Serious question about CNN editorial direction

[featherman]

I am very sad to see what has happened to CNN. I have been loving the availability of 24/7 news since Ted Turner introduced the concept. But now I find it so opinionated and tilted to the White House and RNC talking points that it is virtually unwatchable. Is there a website with real inside information about the inner struggles that went on within the network's editorial and management staff that finally ended up producing this obvious shift in bias.
Because SOMETHING happened and there has to be a paper trail somewhere. ( I'm looking for real world inside stuff here, not just platitudes about "corporate ownership...blah, blah".)

[Jacobin]

1. There's a DVD called "Outfoxed"

That I hear is pretty good, but I haven't seen it. I think its available on Amazon.com

I don't know of a website that discusses the descent of CNN into Faux.

[carolinayellowdog]

2. There's an excellent new book by a fired CNN VP

Bonnie Anderson is suing CNN where she served as VP for Recruitment saying they fired her for refusing to go along with discriminatory hiring practices. Her book has more horrifying anecdotes about CNN than any other network, although Fox and the broadcast networks get their fair share of shame.

Her take on CNN's decline is that entertainment has been increasingly favored over news for the last several years, due to commercial considerations. Seeing Fox News overtake them, and succumbing to the controlling aspects of the Bush White house, they have allowed quality to decline terribly. They have replaced talented journalists with spokesmodels. Infotainment has triumphed and most dissenting voices have been silenced. (Christiane Amanpour is the most vocal dissident at CNN who remains employed there.) Since 9/11 they have jumped on the patriotic bandwagon and become full scale Bush supporters.

Anderson does portray most CNN staff in a favorable light while savaging the management.

[City Lights]

3. Lots of stuff you might be interested in here:

http://www.fair.org/search/search.cgi?Match=0&Realm=All&Terms=cnn+