CNN complained this morning that MSNBC is a "liberal bastion"...

[old mark]

and that MSNBC is intollerant of any other point of view.

Since CNN seems to be intollerant of any form oc common sense, I will be watching the "liberal bastion" instead.

What respect I had for CNN is completely gone. I don't even trust their weather forecasts any more, so I am boycotting the entire fucking network.

mark

[still_one]

1. cnn is a faux wantabe /nt

[slackmaster]

2. MSNBC's coverage of both conventions was top-notch from a technical point of view

Their audio and video quality blew away all the others.

[old mark]

6. So did their reporting - CNN was unwatchable.

Didn't see much of the Repub convention, but what I saw on CNN made me angry.
CNN covered the Dem comnvention by having Repubs criticizing it, then covered the Repub convention by having Repubs criticize the Dems on the program.

I have had enough.

mark

[glowing]

3. sounds good.. Strike on CNN. No problem.. Don't watch it myself.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Republicans seem to believe there are two sides to the truth

and they consistently choose unwisely

[liberalmuse]

5. And that's bad because...

I definitely do not agree that MSNBC is a 'liberal bastion'. They are about the only outlet that airs liberal points of view, with 'Countdown' and now Rachel's new show. That is all we've got right now.

I watched a little bit of CNN yesterday afternoon, but as soon as Rick Sanchez aired that flag story, I turned the channel. Life is too short to waste your time listening to right wing fueled propaganda. CNN has very little credibility, and yesterday was the longest I watched it in the past several years.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. As proven by "Morning Blowhole."

And "Spin to the Whitehouse."

And Rat Buchanan.

It's practically communist!

[old mark]

10. I guess Pat is too liberal for them now. nt

[But....]

8. CNN...

:wtf:


P.S.-I could easily live without them.

[20score]

9. Jack Caferty rocks. Other than him, it sucks.

[marmar]

Which CNN asshat was whining?

n/t

[marmar]

11. dupe....time for a new mouse

n/t

[Subdivisions]

12. I've stayed away from CNN for the past 2 weeks and I just

switched to it out of curiosity and literally within two seconds, Sen. John Kyl had me so fucking pissed that I nearly blew my top.

CNN is history.

[moobu2]

13. Join the crowd, I’ve boycotted them since 04

[lpbk2713]

14. Petty, transparent and unprofessional.

This from the cable news network that employs the likes of Candy Crowley. :eyes:

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[gratuitous]

16. Doesn't CNN also provide Glenn Beck with a sinecure?

They're probably jealous that Faux's unofficial slogan is "wholly without merit," and they're trying to wrest the title.

[lpbk2713]

20. Excellent point.

I overlooked Beck simply because I avoid that spinmeister like the plague.

An 'out of sight out of mind' sort of thing.

[Lost-in-FL]

15. Too late for CNN to stay competitive

There is FAUX News for conservatives and MSNBC for the libruls (as told by the whinny right of course). They MUST become the anti-faux news to stay alive but is owned by the right... :evilgrin:

[2Design]

17. msnbc is not liberal and neither is cnn, nbc, abc, or cbs n/t

[unblock]

22. correct, it's merely the least biased of the bunch.

[2Design]

26. I have not found that to be true

nancy grace is killer of people and their being and that other guy beckwith or something - they are always talking trash - the only segment I like watching is suze orman

[unblock]

31. you think any the other major outlets are better?

[2Design]

32. no - I said none of them were liberal media to start with n/t

[halfstep]

24. Telling the truth has become "liberal"

none of the networks are liberal at all, how could they be when they are all owned by major corporations. This country has become so right-wingized that today just telling the truth makes you a "liberal"!!

[brentspeak]

18. When you say "CNN complained...", can you be more specific?

Which individual on CNN did the complaining?

[ellacott]

33. I heard from Howard Kurtz on Reliable Sources

That was his opinion.

[Canuckistanian]

19. More like a liberal snow fort

That totally melts occasionally.

Hardly what I'd call a "bastion"

[riverdeep]

21. The ability to present something other than the White House line is now considered pandering?

To many of us, the only hour on MSNBC that was tolerable was Olbermann. And now we'll get two, him and Maddow. That's not a bastion, that's something approaching balance. Balance to CNN means giving right wing lunatics 99% of the air time. Wolf Blitzer let's blatant lies get told without any follow through, and he's supposed to be a moderate. So here's the formula:

99 vs. 1=Balance (CNN style)

[valerief]

23. CNN is Faux News Deux and Weather Channel Wannabe.

[halfstep]

25. telling the truth is now "liberal"

none of the networks are liberal at all, how could they be when they are all owned by major corporations. This country has become so right-wingized that today just telling the truth makes you a "liberal"!!

[wildeyed]

27. I gave up on CNN in 04.

MSNBC must be cutting into their ratings.

[samsingh]

28. they should focus on faux unless cnn is a conservative, repug bastion

which they are.

[samsingh]

29. Good of them to say so people know they can now turn to MSNBC

for real, objective news stories and leave cnn and faux behind.

[Atman]

30. It's sad that TWO HOURS out of 24 they have liberal hosts, and that's considered a "bastion"

CNN basically just admitted who freaking right-wing they are.

.

[and-justice-for-all]

34. Fuck'em both...

I watched C-Span.

CNN is horrible and the only thing, two things, good about MSNBC is Maddow/Olberman. Amy Goodman is by far, the best.

[Festivito]

35. Has CNN ever complained FOX is a "conservative bastion?"

Hmmmm. Interesting that an assumed left-wing press would complain about another being too left wing -- and not ever bother to complain about right-wingedness of a right-wing station.


Hmmm.

Hmmm.

[liberal1973]

36. CNN is a joke

What half-ass network has that far right racist glen beck on?

[trudyco]

37. Well I gave up on CNN and most TV in '04 - they must be frustrated

They sort of lost their rudder when Ted Turner sold out. They figured they could be ultra RW like FOX but it didn't work out that way. Now MSNBC has figured out that the liberals will occasionally watch them if they give us Maddow and Olberman. So where does that leave CNN? Of course, they could take a different tack and pay for even-handed investigative reporting, but they won't.