Then something happened. Well, two things. 1) The Gulf War, and 2) Bill Clinton. Some kind of psychotic break occurred in that organization during that time and they became anti-war nutters that fell head over heels in love with Bill Clinton. They've never come back.
Soon after I watched them dismantle a good and decent president (Bush 1) in a completely partisan fashion, I stopped watching CNN and went into a news black hole until Fox News came along. I've never watched CNN voluntarily since. Since I travel a lot I get stuck with it in airports sometime and can see it's gotten nothing but worse since I left.
All broadcast news and most printed news began using dem talking points to create the myth of “Republican Racism” as the reason police weren't being held accountable for abuse and corruption, when if fact it's the dem controlled city govts that are responsible.