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SuperCoder

(300 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:42 AM Aug 2022

Boycott CNN Movement Gains Traction Amid Network's Decision to Pander to Right Wing Viewers

And, quite frankly, I'm inclined to boycott CNN myself by switching to MSNBC.


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Boycott CNN Movement Gains Traction Amid Network's Decision to Pander to Right Wing Viewers (Original Post) SuperCoder Aug 2022 OP
Post removed Post removed Aug 2022 #1
Who controls the narrative, not the remote, gab13by13 Aug 2022 #4
I very rarely watch news any more, but I like Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon.. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #70
I like Jim Acosta too. Nt spooky3 Aug 2022 #74
I agree, but admittedly when Andrea Mitchell was on yesterday reporting totally old & discounted hlthe2b Aug 2022 #2
I can't believe that MSNBC can't find a way PatSeg Aug 2022 #35
Hear, hear! Rebl2 Aug 2022 #68
MSNBC is also moving right, gab13by13 Aug 2022 #3
Its nice to see someone else who sees that. Always frustrated me. oldsoftie Aug 2022 #11
Land the Plane, Rachel LisaM Aug 2022 #72
Now that gave me a good laugh. oldsoftie Aug 2022 #83
She backs into the lead more lavishly than anybody else on the air. calimary Aug 2022 #106
Rachel's new contract allows her to do just that, in case you had not niyad Aug 2022 #120
It would make more sense if the standard was a four-day workweek. calimary Aug 2022 #121
You insist that there are standards, apparently written in stone, that must niyad Aug 2022 #124
Yes, Rachel's delivery style makes me very impatient. I'm glad to know I'm japple Aug 2022 #21
I think she's trying to cater to the morons of the world, but I feel talked down to. G2theD Aug 2022 #110
I don't like Rachel's delivery but to be fair Marthe48 Aug 2022 #34
You know Rebl2 Aug 2022 #69
No, you are not alone PatSeg Aug 2022 #36
I think it is about patience, and our cultural lack thereof. We Americans roll our eyes when PatrickforB Aug 2022 #42
I'm a pretty impatient person, but I really like Rachel Maddow & her Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2022 #119
Count me in as someone who can do without Rachel Maddow. Earth-shine Aug 2022 #52
Huh inthewind21 Aug 2022 #55
She also frequently regularly wastes the viewer's time in a manner that is uniquely Maddow. Earth-shine Aug 2022 #57
MOSTly substance, worse than sad the 'public,' including DU, doesn't want to know the whole story. elleng Aug 2022 #76
How many time a week do we read MerryBlooms Aug 2022 #94
+ 1 nt pazzyanne Aug 2022 #112
She gives far more substance than most anyone else on MSM Bev54 Aug 2022 #99
??? USALiberal Aug 2022 #102
And yet, many of us love her BECAUSE of her in-depth research and ability to niyad Aug 2022 #66
CRITICALLY important. elleng Aug 2022 #77
Exactly. niyad Aug 2022 #78
Exactly! nt pazzyanne Aug 2022 #113
Rachel Maddow CitizenZero Aug 2022 #71
Same here!! USALiberal Aug 2022 #103
I like Rachel greblach Aug 2022 #80
MSNBC is moving MORE RIGHT NC DENVERPOPS Aug 2022 #81
My husband and I could never watch her because of that. Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #82
MSNBC is ConservaDem until 4 PM... dchill Aug 2022 #88
It's amazing a Bush Comm. director is not "moving right" though BradAllison Aug 2022 #97
List your proof of MSNBC "moving right" USALiberal Aug 2022 #101
Ari Melber is my favorite on The Beat. G2theD Aug 2022 #109
I am with you on Rachel! True Blue American Aug 2022 #115
CNN has sucked for years... MiHale Aug 2022 #5
I have the parental lock set on my tv, I have Fox, newsmax,oann Meadowoak Aug 2022 #22
CSPAN? Every time I turn on Washington Journal there is a right wing doc03 Aug 2022 #31
I know, used to love Washington Journal, now I NEVER watch it. Ugh.... way to many "independent" a kennedy Aug 2022 #49
That's Why I Quit Watching WJ, Too ProfessorGAC Aug 2022 #60
Right wingers are old and don't have jobs. BradAllison Aug 2022 #98
I watch CSPAN when the Senate and House are in session True Blue American Aug 2022 #116
I catch up on WH on my pc Catherine Vincent Aug 2022 #87
From the time they made Wolf Blitzer the center of their news reporters rpannier Aug 2022 #107
Rather than pander, they could just try reporting the news Generic Brad Aug 2022 #6
fuck cnn, been pathetic for ages bringthePaine Aug 2022 #7
Only MSNBC for me for years vlyons Aug 2022 #8
ditto housecat Aug 2022 #92
Bring back old style HEADLINE NEWS (HLN) HAB911 Aug 2022 #9
The BBC World News channel serves that purpose SouthBayDem Aug 2022 #43
