CNN Is Terrible. Here's Why.
CNN is terrible. A God-awful, wall-to-wall, epic mess. And now, they have, in their hands, the clearest sign yet of how bad things have actually gotten. This past April, CNN posted its lowest ratings in 10 years. TheNew York Times' Brian Stelter recently noted the slim upside, writing, "people tune in to CNN, the same way they hurry to a hospital when they think they are having a heart attack." But what news channel does CNN have to tune in to, to learn the gory details of its own longrunning, sad disaster? Good news: we are that news channel.
CNN, of course, has a proud legacy to fall back on, as it is the entity that kicked off the tradition of 24 hour cable news channels in the first place, and its coverage of the first Gulf War demonstrated that it had minted real newsgathering mettle. CNN founder Ted Turner, in a meta-theatrical appearance on Piers Morgan's show last night, noted that he "wanted CNN to be the New York Times for the news business." Instead, the network has fallen lower in esteem than the New York Mets, who people actually still watch, on the teevee.
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Peter Arnett's reporting from Baghdad, even censored as it was, was just too truthful for the BFEE to stand for. http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/blog/2009/08/cnn-reporting-from-baghdad-gul.shtml They never forgot it. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Arnett
Once Faux Noise was launched under the stewardship of BFEE sycophant Roger Ailes, who is to the right of the loathed Rupert Murdoch, CNN was made to look somewhat stodgy in comparison. Instead of sticking to its guns, CNN started to imitate Faux too much and began its long downward spiral. What a shame! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel
Al Jazeera English is the only 24 hour news network to come anywhere close to CNN in its glory days, IMO. 
It was 24/7, but in the wee hours they had re-run news. Same stories you saw at 5:00 pm and the same at 2:00 am. Boring 
24/7 didn't mean good, just background noise on a Cocaine binge. LOL!
I'm glad its ratings reflect that.
