janelane wrote:
CNN, the Cable News Network, announced yesterday that it will cut its entire science, technology, and environment news staff, including Miles O’Brien, its chief technology and environment correspondent, as well as six executive producers. Mediabistro’s TVNewser broke the story.
They should be cutting their entertainment staff. It is infuriating watching CNN Headline News at the airport, and there's a story on Britney-fucking-Spears every 10 minutes. And watching Anderson 360 is like an hour-long personal interest story, not to mention the time he spends talking about pop culture.
This is just another reason not to get my news from CNN. I haven't in a while and instead rely on NYT, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and science journals almost exclusively.
Maybe they are the new Fox News...turn all the smart people off from watching and you're half-way there.
-janelane
Agreed - I mainly check out CNN.com through the day for entertainment value. Its hilarious sometimes what they choose as their top story some days - ridiculous how many days recently they seem to have had a "slow" news day when there is so much important stuff going on to talk about.
