[TrispusAttucks]

It's a shame what became of CNN. It used to be my most trusted news. I believed everything they told me.

Their credibility allowed them to be carried into very dark territory and they took me with them. Once the cracks started to show through I started looking into other sources and slowly became totally disillusioned.

They are a political mouthpiece more than a news organization. They sowed so much division in the country and created false narratives at the beck and call of their political benefactors. The Russia-gate scandal was a total fabrication that they reported on long after the facts and government investigations showed it was all bullshit and continued to spread misinformation and strife among the citizenry.

They don't inform their viewers, they weaponize them.

[seanmcdirmid]

I’m just surprised that so many people on HN seem to have cable at all. If you asked me what I thought of any of the news networks on cable, I’d give you a blank stare, they haven’t been relevant to most techies for more than a decade now. The only reason FoxNews is winning the ratings battle is that older (and more conservative) people have been cutting the cord much slower than younger people.

The polarization and desperate rating grabs are merely a death throw of an industry that has lost relevance.

[busterarm]

I havent even had a television for 20 years now...

[r00fus]

Only reason I have one is for the kids.

[rnd0]

>They don't inform their viewers, they weaponize them.

Just the same as Fox, just the same as OAN, just the same as RT, just the same as MSNBC, just the same as ...

[gman83]

Some of these are way worse than others, they're not at all comparable.

[akvadrako]

I read all of these occasionally except OAN and I have no idea which one you are talking about.

They are all garbage and you can't believe what they write, though they may be useful sources.

[RobertMiller]

They're comparable, but not equivalent.

[nickpp]

Let's not change the subject with some whatabout-ism. We are talking about CNN.

[rnd0]

It isn't "whataboutyou" ism to point out that essentially the entire news industry has become little more than fear-mongering clickbait (on one hand) or propaganda for one of the two political parties of the U.S (on the other hand).

CNN is just a symptom of a much larger problem and it's that much larger problem which needs to be addressed -which will continue until it is addressed.

[larrymcp]

Yeah, you don't need TV news. TV news is mostly commentary these days

Just check the AP & Reuters feeds each day. You'll get straight news, and you'll also save a lot of time.