04-23-2013, 06:22 PM
stanc Wrote:I prefer CNN for actual news coverage, but generally also check FauxNews. I used to watch The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes (sp?), but found that O'Reilly was a self-righteous blowhard, Hannity an illiterate moron, and Colmes terribly boring. Since then, I quit watching such programs, regardless of who the host is.
Indeed. After hearing such people incessantly cry "The sky is falling!" for decades, I stopped listening years ago.
CNN quit broadcasting NEWS a long time ago. They broadcast mostly politically correct viewpoints, nothing more. There isn't a true news service left, period.
No one pays for actual journalism, they pay for entertainment. When journalism decided that it had to be entertaining, it became nothing more than drivel. Jon Stewart has more credibilty than CNN. When a comedian spoofing a news show carries a larger audience than a news show, you can be sure that no one cares about actual news.
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt