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    Thumbs down Am I the only one revolted by CNN?

    Granted, I've had fundamental ideological differences with CNN for many years, but when I'm at the gym every day and it's in my face and closed-captioned I can't help watching it. And boy, is it disgusting or what? What does "CNN" stand for anyway, Commercial News Network?

    Not too long ago, the hot "news" they were advertising was that McDonald's was using a trans-fat-free oil to cook their fries. This wound up being a 15-minute advertisement for McDonald's, with the so-called "journalists" gushing about how yummy the fries are and how they could eat them every day and how much they wanted to rush out and buy some. Today they did an item on the new Liberty stamps and again, they were all gushy about how you should go out and buy them in bulk because there's no limit! It was just blatant advertising.

    It seems like every day on CNN, all they do is advertisements thinly disguised as "news." When did they start this? A few years ago when I had a TV, I used to watch it sometimes, and they weren't just advertising all the time. They were constantly singing the praises of those poor guerillas fighting to be free of those mean evil Israelis, but they weren't running a bunch of frickin' McDonald's ads and calling it news.

    I'm completely fed up and disgusted with the level of advertising in modern society. Seriously, it's repulsive. How do we stop it?

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    I am disappointed - they have gone the way of kitchy cute headlines.
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    Yekhefah, you would possible appreciate this show - read the scrolling text (-:



    I was trying to find some clips to post but all I can find is this which anywhere near as funny as I remember the show

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    Oh yeah - the advertising trend in news covers alot of networks. Alot of suposedly "news" items - particularly those dealing with health related or food issues are actually scripted / staged and hosted as news on radio and tv. Not all of them are as obvious as the McDonalds one you sighted, some do come across as being very real. Its scarey!

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    Did you know that on local news, when you see the local Talking Head interviewing a national or world celebrity, it is more often than not scripted, with the answers pre-recorded? The local news anchor reads the question, and then the tape rolls for the answer. Not exactly fake, but not exactly real either.

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    I Hate Cnn!!!
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    Unless I'm at the gym and see something on one of the tv's, I never watch the news. It's either this crap or depressing shit.

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    Let me put it this way:
    I used to go to CNN when I wanted good news. Now I go when I want a good laugh.

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    APS, that's awesome! I love the ticker!

    And yeah, sometimes K and I think about getting a TV but the shit we see at the gym makes us glad we don't have it in the house. What frightens me is that there is evidently a large demographic paying close attention to this "news," and that they're more interested in McDonald's fries than, oh, say THE WAR.

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    I lost all respect for CNN after thier completely one-sided story on atheist discrimination. They had a panel to discuss the subject, and the panel did not include a single atheist! Derp!

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    That doesn't surprise me; they've been doing a lot of Christian advertisements too. The other day they did a commercial-disguised-as-news-story about some ranch in Kentucky for men who are "addicted" to pornography. It opened with two of the CNN "journalists" talking about what a serious problem pornography is, and how this one church is doing what it can to help. They went on with the on-location ad, and it was singing the praises of this bullshit brainwashing program! Everything's arranged so the guys never get any privacy and there's no TV, no computer, and nothing to read but the Bible and several worksheets meant to teach "guilt and shame." Yeah, THAT's healthy. I'm not making this up! CNN went on and on about how wonderful this was!

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    new in genral is not news anymore... its shitty. half the time all they do is play youtube videos now, i used to love headline news, but anymore, its just not news its gossip. when there were bombs going off in the safe zone in iraq, they were reporting on anna nicole..

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    I hate CNN as well - two words: Glenn Beck. He's an arrogant, idiotic asshat. I'm not sure who's more annoying, him or that airheaded whiny-ass Nancy Grace.

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    ^Oh god! He's awful. He makes my blood boil!!!! How can anyone that blatantly ignorant get a news program. Even when his "views" coincide with mine, I still loathe whatever BS he's spewing.



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    Dammit, now I want some fries!! Thanks Yek (and cnn)!!

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    Meh, I never liked McDonald's fries. It's the fries at Wendy's that really get me going!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LatinaRose View Post
    Dammit, now I want some fries!! Thanks Yek (and cnn)!!
    Oh crap! Me too and I don't eat them anymore.

    CNN, stop sabotaging my diet!!!

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    CNN pisses me off. All of the news networks do. Sometimes I like to be pissed off though, and I start yelling at the tv, wherever I am watching it.....its all brainwashing bullshit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    How do we stop it?
    You are doing your part by not viewing it voluntarily, actually.

    Find out who advertising on CNN and make a concerted effort to avoid those businesses and products. Then get millions of Americans to do the same.

    In reality, though, the only thing that will cause any change whatsoever in TV programming, from news to sitcoms to documentaries, is loss of viewership, which translates to loss of advertiser money. Imus wasnt booted until advertisers started pulling out.

    At least you notice the crap and are pissed by it, Yek. Too many people do not notice it, or notice it and care nothing.

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    CNN = Crap, Not News.

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