CNN is going to drive itself into the ground...
CNN is a full-blown, sell-out organization that serves as a PR arm for both political parties. There is no journalism. There is no effort to get to the truth or to be fair. It's all about propping up talking points on both sides--and nothing more. No investigation. No journalism.
This is not news. It's not useful to anyone.
It doesn't matter to CNN that cuts to welfare programs cause untold suffering to children and families who have done nothing wrong. No need to investigate, interview families or show the devastation. CNN reports only the bullet points from each side. They report on the stances of both parties--as if each party has an equally-weighted opinion--and, oh well, the viewer just has to decide.
This trivializes real crises in this country and dehumanizes people who are suffering.
No sorry. Starving kids is wrong. Cutting Head Start hurts children. Cutting welfare for horrendously poor families causes untold pain. But we'll never see those starving kids or the kids who are behind in school or the families who are hurting. We will hear the talking points about what Obama wants to do--but then we'll immediately hear the right-wing talking point about lazy, greedy monsters who just want a handout.
It's devastating, because CNN is supposed to be a NEWS organization--but they are a talking-point regurgitation machine that dehumanizes people and important issues. CNN won't go beyond the talking points--and show the real effects of hurting children, poor single mothers and kids who don't have enough to eat for lunch. Because that would be BIASED! Oh, the CNN phones would be ringing if they dare told the truth. Must stick to the script.
Take for instance their coverage of the DNC. I just heard a commentator making positive statements about Michelle Obama's speech. Of course, she then launched into positive talking points about Ann Romney's speech. You can bet that Republicans constantly phone in and meet with CNN executives--and demand "equal coverage" and the problem is that CNN is more than happy to oblige.
Every time someone gives a speech, reveals a new policy or makes a difference--CNN makes sure that they tout "the other side's" talking points--but go no further. No in-dept analysis. No investigating. No thought. No news. They're a delivery system for talking points--no matter how dishonest, ridiculous or cruel those talking points may be.
Fox News is obviously slanted and unfair--but in my opinion--CNN's tactics are just as egregious and harmful. Fox News produces information with a slant--and everyone knows that they are biased. But CNN touts their entity as a news organization--when they are not in the news business. It's dangerous for Americans to believe that CNN is news or that actual journalism is taking place when nothing could be further from the truth.
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