Talk:CNN

Removing the Ratings/reception section

I really did try and and edit this for neutrality. Getting rid of loaded words like 'dominant', getting rid of emphasis of 'low' ratings, etc.... Unfortunately, this section simply invites too many loaded words and emphasis on non-notable and irrelevant information. Such sections are also notoriously difficult to maintain and thus inappropriate for this kind of article in Wikipedia. I am removing this section. Please don't revert that edit or otherwise put it back until there is consensus on how such a section can be entirely objective and is notable enough to be placed in the article. Daydreamer302000 (talk) 08:50, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Lead

Wikipedia needs to have a few lines in the lead about the left wing bias (like Wikipedia has with the Fox News page), something like "CNN has been the subject of allegations of liberal bias. Writer Eric Alterman has noted that many critics on the left view CNN is more biased than most other corporate-run journalism, supporting business interests of its parent company and sponsors, and refusing to question official sources or present perspectives of leftist critics." This Quote is taken from the Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_controversies

It is beyond serious dispute that CNN essentially tilts toward the Left. The article should deal with this. I won't make any change because any change would instantly be reversed by one of the many Left-leaning contributors to Wikipedia. That aside, the article should somehow address CNN's tilt to the Left. That is, if Wikipedia wants it to be a serious, neutral article.

Otherwise it will seem like Wikipedia is taking sides in politics, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chinablue888 (talk • contribs) 06:38, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

This article should remain neutral and on the topic at hand. The Fox News article should likewise be neutral and strictly on the topic of Fox News (I realize it is not). The bias here is not 'left' or 'right', it is a bias towards encyclopedic neutrality. Daydreamer302000 (talk) 11:05, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

It is hardly "beyond serious dispute" that CNN tilts left. It is quite and continually disputed, and it depends on how you define liberal and conservative. A perusal of liberal websites such as Daily Kos, Alternet, and others will yield the conclusion that CNN, like all other corporate-owned media outlets, tilts toward conservative viewpoints, not liberal ones. MSNBC is the only corporate media outlet that could be defined as leaning left. By this metric, CNN rates as moderately conservative, not liberal, and Fox News rates far-right. PJtP (talk) 12:47, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

CNN Anchors Fake a Satellite Interview in the Same Parking Lot

http://www.infowars.com/cnn-anchors-pretend-theyre-having-a-satellite-interview-even-though-theyre-in-the-same-parking-lot/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TyDHiITq1M Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield keep a straight face , only standing within 50 feet of each other while faking a satellite interview !

Links

>> The mystery of CNN 2014 (Lihaas (talk) 22:06, 8 April 2014 (UTC)).

Liberal Editorializing

This sentence should be removed:

Accuracy in Media and the Media Research Center have claimed that CNN's reporting contains liberal editorializing within news stories.

The two cited sources are both described by wikipedia as conservative organizations, and both of the specific references are just blog posts cherry picking examples of bias. The reference for Accuracy in Media is dead, but googling for an article of the same title comes up with a blog post complaining about CNN not refusing to air a NARAL ad. The reference for Media Research Center is a blog post from 1999 arguing that a single night's coverage of the Lewinsky scandal (!) was biased.

Measuring media bias is very difficult. There are lots of interesting and well constructed studies of media bias that include CNN that could be cited to argue for liberal, conservative, or no bias. But summarizing those studies would fit better on the CNN controversies page, with maybe a sentence on this page just pointing out that there is lots of controversy over whether and how CNN is biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haroldmroberts (talk • contribs) 15:02, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Concur. They are fringe groups that complain that everyone has liberal bias. Gamaliel (talk) 17:54, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

explosive allegations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw9EhjyU3JU&sns=fb