CBS news streaming channel is close. Nt. carpetbagger Aug 2022 #46
I know why they're doing it D_Master81 Aug 2022 #10
Pandering to a shrinking demographic will prove a poor business move bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 #12
This is a difficult problem for me PJMcK Aug 2022 #13
If you stopped watching CNN decades ago how do you know that they've sucked for decades? Doc Sportello Aug 2022 #40
Good question sammythecat Aug 2022 #118
I noticed it wasn't answered Doc Sportello Aug 2022 #125
I've switched. We don't need two Fox like propaganda outfits. NNadir Aug 2022 #14
I've taken it out of my channel line-up Mysterian Aug 2022 #15
Yes, indeed. Bohunk68 Aug 2022 #114
I just can't completely stop LittleGirl Aug 2022 #16
Everything is online these days IronLionZion Aug 2022 #19
You need a VPN for those sites LittleGirl Aug 2022 #39
I'm not using a VPN and they work fine for me Mysterian Aug 2022 #122
Region specific LittleGirl Aug 2022 #123
I've found CNN international to be superior SouthBayDem Aug 2022 #44
I watch CNN international as well, along with BBC, CBC and Al Jazeera Bev54 Aug 2022 #100
When CNN Karma13612 Aug 2022 #17
The only people who watch cable news are those who enjoy watching cable news Kaleva Aug 2022 #18
Good. And I have. Evolve Dammit Aug 2022 #20
Just yesterday I took CNN off my phylny Aug 2022 #23
I'm going to listen to Stephanie Miller today on Sirius. gab13by13 Aug 2022 #26
Sirius XM Progress is my go-to station. phylny Aug 2022 #37
Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann are my favorites. rubbersole Aug 2022 #93
Thanks for the tip, rs. I just downloaded the ORB app and made it my favorite. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #105
CNN used to be my 2nd source for news. lark Aug 2022 #24
I started boycotting CNN years ago TimeToGo Aug 2022 #25
It will be interesting Tickle Aug 2022 #27
Stop watching cable news channels altogether if you can. NCDem47 Aug 2022 #28
i only like Walter Cronkite and Keith Olbermann Tetrachloride Aug 2022 #30
I don't usually watch CNN that much but I haven't noticed that myself. Instead of MJ I watched doc03 Aug 2022 #29
Was A Regular CNN Viewer, Now It's MSNBC WiVoter Aug 2022 #32
Me, as well. (nt) Paladin Aug 2022 #33
Is there an example? kentuck Aug 2022 #38
I've done that a long time ago when they hired that horrid lewandowsky idiot onetexan Aug 2022 #41
I've never had cable but I've long found their website SouthBayDem Aug 2022 #45
I've been listening to Keith Olberman's podcast Corgigal Aug 2022 #47
Right? I love that he gives updates on those that have been rescued. oregonjen Aug 2022 #51
KO's podcast is excellent. I haven't missed one yet. Earth-shine Aug 2022 #53
When the left withdraws from a media source, the right gains more traction. Pobeka Aug 2022 #48
Actually inthewind21 Aug 2022 #56
I'm off all news shows, first thing in the morning it's the favorites of the 70's radio channel. a kennedy Aug 2022 #50
That's awesome! Sympthsical Aug 2022 #62
Good deal. sarcasmo Aug 2022 #54
All cable news is shit. BannonsLiver Aug 2022 #58
Gotta say I heard CNN in the car all afternoon yesterday, and they were condeming lindysalsagal Aug 2022 #59
I've Been Tuning In To News Nation ProfessorGAC Aug 2022 #61
glad to see the #BoycottCNN trending. CNN will see this...(for whatever that is worth) IcyPeas Aug 2022 #63
Don Lemon? Corgigal Aug 2022 #73
I watched him go after Karinne Jean-Pierre and it was borderline embarrassing. gldstwmn Aug 2022 #85
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Aug 2022 #64
Great timing, CNN. librechik Aug 2022 #65
I'm IN! live love laugh Aug 2022 #67
The best are/ will be leaving. Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #75
Right On marieo1 Aug 2022 #79
Boycott cable. You'll be glad you did. Hassler Aug 2022 #84
I really enjoy Rachel Maddow. Intelligent, thoughtful and a great story teller. Of course my Handler Aug 2022 #86
Another Anti Cnn post from you? That's all you post and no recs...IT'S SO OBVIOUS GuppyGal Aug 2022 #89
I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE DON LEMON HAS TURNED TO THE RIGHT YoshidaYui Aug 2022 #90
i quit watching CNN SouthernDem4ever Aug 2022 #91
Not boycotting Anderson Cooper. I don't have time MerryBlooms Aug 2022 #95
Haven't watched CNN in months BradAllison Aug 2022 #96
I am blocking CNN on my Dish Tv kimbutgar Aug 2022 #104
I consider ForgedCrank Aug 2022 #108
I haven't been able to stomach CNN since they treated news reporting as a sport... FlyingPiggy Aug 2022 #111
Cnn was at the botton of ranking on 3 networks. sadly, fox was on the top Again. yesterday ranking riversedge Aug 2022 #117

