Re:Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'
by idiotsecant on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @08:38AM
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CNN is increasingly sensationalist junk. I've started just reading AP for what I might read CNN for
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Re:Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'
by conductr on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @12:09PM
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I used to defend CNN as decent, but it’s almost entirely sensational OpEd talk show type stuff these days. The stuff I criticized FoxNews about. Although, CNN does lean liberal, they sometimes still invite a person from the conservative camp into the discussion. I never see that on FoxNews. They double down and have right and far right takes in their discussions as far as I can tell. It’s effective for brainwashing a populace.
I personally don’t think the 24 hour news cycle is healthy. I pretty much abstain from it except it’s so prevalent in our culture there’s a lot of second hand exposure.