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again you wont see this on CNN cause it doesnt go with their agenda

Fair enough. 

Question: was their reporting all feel-good during 2009-2016? 

Or do they also have an agenda?

SFIrish got a big win at her city council meeting on Monday. I won't bother with what it was about, but I will say this: she put a ton of effort into talking to people on both sides of the issue to get a sense for its importance and its impact, she reminded folks from both sides to come to the meeting and comment, despite knowing which side she agreed with, she put a lot of work into studying data on the issue, she put a lot of effort into crafting her comments, and she won--winning over the undecided swing vote in an acrimonious debate, despite him leaning pretty strongly the other way a few days before.

I say this not only because I'm proud of her, but also because that swing vote probably wasn't swayed as much by her as he was by the people who showed up to comment (via Zoom, as is the way right now--they didn't even need to leave their dwelling). Showing up to comment to the decision makers still matters in a democracy, probably more than anything else. Certainly a lot more than ranting on Facebook, Twitter, or even CFB51.com. So it probably wasn't her words at the meeting, but it was her huge effort to get people to show up that mattered.

And the denouement? Despite all the research, talking--and listening--to both sides, etc., people unhappy with the decision think it's mindless, national talking points that drove the vote, and are more than happy to say so. 

you will never see that on CNN

Why even specify CNN, you won't see it on any major news channel?

Good news doesn't make the news because it's the default, thankfully.  A pandemic makes the news because there aren't pandemics continuously happening all over the world.  There aren't magnitude-8.5 earthquakes all the time, nor unarmed people being murdered by police all the time.  

It's a good thing.

Seriously, if we all lived in an apolcalyptic hellscape, the news WOULD be mostly feel-good stories, because they'd be the exception.


It doesn't make our news any easier to swallow, but it makes sense.  Personally, I think the 24/7 news channels' default should be to not exist, but only pop up for major, ongoing things.....kind of like those Halloween stores.

CNN has no reason to exist unless a major earthquake hits, or a novel covid virus happens, or there's a massive tsunami.  And even then, they should exist for no more than a week or so.  After a month, if it's still a thing, it can pop back up for another week.  

And if you deem it a 'freedom of speech' issue, fine, but these channels are actively harming our society.  Regardless of which one you watch, you can admit that.


I find it akin to yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater.  Your free speech doesn't include a radically-slanted reporting (a little) and commentating (mostly) of the news 24 hours a day. 

Hell, it'd be fun to consolidate them onto one channel.......5:00-6:00 CNN, 6:00-7:00 FoxNews, etc.  That'd make for some interesting ratings graphs.

I agree they're harming our society.

I disagree with everything that follows. You may not like how they use their speech, but once you put someone in charge of deciding who gets to speak or how, at that point you're subject to THEIR interpretation of what is or isn't good.

Would you want the current administration to have that power? I know I wouldn't.

we're doomed

the press sucks, the current administration sucks, and it seems as though the next administration will certainly suck

Yep. I'd say "burn it all down", but here in California we're already there.

Yeah, we have had multiple wildfires around here