Reality-Based Engineering: I remember why I Hate CNN

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

I remember why I Hate CNN

Since we dumped cable a few years ago (with little kids and a job 100+miles roundtrip, just dont have the time to sit in front of the teevee anymore) I've forgotten how inane the conversations are on CNN...and how DUMBED DOWN the conversations are...anyways, I was listening to the CNN coverage of Hurricane Gustav on XM radio - the CNN TV broadcast is simulcast on XM122, and, let's face it, CNN is everywhere so if there's a crisis, they'll give you the raw feed quicker than anybody else...but while listening, they turned to their reporters at the RNC convention in St.Paul and asked specifically about the political impact on the convention - fair enough...they very quickly started talking about Sarah Palin and her 17-yr old daughter's pregnancy and it becaome apparent that all CNN had were two talking heads, a liberal and a conservative, and each ran through their talking points about how this issue would play in the electorate...it just seems that CNN has yet to grow up and NOT have echoes of Crossfire each time they have some political thing to talk about...where does this get them? Hmm, now reading the wikipage on crossfire, I can see why they've not been able to shake the format - they've done it since 1982!!!

Labels: 2008 Elections, CNN, Gustav, John McCain, Sarah Palin, weather, XM