Response to SuperCoder (Original post)

gab13by13

(32,319 posts)
4. Who controls the narrative, not the remote,
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:54 AM
Aug 2022

is extremely important, and sadly underestimated and overlooked. There are a handful of good anchors left on MSNBC, who is a good CNN anchor?

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
70. I very rarely watch news any more, but I like Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon..
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 05:32 PM
Aug 2022

Boris Sanchez seems good. I like John Bergman and Brianna Keilar..

Anybody who thinks any of those are right wing is very misinformed.

hlthe2b

(113,958 posts)
2. I agree, but admittedly when Andrea Mitchell was on yesterday reporting totally old & discounted
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:51 AM
Aug 2022

news on DOJ's MAL investigation, I turned over to John King who was simultaneously reporting all the latest and breaking news on the same story. I am horrified that there are such lazy producers for her show and some others (though, not, fortunately for the prime time shows, nor Nicole Wallace's show, certainly).

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
35. I can't believe that MSNBC can't find a way
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:52 AM
Aug 2022

to let her go. If I have the TV on during the day, I'll switch channels when she comes on.

Rebl2

(17,740 posts)
68. Hear, hear!
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 05:25 PM
Aug 2022

Today she was on from 11-1pm (central time). I wish they would find someone for the 10 am time slot instead of rotating people-one being Andrea.

gab13by13

(32,319 posts)
3. MSNBC is also moving right,
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:51 AM
Aug 2022

has been for the past 10 years. Nicolle, Chris, Mehdi, are it for me. Laurence has his moments.

Rachel is just a part timer and Nicolle explains in 5 minutes what takes Rachel 20 minutes. Don't get me wrong, a lot of people like Rachel's Story Book Theater style.

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
11. Its nice to see someone else who sees that. Always frustrated me.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:32 AM
Aug 2022

JUST GET TO THE POINT PLEASE.
I don't need to know what outfit someone was wearing when they testified or who drove them there. Just an analogy, folks.

calimary

(90,017 posts)
106. She backs into the lead more lavishly than anybody else on the air.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:18 PM
Aug 2022

And yeah, sometimes I wish she'd just GET TO THE POINT, DAMMIT!

I also wish this I-only-do-Mondays shit would STOP.

NOBODY'S so sacrosanct and untouchable that they should be allowed to do that. It disrupts the whole week. It will confuse viewers. Uh - okay, Maddow's on Mondays. But then somebody else is on the rest of the week in whatever time slot that is. But everybody else is on a five-day workweek - except for Her Royal Highness Princess Privilege?

NO. NOBODY'S that special that she (or he, for that matter) and break up the weeknight schedule because she's tired of the routine or she doesn't feel like working that hard anymore.

Then she's out.

That's what I'd do if I were head of MSNBC. Either you're in all the way, or the alternative. Which is: you're OUT all the way. I need a consistent block of programming across the weeknights, without cutting a big fat awkward divot out of the 9pm Eastern slot. I need all five weeknights from you. Like everybody else on in prime time gives me. If you just can't bring yourself do that anymore, and you only want to do one show a week, we'll move you to Saturday evenings and you can do a weekly special "That Was the Week that Was" kind of thing, but you can do it anyway you want. I'll give you TWO hours on Saturday evening. Lead-in to "Saturday Night Live," which ain't too shabby.

That's the deal. Take it or leave it. Cuz I've got somebody (Alex Wagner) stuck doing four nights a week and confusing viewers because the whole primetime lineup is broken up, and she should be able to step up and have all five nights of her own - "like the grown-ups have." Otherwise, she's always gonna be presented as the junior partner, not on equal footing with Lawrence O'Donnell and the rest of the evening lineup. Which is not a good way to present air talent having been given a presumably sterling time slot.

That's what I'd tell her agent. And I'd give them a weekend to make up their minds.

NOBODY is irreplaceable. Johnny Carson? Well, he gave about 30 years of service. And he was a freakin' MOUNT EVEREST. He was King Kong AND Godzilla all in one. But time passes, things change, and well, he and all the rest of us soon realized even he wasn't irreplaceable. The "Tonight Show" went on successfully, showcasing new hosts, and making new people household names. Anybody remember Johnny Carson now (except us old-timers, that is)?

