Your Opinion Counts At CNN — But Should It?

theodp writes "Some people love how CNN employs Twitter to engage its audience. Not Steve Dahl. 'I am not interested in the take of @stinky on the Fort Hood shootings or any other current events,' complains Dahl of the access the media gives to Internet know-it-alls. 'I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion.'"

Comments

No it should not matter.

[i_want_you_to_throw_]

I agree. News in America is dead. It turned into entertainment a long time ago. It isn't so much about news anymore as it is about yellow journalism or picking a station that validate one's political views. I stopped watching American news when I discovered BBC news.

I would say that Edward R Murrow is rolling in his grave, but he was cremated.

Re:Who's Steve Dahl

[Lil'wombat]

Close. Steve Dahl is a former #1 rated daytime talk radio host turned weekly columnist for the Chicago Tribune when his the balance of his contract was bought out and a non-compete in place during a radio format change. His contribution to history was the 1979 riot at Cominsky Park during a double header intermission. The riot occurred during the Disco Demolition entertainment event when a large pile of records (discounted admission if you brought a record) was exploded in center field.

I think Steve Dahl would agree that your statement is only 2/3rds correct.

a better statement

A professional idiot with a Mac and a DSL

Twitter is not the problem

[tmk]

The real problem: CNN has no real interest in facts anymore. interview the extremists on every side and leave it there.

Jon Steward has something to say about the problem

Re:Comments

[Duradin]

It's not just the masses commenting on articles that are incredibly stupid, their (CNN) reporters and correspondents aren't much better (and their talking heads are nearly as bad).

During the coverage of the Fort Hood shooting, they had a reporter saying:
"He had two pistols, one a semi-automatic of a type favored by the narco gangs, so you know how deadly it is." No, I don't know how deadly it is. Other than being a semi-auto pistol I have no clue what brand let alone model he was talking about. He never mentioned the actual weapons.

Re:Yeah!

[Shotgun]

EXACTLY!

Which is why I don't throw chairs at people that just want a phone that makes calls. It can't be an iPhone, because they suck and I don't own a TV anymore...and I'm glad of it. Nothing to watch since Farscape is gone.

Don't know about the old Karma Powered Trolls?

[GameboyRMH]

Anyone who has good karma isn't going to post GNAA posts.

You may notice that your karma maxes out at "excellent." In ancient times, slashdot used to have a points system with no ceiling, so you could accumulate karma levels OVER NINE THOUSAND!!! Trolls would karma whore until they achieved insane karma levels, then skydive from karma heaven with an epic trolling spree. That's why the new system has a ceiling - if you tried something like that now, your karma would run out quickly.