Is it just me or is CNN spending TOO much money on software and TOO LITTLE on reporters?

[ddeclue]

John King and his magic wall are turning into the NSA..

Doug D.

[MadBadger]

1. They are spending too much on both....Did you see how many people they had for the last debate?

Anderson called it the best Political Horde on television

[Uzybone]

3. but they are not reporters

Pundits are different from reporters.

[Realityhack]

5. Pundits do not equal reporters.

Most news orgs have cut way back on actual reporting. They might as well be blogs now.

[Bucky]

2. Yes, his little pointy stretchy thing looks entirely too childish

It's like when HTML first came out and every "my flowers and poems" website on Geocities was loaded down with blinky marquee text.

Just because you CAN get a computer to do something doesn't mean it looks cool every time you do it.

[nc4bo]

4. Does CNN actually employ real reporters? They sure could've fooled me..

but yea - it's like a circus side show or a Spielberg production.

Just report the dang news.

[FreeState]

6. I can't stand John King n/t

[stillcool]

7. I don't think they have..

many reporters. I think they pick up their news stories the same way we do...off the news wires and the print media. And the print media is cutting down on reporters too, which is why so much of the independent news stories about our country comes from foreign sources.

[applegrove]

8. John King went over the top with his ability to track reporters IMHO. Why

they have the technology and want to share it with us I don't know.