What is it with CNN lately? Is it 'buyer's remorse'?

[ClusterFreak]

I think so. I picture a group of suits at AOL/Time-Warner sitting around the board room, agreeing to release CNN's news managers from their collective corporate servility. I think the suits want a change as much as the rest of us...finally. Whatever is happening - such as running this Broken Government stuff seemingly all the time now, including pre-empting Larry King Live for it tonight - is just alright with me. When the hell was the last time the marquee prime time program on CNN was pre-empted for anything?

[Richard Steele]

1. WHORES have no remorse, "buyers" or otherwise.

Repubs were in power, so they kissed repub ass.
Now that's coming to an end, so they are trying
to look like fairminded reporters again, just to
cover their own slimy asses.

[ClusterFreak]

3. I'll buy that. Just askin... n/t

[rocktivity]

6. DING DING DING! Dicksteele, you're our grand prize winner!

...they are trying to look like fairminded reporters again, just to cover their own slimy asses.
Why do you think Bill O'Reilly is starting a new "career" as a "culture warrior"?

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rocknation

[razors edge]

2. The press can be held liable for war crimes.

Covering up for the lies that killed 600,000 people in a sovereign country?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Because it looks like their bread is about to be buttered on the other side.

[mediaman007]

5. Here's my tinfoil hat: While FOX is run by the corporations, I think that

the CIA has a hand in CNN. Sometimes they are on the same page, but I think that CNN is more able to change when the CIA disinformation suits the situation.

Just sayin'

[KharmaTrain]

7. "Television Mirrors Society"

Those were words in a lecture I heard from a major TV mucky muck when I was in college and I think this applies here. CNN lives off ratings and is constantly testing audiences and doing their own research to see ways to squeeze another viewer here or there. Until this year, that extra viewer was squeezed from the right wing. This was also because booosh's popularity was still 50% or better and the "conventional wisdom" was that since a majority supports this goon and his regime, that they have to present stories more balanced in that direction or skewed at the issues that the "majority" finds important. Also remember, the polling in favor of this ugly war and other indicators also favored booosh.

That was then, this is now. Nearly 70% of this country disaproves of this regime and the trends in television are away from this regime rather than to it. Give credit to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert who got CNN's attention away from their Faux fixation and now with Olbermann's big ratings in recent weeks, CNN is starting to pander to where they see the "center" and ratings going to. Also, Faux numbers continue to fall and CNN's attempts to play Faux Lite is now relegated to their Headline News.

Lastly there's the inside the beltway game. The Repugnicans held sway on lots of journalists by using access as a carrot & stick. Be a good toadie and you'll get the "exclusive" interview or the special scoop. Now that the Rove machine is starting to break down and this regime aren't in control of the stories, the access and kow towing has less and less effect.

Slowly this country appears to be emerging from another dark age...and hopefully the path to sanity begins at the balot box on Tuesday.

[ProgressiveFool]

8. Thanks to Keith Olbermann

for blazing the trail. Who will CNN put up to compete? Watch Anderson start waving the liberal flag of victory?

I mean at this point it just makes good business sense to go liberal, as the lobbyists are way ahead on.