I was debating whether to post on this. Then TPM Reader DR pushed me over the edge …
I don’t know about you, but if you ever wondered if CNN was in trouble, just look at what’s on the front page of CNN.com as I write this;
It’s beyond ridiculous, with all the news of significance going on in the world, THIS is what they choose to lead their webpage?
I’ve noticed this a lot recently on CNN, especially since their redesign. It’s not an issue of not fronting enough ‘good for you’ serious news versus tabloidy stuff. It’s more that they increasingly feature ‘weird but true’ stories as their lead. Not sure what that’s about.
Late Update: A quick survey of the other major news sites shows most are fronting the German terror arrests, which unlike the ones we usually have over here seem like the real deal.