I am rapidly losing patience with Rachel Maddow.

niyad

(132,440 posts)
120. Rachel's new contract allows her to do just that, in case you had not
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 08:32 AM
Aug 2022

noticed. Clearly, the big bosses at msnbc take a different view than you do, and they are the ones in charge. Some of the terms of her contract were discussed extensively here. So your insistence that she is acting as if she were irreplacable is off the mark.

Frankly, your insistence on a 5-day work week is a bit strange. Many people in many fields have very different schedules.

You are, of course, free to have lost patience with Dr. Maddow. But, clearly, the bosses at msnbc do not share your view.

calimary

(90,017 posts)
121. It would make more sense if the standard was a four-day workweek.
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 10:48 AM
Aug 2022

And it may be what the US is eventually moving toward. But that’s not the general structure we have. At least not yet.

If it was such a good idea, why didn’t the MSNBC brass switch over the entire prime time lineup that way? At least it’d be consistent.

niyad

(132,440 posts)
124. You insist that there are standards, apparently written in stone, that must
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 11:40 AM
Aug 2022

be met. But, as I pointed out, msnbc does not appear to share your view. Nor do many other businesses and industries. One wonders why you attach such importance to adhering to these "standards", when so many companies, industries and employees do not.

japple

(10,459 posts)
21. Yes, Rachel's delivery style makes me very impatient. I'm glad to know I'm
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:16 AM
Aug 2022

not the only one.

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
34. I don't like Rachel's delivery but to be fair
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:51 AM
Aug 2022

Last edited Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:52 PM - Edit history (1)

many times, she is reporting information new to her. I imagine the repetition in those stories give her a chance to choose her words and convey the news and its import.

I don't think the repetition is necessary in her planned comments, but she's got to stretch the content to the next commercial break

Rebl2

(17,740 posts)
69. You know
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 05:30 PM
Aug 2022

it used to bother me, but not all people are up to date on aspects of the information she is going to talk about.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
36. No, you are not alone
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:00 AM
Aug 2022

This has been discussed numerous times. Even though Rachel does come up with some very interesting stories, she can drag a five minute story out to 20 or 30 minutes using numerous repetitions. I used to fast-forward a lot and I eventually just quit watching her show.

Now that she is only on one night a week, I can handle it, but I still hit the fast-forward button frequently.

PatrickforB

(15,425 posts)
42. I think it is about patience, and our cultural lack thereof. We Americans roll our eyes when
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:27 AM
Aug 2022

someone is 'beating around the bush.'

Problem is, sometimes it is just as important to know the background behind something than it is to know about that something.

The media leaves a lot to be desired.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,484 posts)
119. I'm a pretty impatient person, but I really like Rachel Maddow & her
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 06:12 AM
Aug 2022

presentation style. Maybe because I'm always busy doing something else while I watch her show, but I agree with you that the context & details matter.

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
52. Count me in as someone who can do without Rachel Maddow.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:30 AM
Aug 2022

Ten years ago, she was my absolute favorite media person.

I got so turned off over the years listening to her repeat herself because she doesn't have enough substance to fill the time block.

Really turn off.

According to Keith Olbermann, she is the reason he could not return to MSNBC. She apparently wields a lot of power and blocked him from being rehired.

 

inthewind21

(4,616 posts)
55. Huh
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 11:06 AM
Aug 2022

She gives a LOT Of substance. But I guess only having sound bites is all the public wants. Explains why so many don't know the whole story.

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
57. She also frequently regularly wastes the viewer's time in a manner that is uniquely Maddow.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 12:11 PM
Aug 2022

I don't appreciate your judgment of me.

elleng

(141,926 posts)
76. MOSTly substance, worse than sad the 'public,' including DU, doesn't want to know the whole story.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:14 PM
Aug 2022

MerryBlooms

(12,248 posts)
94. How many time a week do we read
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:00 PM
Aug 2022

We don't have enough left voices to counter the rightwing bs? It's because the left doesn't support media once a style they disagree with or one view they don't agree with, it's boycott time. It's gotten ridiculous. Maddow is one of our best voices for truth against the rw propaganda, yet here we are.

People want to counter rw propaganda with what? Exact certain words delivered in an exact certain way, otherwise, they're Done! I don't watch the tv news! Like that's some sort of fuckin badge of honor to jump into Every conversation about the TV news that they don't even fuckin watch!

Ugh. Our news folks on the left are doing a pretty good job. Maddow, Cooper, Velshi, Wallace, etc... I am working too much to watch in real time, but am trying to watch clips after and before work. I am thankful for their analysis and guests, especially lately!

