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What happened to CNN over the past 30 years?

Posted on 10/31/17 at 5:45 am
Posted by GEAUXmedic
Premium Member
Member since Nov 2011
42053 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 5:45 am
Why did CNN go from this:





To this:




Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 5:46 am to
They are just another TMZ but TMZ has better reporters
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
23256 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 5:49 am to
In retrospect, CNN was better in the early 90's but still had some fake news even then. Who remembers the Charles Jaco scam? Wolf Blitzer has always been kind of a goober, too.
This post was edited on 10/31/17 at 7:51 am
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
44412 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 5:49 am to


I’m fricking giddy today.
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
30551 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 5:50 am to
In all honesty, besides the agenda, the 24 hour news cycle created what we are seeing today... If they simply reported the news, it would just repeat over and over and over, pretty much same thing... So, they have to "discuss" and put their stamp on things... Or at least they think they do...
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32712 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 5:51 am to
The OJ trial
Posted by ApexTiger
cary nc
Member since Oct 2003
56538 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 6:28 am to
Lou Dobbs...I like Lou
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56145 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 6:37 am to
Chris Cuomo's statement "we will tell you what you need to know" pretty much sums up CNN's mantra today. What a disgusting statement from a "news station".
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68544 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 7:12 am to
quote:

They are just another TMZ but TMZ has better reporters

TMZ doesn't pretend to be something they're not
Posted by Ag Zwin
Member since Mar 2016
26264 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 7:13 am to
They moved HQ from Atlanta to New York.
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56145 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 7:23 am to
This is what happens when you diversify your product in the name of equality. Happens with our schools, our businesses, our sports, pretty much everything out there honestly.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 7:26 am to



This guy happened. I’d pay serious cash to get the tape shortly after the election where Trump lit into him to his face.
Posted by Chimlim
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2005
17773 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 7:34 am to
At some point news became entertainment. Journalists discussing their opinions on the news became more important then actual news and has given the media an inflated ego. One of the great things about Trump being elected is that it was a gut punch to the media, they realized they don't have as much influence as they thought they did.
Posted by alatxtgr
The Nation of Texas
Member since Sep 2006
2404 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 8:05 am to
The Council on Foreign Relations....
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21333 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 8:13 am to
Same thing that happened to MTV, The History Channel, NatGeo, Weather Channel, Food Network, and other theme channels that started off as a good idea.

They built a base and earned a slot on cable and satellite lineups based on decent programming. Then they realized they could make more money showing reality shows about housewives, midgets, pageant moms, and shouting head segments instead of producing the material that earned them their spot.

The audience is so full of morons that the plan works every time. Pick any cable channel and watch the evolution.
Posted by Sunbeam
Member since Dec 2016
2612 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 8:16 am to
I'm old enough to remember when Ted Turner was bitching about how they would never allow anyone "conservative" like him to have a media presence.

It'll be an awkward search, and he may have been drunk when he said it, but it's out there.

Then Jane Fonda laid that Hanoian Candidate nookie on him and he bacame liberal.

Really unremarked transformation. If you doubt me, you can look it up.
Posted by bamafan1001
Member since Jun 2011
15783 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 8:19 am to
CNN has turned into full blown propaganda
Posted by League Champs
Bayou Self
Member since Oct 2012
10340 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 9:12 am to
They are now, what Ted Turner always was

But Ted wanted to make money back then, so he held them in check
Posted by SlapahoeTribe
Tiger Nation
Member since Jul 2012
12660 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 9:28 am to
quote:

I'm old enough to remember when Ted Turner was bitching about how they would never allow anyone "conservative" like him to have a media presence.

I remember when CNN didn’t have commercials.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134825 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 9:31 am to
CNN went from reporting the news to wanting to BE the news.....
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