CNN-Out of Touch With Americans

The Conning Tower ^ | 1-16-2003 | Trentino

[Davis]

Apparently, it has never occurred to Isaacson or any of these other chaps that what they're seeing is not a failure of the messenger but of the message itself.

It is likewise evident that the one thing Isaacson did not see fit to pay attention to was news content, the selection of newsworthy events, that is, events (and opinions about events) that viewers were interested in learning about. He and the others have disconnected with a significant proportion of America. Beyond this, CNN, like the political Left it represents, just isn't fun.

The lack of joy on the Left has been gathering steam for some time now. I've discussed it before in these pages and attributed it to the open and notorious failure of Marxian Socialism. Is there anything more discouraging than seeing one's lifelong faith-investment turn sour? More...

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[Davis]

More on the left...

http://www.atrentino.com/Mene.html

[sheik yerbouty]

It is the Crescent Network News.

[hgro]

Founded by Ted Turner, an admitted psycho and heavy drinker, and aided and abetted by Hanoi Jane, who could be suprised by the ultimate fate of CNN.

[Savage Beast]

"What they're seeing is not a failure of the messenger but of the message itself."

Perfect.

But that's their dilemma. Their message is "Liberal" propaganda. They have no choice but to "package" it as acceptably as they can, try to present it as news reporting, try to find attractive people and methods to present it.

But they can't abandon their message of "Liberal" propadanda. That's their raison d'etre.

They're in a pickle. And the pickle's going right down the disposal (though not fast enough).

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

news content, the selection of newsworthy events, that is, events (and opinions about events) that viewers were interested in learning about.

The dirty little secret of free, competitive journalism is that it is inherently anticonservative.

If it bleeds, it leads

No news is good news (because good news isn't news).

The things that make a "great story" always insinuate that the powers that be aren't up to snuff. The consequence is that only a censored journalism is conservative. What was conservative in the USSR is anticonservative in the USA, and CBS was called the "Communinst Broadcasting System" because it was anticonservative--hence indistinguishable from the conservative (of the Communist system) news put out by Pravda and Tass.

[skeeter]

Wrong metaphore. I do not equate the Left with a pickle, but a far more odious item, albeit of similar configuration.

[lainie]

Ted Turner: a man who despises Christianity, too, remember. We never did fully gauge how his 'Jesus freaks belonging at Fox' comments played in the heartland. The liberal media just took it for granted, business as usual, and dropped it. Ho-hum.

It's that time of year again. I wonder if he'll be back in power at CNN by Ash Wednesday.

[hrhdave]

>>The dirty little secret of free, competitive journalism is that it is inherently anticonservative.<<

I disagree. The market--and the press is a market--is neither Lib nor Conservative. As in all markets, the consumer is king and declares which products he will buy.

Isn't it clear from the posted article and from your own experience that FOX is delivering the goods the customer wants and CNN isn't?