Bev54

(13,431 posts)
99. She gives far more substance than most anyone else on MSM
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:38 PM
Aug 2022

She repeats things so those who are not regulars can be brought up to speed. Sometimes she has to put it in perspective because people need to be able to connect the dots. Not everyone is reading the news all day or as we know many have short memories, she gets the later crowd that has been working all day. I miss her.

Left CNN already, I do record Don Lemon just for a different take but I can ff through it for anything I am not interested in.

niyad

(132,440 posts)
66. And yet, many of us love her BECAUSE of her in-depth research and ability to
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 04:10 PM
Aug 2022

connect seemingly insignificant or irrelevant dots. Context and history and backstory are important.

 

CitizenZero

(920 posts)
71. Rachel Maddow
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 05:34 PM
Aug 2022

I guess different strokes for different folks. What some people consider to be repetitive I consider to be thorough and measured. I like Rachel Maddow as much or more than anyone else on Cable News. I like O'Donnell too.

greblach

(294 posts)
80. I like Rachel
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:27 PM
Aug 2022

But she does put me to sleep sometimes with her long story intro's...but I still like her... Chris is more my style (Nicolle, Mehdi, and Lawrence as well)

 

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
82. My husband and I could never watch her because of that.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:55 PM
Aug 2022

We do impressions of her, e.g.:

"As it turns out, there's an organization called the U.S. House of Representatives. It is part of the United States Congress, which also includes a governing body called the U.S. Senate. Men and women run in political races to try to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, or "The House," as some people call it for short. If elected, they can only serve the people who live in their area, or district, for two years..."

dchill

(42,660 posts)
88. MSNBC is ConservaDem until 4 PM...
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:59 PM
Aug 2022

...and Dem after. There is nothing about Lawrence O'Donnell that's not liberal. He's long been the best of them.

BradAllison

(1,879 posts)
97. It's amazing a Bush Comm. director is not "moving right" though
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:25 PM
Aug 2022

Her silence on what Bush and his appointees have done is deafening, and they've helped move the needle on the death of Democracy as much as Trump.

True Blue American

(18,579 posts)
115. I am with you on Rachel!
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 04:38 AM
Aug 2022

Her constant hysteria, as if she is revealing something no one else has. I like her successor who does the same without the drama.

I watch the reruns as I am an early to bed,early to rise type.

Meadowoak

(6,606 posts)
22. I have the parental lock set on my tv, I have Fox, newsmax,oann
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:17 AM
Aug 2022

And now CNN all blocked. The only news channel that isn't blocked, is MSNBC and CSPAN.

doc03

(39,086 posts)
31. CSPAN? Every time I turn on Washington Journal there is a right wing
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:46 AM
Aug 2022

nut job on the phone. I haven't watched CSPAN a combined 1 hour since Brian Lamb left.

a kennedy

(35,978 posts)
49. I know, used to love Washington Journal, now I NEVER watch it. Ugh.... way to many "independent"
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:07 AM
Aug 2022

callers that ARE NOT independent.

ProfessorGAC

(76,700 posts)
60. That's Why I Quit Watching WJ, Too
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 12:56 PM
Aug 2022

Letting droplets dominate airtime & supposed indies that were simply undeclared Rs.
Plus, the hosts quit challenging obviously flawed information.
2/3rds on the call-in segments were just Faux echo chamber stuff.

BradAllison

(1,879 posts)
98. Right wingers are old and don't have jobs.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:28 PM
Aug 2022

Like radio they've plenty of time to call in.

True Blue American

(18,579 posts)
116. I watch CSPAN when the Senate and House are in session
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 04:50 AM
Aug 2022

At special timeS, but have noticed lately they never show President Biden giving a speech like the one yesterday on Democracy, backing Police and assault weapons. To me that was more important than a group sitting around spouting what they think.

I don’t care, do you?

Catherine Vincent

(34,610 posts)
87. I catch up on WH on my pc
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:58 PM
Aug 2022

When I wfh. Too many reps claiming to be Independent. There's this one caller that calls in often and the sheer hatred in his voice. Always claiming cspan is liberal. Most of the moderators let him speak for a couple of minutes then they cut him off.

rpannier

(24,924 posts)
107. From the time they made Wolf Blitzer the center of their news reporters
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:44 PM
Aug 2022

it has gone downhill
Combine that with the Howie Kurtz years, the insistance on putting one Democrat and one Republikkan on every news story for 'balance' (it's like inviting two people to argue whether 2+2=4) -- basically partisan balance, where there is none, and their use of breaking story was just embarrassing... oh like the time I turned my TV on in Korea and they were showing numerous police cars and Blitzer was narrating. I thouight someone had been killed. No. They were waiting for Paris Hilton to come out to turn herself over to the police to do like two weeks in jail.

