Why cnn is terrible

The two most respected American television journalists in the history of the medium are almost certainly Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. The legacies of both were shaped by their raising their voices in times of creeping radicalism and government overreach. Murrow repeatedly inveighed against the extremism of Congressional McCarthyism, while Cronkite disputed Pentagon claims that victory in the Vietnam War was near and instead called for its end : "The only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could.

Look, let's be honest: In these ideologically charged times, a lot of people are having a problem with the concept of a free press. I wrote here less than two weeks ago about the alarming trends on some college campuses.

Some -- not all, but some -- of the many folks I saw blasting CNN for suspending Labott are the kind of people who'd be calling for the head of any journalist who'd tweeted against, say, abortion or gay marriage, which would be hypocritical. It's hard to be respect people with an opposing viewpoint, but it's important that we all try. These are also the GOP's widest margins ahead of the Democrats in either issue area in at least six years.

In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! Largest GOP advantage since The Journal's opinion operation is separate from the newsroom — and sometimes downright oppositional toward the news side. But both are part of Rupert Murdoch's cherished newspaper, which is a key part of the News Corp portfolio.

Several Journal reporters grumbled about the letter after it came out on Wednesday, but none were surprised it was published, given the Opinion section's right-wing and contrarian bent. Read More. It is especially striking since the Journal's newsroom has been lauded for its extensive coverage of Facebook misinformation.

Whistleblower Frances Haugen shared documents with the Journal that formed the basis of the Facebook Files series. Yet the Opinion section is providing a forum for the same sort of bogus content — in this case, election denialism — that Facebook FB has been criticized over. It violates their trust and tarnishes your brand," said Ken Herts, a veteran Journal executive, wrote on Twitter. Herts was responding to a former deputy managing editor of the Journal, Bill Grueskin, who wrote , "Why didn't the editorial page fact-check it, or delete the most egregious lies?

You made Erin Burnett go out there, on live television, to demonstrate "the flick. And between all the whooshing and flicking and zooming -- and, when, exactly, did the need to touch the news grow to the point that merely reading it become insufficient?

Anderson Cooper, representing your network's last thin shred of self-respect, stood out there on that stage and repeatedly made fun of what was going on around him.

What have you done to poor Anderson Cooper? That is where you have driven him. Your debates, CNN? They were a mess. You fully embraced the stupidity of reality television shows, with asinine introductions of the GOP candidates that reminded viewers of the opening credits of "Survivor. But they especially grew tired of watching yours.

Shall we continue? Well, there was that time we actually wanted to watch coverage of the May 18, primary coverage in Pennsylvania, and you guys were airing a Larry King interview with Mick Jagger. Mick Jagger! Why in all the world?

You replaced Larry King with the insufferably thin-skinned Piers Morgan. You replaced Campbell Brown with "Parker-Spitzer. Now Spitzer is at Current.