Quote:CNN has become no better than tabloid.  The nonsense you used to see at the checkout lane.  Narratives without actual news reporting.

 

All of them are like that now, CNN leading the race to the bottom.

 

I never would have guessed mainstream "news" would have sunk so low during my lifetime.  You could choose any of them and not question what was being presented and how.

 

Now, I don't trust any of them.  You have to compare all the different spinning of of a story, even before you can determine whether or not it's even news to begin with.

 

It's revolting, the more you think about it.  An insult to intelligence, a disservice to the public.

 

But, the most sinister part is... it's not without design.

 

Very true.  Part of my "daily news reading routine" includes scanning the headlines on Drudge, FOX, CNN, CBS, Reuters, NYT, WSG and Investor's Business Daily.  When a story like this comes out, I like to compare headlines as well as content to see what is being "reported".  If you do a google search right now (a little over 24 hours since the announcement) for "corrine brown convicted" the top hits are NPR then the local stations and Florida Times Union.

 

What is interesting is that CBS News and the New York Times turns up some hits, but clicking on the hits shows the story buried on what would be "the back page" of a print newspaper.  The FOX News hit doesn't show up until you look at the second page of the search results, even though it was a "breaking news" headline on their website when the verdict was announced.

 

If this would have been a white male republican, you can bet that it would have been the headline on just about every national publication or news media organization.

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