Generic Brad

(14,374 posts)
6. Rather than pander, they could just try reporting the news
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:09 AM
Aug 2022

I would watch objective news. I won’t watch talking heads spout propaganda. That is not news.

SouthBayDem

(33,282 posts)
43. The BBC World News channel serves that purpose
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:38 AM
Aug 2022

Because it’s publicly funded.

CNN’s website does a good job at news reporting because its written articles convey info in a more polished, deeper manner than a TV talking heads segment could.

D_Master81

(2,585 posts)
10. I know why they're doing it
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:31 AM
Aug 2022

RWers trying to take over the world. But from a business perspective it’s stupid. RW viewers already think you’re fake news so you’re going to try to win them over? In the process abandoning the people who actually watch.

bucolic_frolic

(55,136 posts)
12. Pandering to a shrinking demographic will prove a poor business move
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:38 AM
Aug 2022

2025: What were they thinking?

PJMcK

(25,048 posts)
13. This is a difficult problem for me
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:47 AM
Aug 2022

I can't boycott CNN because I stopped watching it long, long ago.

They've sucked for decades and, frankly, I don't give a damn what happens to them.

Doc Sportello

(7,964 posts)
40. If you stopped watching CNN decades ago how do you know that they've sucked for decades?
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:21 AM
Aug 2022

I see a lot of these comments on here, basically saying that CNN has sucked for a long time and I haven't watched them in that time. If you haven't been watching how do you know anything about their shows?

sammythecat

(3,597 posts)
118. Good question
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 06:04 AM
Aug 2022

If it's been 20+ years (decades) since you've watched CNN how could you possibly know what they've been doing?

Doc Sportello

(7,964 posts)
125. I noticed it wasn't answered
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 07:51 PM
Aug 2022


I read that response a lot on here and finally decided to ask how it is possible to not watch something and then profess knowledge about it. I'll keep trying.

NNadir

(38,043 posts)
14. I've switched. We don't need two Fox like propaganda outfits.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:48 AM
Aug 2022

One has already vastly damaged the United States.

Mysterian

(6,482 posts)
15. I've taken it out of my channel line-up
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:50 AM
Aug 2022

Support Democracy Now and other objective news sources.

Bohunk68

(1,455 posts)
114. Yes, indeed.
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 03:58 AM
Aug 2022

I also watch Link TV on channel 375 on Direct TV. Link carries a lot of foreign news services and gives a more rounded presentation of what is going on in the world. I get tired of the same old same old "breaking news" every 15 mins regardless of who the talking head is and the fact that they are all saying the same thing. Surely, there is other news breaking around the world instead.

LittleGirl

(8,999 posts)
16. I just can't completely stop
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:57 AM
Aug 2022

as it’s the only live American news I can get.
I have CNN international.
I have no MSNBC.
I don’t have Fox.
I have Bloomberg and CNBC Europe.
Al Jazerra ugh
Euronews
BBC and BBC world news for my lineup.

I was disappointed by that news report but my hands are tied. I have severely lowered my news junkie watching and read more sites like DU.

Carry on

IronLionZion

(51,267 posts)
19. Everything is online these days
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:05 AM
Aug 2022

they have their own websites as well as streaming videos though Youtube, Hulu, etc.

Vox is left-leaning and free https://www.vox.com/

Voice of America is all over the world https://www.voanews.com/

LittleGirl

(8,999 posts)
39. You need a VPN for those sites
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:19 AM
Aug 2022

And I have one, but I don’t have time to watch video clips all day either.

I tape Anderson Cooper and that’s all anymore.

Mysterian

(6,482 posts)
122. I'm not using a VPN and they work fine for me
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 11:11 AM
Aug 2022

And those news sites have written articles not just videos.

Not sure what your issue might be.

LittleGirl

(8,999 posts)
123. Region specific
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 11:25 AM
Aug 2022

If you’ve ever lived abroad, you can’t just type in abc dot com and get their web site. It’s blocked. For US only IP addresses.

SouthBayDem

(33,282 posts)
44. I've found CNN international to be superior
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:39 AM
Aug 2022

Probably because non American viewers aren’t as keen about US “junk food news” but I wouldn’t be surprised if WB Discovery poisoned CNNI too

Bev54

(13,431 posts)
100. I watch CNN international as well, along with BBC, CBC and Al Jazeera
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:40 PM
Aug 2022

I will not watch domestic shows on CNN international though.

Karma13612

(4,981 posts)
17. When CNN
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:02 AM
Aug 2022

Began to dump on Biden really heavily, I turned against them.

I even changed my “sig” line here to indicate I was boycotting them.

