[forgingahead]

Really disappointing what CNN became under Zucker. I'm of the generation where CNN was our window to the world - pre-mass Internet connectivity, if you had cable, or were passing through an airport, or in a hotel with it, you had access to a whole world of people and places that could plug into.

Really shameful what they did - from turning into a political mouthpiece, to finding new ways to heighten the temperature in society and divide people into ever more atomised units, CNN in recent history has been an absolute stain on society. The liars they have hired to stare into the camera day after day, solemnly declaring what is and is not "good" for you, while completing ignoring the issues that affect regular working-class people, are the true sociopaths to keep doing this daily without any self-reflection.

[Kina]

Zucker's success in the media/entertainment industry is baffling because his reputation is basically as a wrecking ball. I have not seen any praise of his stewardship of NBC which made his selection as the person to run CNN bewildering.

One can only speculate about how he landed the position, but none of it seems to be based on observable successes at what he was paid to do.

[meatsauce]

Losing 90% of your audience is only a success for someone who is selling the dimmest bulbs of society a cold plate of sloppy propaganda.

[MrPatan]

How can we know it wasn't always partisan drivel, only now you can tell?

[ardit33]

yep, turned from a good news source, to a 'tv version of a tabloid'

Sad to watch. MSNBC is similar (trying to copy Fox's model, of being highly partisan and very exaggerating everything)