I get my news from multiple sources in order to stay informed. CNN has gradually been evolving to a source where I go infrequently. Here's why. Above is a cut of the headlines as of about 10 minutes ago. 50% of them are pure crap (the last 4) and I think I can say that my subjective opinion here would be echoed by many people. The first 4 are valid enough news items that I will not pass judgment on them. If you read CNN and you click through on those last 4, you are in fact contributing to this problem because I would bet that those click through trends are tracked and used to determine what headlines to post. Let's save ourselves and stop clicking through the crap.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
CNN: Crappy News Network
I get my news from multiple sources in order to stay informed. CNN has gradually been evolving to a source where I go infrequently. Here's why. Above is a cut of the headlines as of about 10 minutes ago. 50% of them are pure crap (the last 4) and I think I can say that my subjective opinion here would be echoed by many people. The first 4 are valid enough news items that I will not pass judgment on them. If you read CNN and you click through on those last 4, you are in fact contributing to this problem because I would bet that those click through trends are tracked and used to determine what headlines to post. Let's save ourselves and stop clicking through the crap.
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Come to the dark side! You gotta try FOX
I stopped reading CNN.com a few months ago. If you dig deep enough, you can find wortwhile (what I would consider worthwhile anyway) news, but at least 50% of the headlines are designed for shock value alone. Now I really just don't read much news.
Retired: Keep dreaming.
CHL: It is unfortunate but I think that this is exactly what is happening to me. I read less news...pretty sad. I am going to try the NYT website for a while.
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