This is really a shame. Thank heavens we have MSNBC in our cable line-up even at the lowest level. At one point you needed a higher tier to get them.

Kaleva

(40,365 posts)
18. The only people who watch cable news are those who enjoy watching cable news
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:02 AM
Aug 2022

Everyone else, which is a bout 95% of all adults in the country, don't watch it.

phylny

(8,818 posts)
23. Just yesterday I took CNN off my
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:17 AM
Aug 2022

Sirius XM stations in my car and replaced it with BBC world news.

gab13by13

(32,319 posts)
26. I'm going to listen to Stephanie Miller today on Sirius.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:23 AM
Aug 2022

People who only get news from cable TV don't realize how right leaning it is.

phylny

(8,818 posts)
37. Sirius XM Progress is my go-to station.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:06 AM
Aug 2022

Especially Stephanie Miller and Michelangelo Signorile.

rubbersole

(11,223 posts)
93. Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann are my favorites.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:56 PM
Aug 2022

If you have internet just listen to WCPT in Chicago from 9am - 3pm for the best information available. They are an independent AM progressive radio station that's free.

lark

(26,081 posts)
24. CNN used to be my 2nd source for news.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:22 AM
Aug 2022

I'd switch from MSNBC to see what they were saying when anything big was hitting, but no more. If they want traitors, they can have them, but CNN is now next to Fox in channels I don't watch.

TimeToGo

(1,443 posts)
25. I started boycotting CNN years ago
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:23 AM
Aug 2022

Well, not an official boycott, just stopped watching them.

NCDem47

(3,470 posts)
28. Stop watching cable news channels altogether if you can.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:34 AM
Aug 2022

When you have to fill 24 hours of airtime, the content becomes very repetitive or is filled with "analysts" who offer opinion--unless that's what you're craving as a consumer. Nevermind they are there to sell ad time, so that's goal one.

So many other resources for fact-based news that simply report the who, what, when and why.

I'm old school. I prefer a simple 30 minutes with the network nightly news to get my fill of national TV news.

doc03

(39,086 posts)
29. I don't usually watch CNN that much but I haven't noticed that myself. Instead of MJ I watched
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:40 AM
Aug 2022

CNN for 15 minutes or so this morning didn't see anything wrong. Once in a while I watch Don Lemon he seems to
despise Trump. I will have to watch more CNN I guess to see what the problem is. Myself I don't want to only watch
a news program that only tells me what I want to hear.

kentuck

(115,406 posts)
38. Is there an example?
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:09 AM
Aug 2022

I haven't noticed a whole lot of difference? Actually, I have noticed more of a difference in MSNBC than CNN?

onetexan

(13,913 posts)
41. I've done that a long time ago when they hired that horrid lewandowsky idiot
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:21 AM
Aug 2022

So i w continue the boycot. CNN hasn't been the same since Ted Turner sold it.

SouthBayDem

(33,282 posts)
45. I've never had cable but I've long found their website
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:41 AM
Aug 2022

to be a reliable news source, arguably with higher QC standards than the TV channel (same can be said about other TV news website). Maybe it’s my preference for the written word over TV for news.

Corgigal

(9,298 posts)
47. I've been listening to Keith Olberman's podcast
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:53 AM
Aug 2022

for an hour each day. Didn’t know how much I missed it, but I do love that he feels honest.
If you haven’t tried it, try it.

Not to mention his dog for a day. What a decent thing to do.

oregonjen

(3,643 posts)
51. Right? I love that he gives updates on those that have been rescued.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:21 AM
Aug 2022

I really missed his snark, nice to hear him again. I wish he would video them, too. Some podcasters do that, which is really nice.

Pobeka

(5,006 posts)
48. When the left withdraws from a media source, the right gains more traction.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:04 AM
Aug 2022

This has bugged me for years. I don't know how to solve it.

We need major media outlets to respond to our desires for quality reporting. Backing away from another source means the right gets more of their biased baloney out.

At its core, is the oligarchy controlling the message.

Wish I had a good solution.

 

inthewind21

(4,616 posts)
56. Actually
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 11:11 AM
Aug 2022

When the public as a whole, left or right, is totally dependent on what a 24/7 cable "news" network says, the battle is already lost.

a kennedy

(35,978 posts)
50. I'm off all news shows, first thing in the morning it's the favorites of the 70's radio channel.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:10 AM
Aug 2022

I'll have my two cups of coffee reading headlines on all my websites with my favorite 70's music. I am so happy now. I will watch Rachel most Mondays but that's it for me. I feel so much better.

Sympthsical

(10,969 posts)
62. That's awesome!
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 01:11 PM
Aug 2022

I'm genuinely happy for you. I keep telling people cable news is garbage. It's not nearly as informative as just reading for a small amount of time.

