mar 2014 #5
What's the mistake there? treestar Mar 2014 #4
Kuala Lampur is in Malaysia. Raine1967 Mar 2014 #6
Aha! Thanks! treestar Mar 2014 #7
It took me a moment as well! Raine1967 Mar 2014 #8
It took me a while too, but none of us is producer at CNN.\nt Mass Mar 2014 #9
Indonesia, Malaysia, it all sounds the same to them mainer Mar 2014 #10
CNN am geography pintobean Mar 2014 #11

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
2. No. They can not stop talking.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:17 AM
Mar 2014

It's an addiction. They have no control over themselves.
It's like they are driving by a car wreck and just have to see the blood and broken bones and pain and suffering.
All we can do is turn it off.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
3. I've not watched a tv in years, but the second hand
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:19 AM
Mar 2014

reports of CNN's indicate they've spent time on black holes and gods intervention, so they may have been too busy with that to learn any actual facts.

Mass

(27,315 posts)
5. I dont watch CNN, but I have MSNBC on my computer screen
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:46 AM
Mar 2014

(or rather I had, because I turned it off). They are just as bad as CNN on topics like that.

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