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When ThinkProgress announced that it was going out of business, a few observers wondered aloud, “Why didn’t anybody buy it?†But why would they have, when we have CNN? ...CNN was careful and self-consciously nonpartisan — or, at least, it was keen for viewers to believe that it was. Its slogans were “This is CNN†— well, yes — and “The most trusted name in news,†and it cultivated its position within the firmament in much the same way as does Wikipedia today. ... It is no longer that. These days, CNN is a peculiar and unlovely hybrid of progressive propaganda outlet, oleaginous media apologist, sexless cultural scold, and frenzied Donald Trump stalkerblog. When news breaks, it is no longer useful or appropriate to tell someone, “Turn on CNN,†because if he did, he would be as likely to be presented with a wall of advocacy and obsession as with the headlines of the hour. Today, CNN does not broadcast the news; it broadcasts what it wants you to think the news is. At long last, it has become Fox. ...
It is just an advertising medium.Saw yesterday a report that says Miami airport is paid by CNN $150k a year for the rights for CNN to be turned on exclusively in the airport terminal.
