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Monday, March 26, 2018

Time to Get CNN Out of the Airports, etc.

With minor exceptions, almost everywhere one goes that is a public facility like airports, bus and railroad stations, as well as most private venues like the lobbies of banks and corporate towers and even bars and restaurants, CNN is the default cable news network hanging Big Brother-like on the wall for all to see and believe. Often it is blaring at us in elevators.

This is true even though in terms of voluntary home viewership CNN trails massively behind Fox News and even the less popular MSNBC. It's clear from years of ratings, the people, by and large and consistently, don't want to watch CNN. Nevertheless, they are force fed the network's vision of the world as they sit stupefied in airport lounges waiting endlessly for a delayed flight. It's like having your brains drilled.

This has been going on for decades. Why?

The best you can say for CNN is that, as the initiator of 24/7 cable news, the network has a first-mover advantage, but that advantage has been perpetuated and protected by a big lie.

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 26, 2018 at 8:13 PM

    CNN paid for the exposure fair and square. I don't like them, either. Any of the networks had the opportunity to bid, just like they do for the Olympic Games, super bowl or World Series.
    Fox News complaining about the deal is the same as democrats complaining about the results of the election.
    It's 'bidness'. It's a bonified contract that can't - and shouldn't- be contested, until it comes up for bid at the expiration of the current contract term.
    I know, I'd rather sit in a middle seat next to the galley, than have to watch cnn. It is what it is. Spilled milk.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 26, 2018 at 8:15 PM

    I enjoy reading through a post that can make men and women think.
    Also, many thanks for permitting me to comment!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 27, 2018 at 8:13 AM

    Remember when CNN provided actual news on the hour? Sad how things have changed over time. Embarrassing actually.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 27, 2018 at 9:15 AM

    8:13 I agree at one time CNN was an actual news network.Shame.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 27, 2018 at 9:18 AM

    The only other options for maximally unbiased news would be the BBC, NPR, or C-Span.

    Unless AP or Reuters have news channels... which I don't know if they do.



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  6. AnonymousMarch 27, 2018 at 10:00 AM

    While we are at it. Doctors and businesses don't pay to have the crap on. I have been in waiting rooms and looked around. Out of over a dozen people, they are reading, sleeping or playing on a phone while a television is cranked to the max with audio. People please remove the set because not many want the abuse especially while ill in a doctors office. I know your intentions are good and it is appreciated.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 27, 2018 at 12:46 PM

    It is Trump that keeps bringing up Hillary and Obama

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