How Much Does CNN.com Suck? WTFCNN.com Shows You

[The Straight Story]

How Much Does CNN.com Suck? WTFCNN.com Shows You





We’ve all had the experience. You visit cnn.com looking to catch up on the day’s news and have a total WTF!? moment when instead you’re greeted by Jessica Alba’s plans to adopt a child. Meanwhile, bombs are exploding around the world, people are dying — but wait, what’s Tiger Woods thinking right now? Also, how do you harness the power of bugs?

A new site, WTF CNN?, compliments of Breadpig, shows you exactly what world news you’re missing by clicking on CNN. The way the site works is simple: CNN.com is displayed at the top of the page, and under it, you get a choice of seeing the frontpage from one of the following global news sites: ABC (Australia), Al-Jazeera (Qatar), BBC (UK), China Daily (China), Deutsche Welle (Germany), EuroNews (Europe), France 24 (France), or Reuters (UK). Both halves are shown live, and switching between sites is as simple a selecting the one you want from a drop down menu.

When you first hit the site, an overlay reads:

We deserve better than this.

If you’ve ever been frustrated by what headlines the CNN.com front page, this is the site for you. Compare their front page at any given time to that of Al-Jazeera English (or a host of others that regularly put CNN to shame).

Dear CNN,

We know you think this is what we want, but it’s not. We don’t care what random Tweeters think about a news story, how many holograms you have in your Situation Room, or even the latest celebrity gossip.

We care about our world. Instead of using your resources to do the journalism that gives us a better understanding of this world — we get the front page of CNN.com.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/28/wtf-cnn/

[kevinbgoode]

1. Thank you for posting this. . .I noticed they do the same thing to Faux News, too.

I enjoyed looking at the comparisons....and pulled up CNN International and watched the story about the Indonesian Bali beach "cowboys", gigolos who prowl the beaches there. . .hahaha.

[Odin2005]

2. As I always say, the MSM is all about MANUFACTURING "Reality", not News.