Why is DU far ahead of CNN?

[itsrobert]

Aren't they the news agency?

[liberalmuse]

1. DU is usually the best (and fastest) source of news.

I don't know how - I guess being part of a collective of very well-informed news junkies helps.

[ReggieVeggie]

2. possibly hundreds of people gathering information and posting it?

As it is here? DU is better than a news agency.

[godai]

3. CNN covering live. Blast at reactor. n/t

[LAGC]

4. CNN is a corporate entity.

They have to filter and package all their news in nice little sound-bites.

On here, we get more leeway to really opine, and aren't limited to 15-minute time-slots.

[uppityperson]

5. It is pretty good, isn't it? We have people all over the world finding all sorts of stuff

be nice if some of it were good (wistful here)

[enki23]

6. because people watch bbc and al jazeera, probably.

.

[Skittles]

7. they're a corporate news agency

[Godhumor]

8. We have a number of people either there or with family/friends there

Watching/hearing different things. Never underestimate the abilities of a linked community.

[OneHalfNote]

9. They're the propaganda agency

News is not really their priority.

[Bonobo]

10. They are also wrong. They said new explosion was at #1. It wasn't.

That was the one yesterday.

The new one was at #3.

They suck as a news organization.

I was watching AL Jazzeera and was amazed at how professional they seem compared to CNN et al.

[Godhumor]

11. They said smoke at 1, explosion at 3. n/t

[godai]

13. No, CNN said smoke from #1, explosion at #3.

They are just taking this from NHK, so it's not rocket science.

[CJvR]

12. DU...

...don't need to fact check, or at least pretend to.

[TBF]

14. Thanks to the Internet we read news from around the world constantly -

CNN follows the US corporate script and only reports what the rich folks want to hear.

[NYC_SKP]

15. DU is made up of actual people who care about honesty and the common man...

And CNN is a propagandist organization that calls itself a news agency.

:patriot:

[Swede]

16. Are you watching it,now?

It's live,they're there reporting. Not sure,maybe they can report from the future?

[underseasurveyor]

17. DU doesn't have to run news stories by corporate masters for approval

before reporting/posting. Plus numerous people combing the internets at all hours and real people delivering eyewitness accounts from around the world.

DU- the first place I check for breaking news, updates and information.