Talk to me about CNN

[summer]

Because right now AlJazeera Intl at 8:30am is broadcasting part 2 of the political history of Algeria. It is incredibly informative.

I don't really watch CNN anymore except the odd clip of Don Lemon being an idiot. Are they basically Fox News now?

[iammalcolmx]

Turner is going through all sorts of stuff due to the cable industry being in turmoil so they are trying to find themselves. They do have a couple good shows but it's no Al Jazeera you are correct.

[Deleted]

All the cable new channels are garbage.

[iammalcolmx]

Jun 3, 2015 7:35:42 GMT -5 @mx said:

I feel guilty watching Bourdain on there but I can't stop.

Why? I watch too. DO you watch breaking borders on the travel channel? It's fantastic.

[josieposy]

I liked the 60s series. The 70s starts in a week (I think).

[rugbywife]

I feel like they were good around the time of the first Gulf War. It was all downhill from there.

[laurenpetro]

Jun 3, 2015 7:35:42 GMT -5 @mx said:

I feel guilty watching Bourdain on there but I can't stop.

that might juist be the most informative show on that channel.

[ttt]

They used to be groundbreaking journalists who revolutionized television news. Then in the late 90s, early 2000s Fox News appeared and they lost tons of viewers to them. I interned with them during this time, and every morning a summary of the previous day's ratings went out on the internal system and every day they were getting creamed by Fox News. So they tried to compete with them and that just led to a race to the bottom. It's sad. Their international channel is 100x better than their domestic, though, because it's a completely different and more educated audience.

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Jun 3, 2015 1:14:13 GMT -5 summer said:

Because right now AlJazeera Intl at 8:30am is broadcasting part 2 of the political history of Algeria. It is incredibly informative.

I don't really watch CNN anymore except the odd clip of Don Lemon being an idiot. Are they basically Fox News now?

Fuck France, yo!

[Kristinmo]

I only watch AC360 and that's only during a bigger story.

[KB]

I like AlJazeera. It's quickly becoming my go-to for cable news. I almost never watch CNN. Don Lemon annoys the crap out of me.

[MrsAxilla]

I like CNN.     They definitely speculate and sensationalize and I yell at them all.the.time.  But I do feel informed and I think the coverage is fair.  I've been impressed with their treatment of race-related issues and they've been great about Caitlyn Jenner.