"CNN, The Most Trusted Name In News" ??????

Question

Am I wrong to want to be able to turn on the television news and hope for accurate information and reasonable information? Instead I find Nancy Grace condoning the police who stepped outside of the law and on whim seized almost 500 children without anybody being charged of any crime. Then she has as her "expert witness" someone telling everyone what is going on at that Ranch and the "expert witness" it turns out has never been to that ranch. This really violates my trust in CNN. Do other people watch the news thinking they are getting expert opinions and honest information? Nancy Grace is a loose cannon with an hour spot on that news station. Is this for ratings similar to National Enquirer? Don't the news people have an obligation to report verified facts anymore? Seems like the only show I can watch anymore with any faith is Larry King. Has anyone else been disappointed to find they have been mislead by the media?

Answer 1

its expected when they are sponsoring and have so much money running on the dems its sad, same as fox with the reps.

Try to flick between the 2.

I am a fan of fox, as they will sink a rep no matter what unlike cnn.

Answer 2

Nancy Grace is the prosecutor, judge and jury all in one.  Her show is a joke.  What I hate about all newscasts is how the first newscaster mentions a story and hands it off to another.  In the process, the first has to introduce the next who will introduce yet another newscaster who actually is where the story is .  When the report is done, you have to listen to each one sign off to the previous one and then it repeats itself, over and over again.

Answer 3

Watch BBC world.

Answer 4

...CNN (the Communist News Network)...  I wouldn't watch CNN if I was a "blind person"...

Answer 5

Here is my opion.....

I think that even the most undiscriminating viewer may suspect that TV newsreaders and news articles are not telling us the whole story. The slightly more lucid may have begun to glimpse the calculated intent of standard news content and are wondering about the reliability and accuracy of the way events are presented. For the very few who take time to research beneath the surface of the daily programming and who are still capable of independent thought, a somewhat darker picture begins to emerge. These may perceive bits of evidence of the profoundly technical science behind much of what is served up in mass media.

Events taking place in today's world are enormously complex. An impossibly convoluted tangle of interrelated and unrelated occurrences happens simultaneously, often in dynamic conflict. To even acknowledge this complexity contradicts a fundamental axiom of media science: Keep It Simple.

In real life, events don't take place in black and white, but in a thousand shades of grey. Just discovering the actual facts and events as they transpire is difficult enough. The river is different each time we step into it. By the time a reasonable understanding of an event has been apprehended, new events have already made that interpretation obsolete. And this is not even adding historical, social, or political elements into the mix, which are necessary for interpretation of events. Popular media gives up long before this level of analysis.

Media stories cover only the tiniest fraction of actual events, but stupidly claim to be summarizing "all the news."

It is called programming the viewer. It does not matter whether it is the truth or not.

Take care.

Answer 6

I used to watch CNN until my nephew was deployed to Iraq and he saw CNN makes up a lot of the news about the war. It does not accurately tell the story - just their twist on it.

Answer 7

She reminds me of a female Hitler.  Thank God her power is limited to television.  On the other side she gives CNN the trashy edge some viewers thrive on.

Answer 8

Do like I did and switch to Fox News. Its truly fair and balanced and outranks CNN in the ratings!

Answer 9

CNN, Fox, NBC, CBS are all sold to the highest costumer. All of them are bi. To suggest that only CNN is the are misleading is like suggesting that we should all believe in SANTA CLAUS. we all need to come to the conclusion that The mass media is sold and only reports what is convenient for some people. Just to give U one example. Gas prices! Non of those Chanel TV news really tell us how they impacting our economy, Nor Lou Doubs, Bill O' rally, Glen Beck, Anderson Copper, Shawn  Hannity talk or really report about gas prices, But just say immigration and they will report as much as they can. The oil companies are making billions of dollars and non of those anchors say anything about(may be just a bit) May be because the oil companies do not want to be bother. So, Do not just blame CNN. If you really wnat news, you need to read differnt sources and come to your own conclusions.

Answer 10

Dude I agree, there needs to be ONE unbiased news station!

Its so annoying when theres a bunch of liberal ones, and like one conservative one. (Fox i'd say)

But there needs to be just one honest, unbiased station. It would have amazing ratings. And they should focus on good news just as much as the BAD news. There is way too much focus on bad news, its so frustating. Alright thats all I have to say, haha

Answer 11

Let's just hope Nancy Grace stays on CNN and out of our halls of justice.  Anyone who encourages the police to step outside of the law and condones witch hunts is a danger in our judicial institutions.  They breed injustice.

Answer 12

CNN, The Most Trusted Name In News"

is like saying

Ford Pinto.....safest car ever in rear end crashes

Answer 13

go on youtube, and seach anything about the media's role in 9/11. you'd be surprised.

the media is the last thing you should ever believe. they care about higher ratings and will do anything to obtain that goal.

Answer 14

i find CNN to be a trusted station

Answer 15

cnn is good

Answer 16

CNN feeds all of us huge lies everyday. You can't believe a word that comes of their show or website. You should look up the lies in their coverage of the China/Tibet situation.

Answer 17

Well, it breaks news pretty fast and you  must evaluate what you see and hear.All media houses have axes to grind.

Answer 18

I remember my grandfather, some thirty years ago, watching a commercial on his black and white tv and telling my mom that some product he saw advertised must be good because "it was on tv." I realize now how mistaken that was. It would be a mistake to watch any newsprogram and think it is not biased in someway. Even the most ethical news reporter is going to bring some bias with them and then there will be editors and publishers who influence the story. So watch whatever news you want but just don't believe it is completely objective.

Answer 19

All media is controlled by the government. They only show us what they want us to see. Period. Over the years I've realized it.