I do the same as you. In the morning, I settle in with coffee and glance around at the news for about 15-20 mins. Boom. I know as much as I need or care to about the day. If there's something I need to learn more about, just set aside an article or two for later.

No stress.

Although I learned this morning protonic quantum tunneling effects can alter DNA during the replication process and lead to mutations.

So, some stress.

BannonsLiver

(20,595 posts)
58. All cable news is shit.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 12:16 PM
Aug 2022

It’s amazing to me so many DUers spend so much time thinking about or lamenting the state of it. It’s 40 minutes of commercials per hour. That alone should be off putting enough for most people.

lindysalsagal

(22,910 posts)
59. Gotta say I heard CNN in the car all afternoon yesterday, and they were condeming
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 12:49 PM
Aug 2022

tfg on all points, so, it sure didn't sound like they're giving him a free pass. At least not yesterday.

ProfessorGAC

(76,700 posts)
61. I've Been Tuning In To News Nation
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 01:01 PM
Aug 2022

I don't watch it a lot, and it's only on in primetime. But, I tend do like what I see.
They're not quite as "straight news" as they seem to think they are, but still pretty good.

IcyPeas

(25,475 posts)
63. glad to see the #BoycottCNN trending. CNN will see this...(for whatever that is worth)
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 02:26 PM
Aug 2022
CNN is more upset at Biden calling MAGA Republicans “semi-Fascists” than they are at Donald Trump for stealing top secret documents and threatening the DOJ/FBI with Civil War: AKA Fascism. If CNN had any real journalists — which they don’t — they’d refer to MAGA as Fascists too.



Don Lemon asked Karine Jean-Pierre if Biden was “mentally fit” to run for president in 2024.
We’re asking if Don Lemon is still fit? Biden is just fine, in our professional opinion.
#BoycottCNN





Corgigal

(9,298 posts)
73. Don Lemon?
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 05:57 PM
Aug 2022

I use to enjoy him too. I didn’t know it was all theater, I was wrong,

I won’t match anymore.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
85. I watched him go after Karinne Jean-Pierre and it was borderline embarrassing.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:47 PM
Aug 2022

I like Don Lemon but if this is the road he is going to go down then I will have to pass.

Response to SuperCoder (Original post)

librechik

(30,957 posts)
65. Great timing, CNN.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 03:00 PM
Aug 2022

Right when Republicans are about to be radioactive for the rest of their lives.


Who is going to watch you?

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
79. Right On
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 06:25 PM
Aug 2022

I will not watch CNN or Fox............it's been MSN for me for a long time. If they ever change, I'll just quit watching...period!!

Handler

(339 posts)
86. I really enjoy Rachel Maddow. Intelligent, thoughtful and a great story teller. Of course my
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 07:57 PM
Aug 2022

attention span is a bit longer than that of a gnat.

GuppyGal

(1,748 posts)
89. Another Anti Cnn post from you? That's all you post and no recs...IT'S SO OBVIOUS
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:11 PM
Aug 2022

I'm surprised nobody has caught on

SouthernDem4ever

(6,619 posts)
91. i quit watching CNN
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:39 PM
Aug 2022

ever since Licht asked repugs how to get them to watch the network he just now runs. A real news organization would just report the F'ing news not ask a bunch of partisan hacks how they want it presented.

MerryBlooms

(12,248 posts)
95. Not boycotting Anderson Cooper. I don't have time
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 09:04 PM
Aug 2022

To watch any shows in real time, but I watch clips that interest me. Shit, we even sometimes have fox crap posted here, obviously folks aren't boycotting fox here. Wtf?

ForgedCrank

(3,096 posts)
108. I consider
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 11:09 PM
Aug 2022

these boycotts nothing more than economic terrorism and I don't like the notion at all.
People should watch CNN if they like them, or not watch CNN if they don't. Organizing to injure a business is indeed economic terrorism.
It is just another element that is outright destroying our society.
I want people to agree with me because I adopt good and sound ideals, not because they are afraid I will destroy them financially if they don't.
I find it to be nothing more than schoolyard bullying on steroids.

FlyingPiggy

(3,748 posts)
111. I haven't been able to stomach CNN since they treated news reporting as a sport...
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 01:14 AM
Aug 2022

…in the octagon. And since that didn’t appeal to progressives, they’re now going to ditch whatever dignity they have left and go straight up rw crazy? Well, they DO have a sliver of liberals left to lose, I guess. SMDH. They deserve it. Ted Turner never should have sold.

riversedge

(80,810 posts)
117. Cnn was at the botton of ranking on 3 networks. sadly, fox was on the top Again. yesterday ranking
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 05:50 AM
Aug 2022

or just recently I read this.

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