| Good thread idea.
I must say admit that I do not get CNN at home, although I've seen lots of their news in various places.
I think that they're not being as unbiased as they should be as a national news source.
I watch BBC world alot, and of course our (Finnish) own news, and they're both doing a much better job at monitoring their countries political arenas.
When Finland had it's little "Iraq-gate" scandal with our newly elected prime minister, our media put huge preassure on her to step down. And she did.
This should happen all over the world. You screw up, it gets shown and debated over by the people, and people act. I honestly can't see this happening in the US, at least not because companies like CNN doing it's job.
As you said, BBC is highly critical when it comes to political actions and such, not biased (at least, not apparently) in any way, but shooting questions in all directions. That's the right way for a news company to act.
I also dislike the way the american news broadcasts sound and look like a show, something that is entertaining. Sure, news can be entertaining, but don't put syrup on everything. "LATEST ON THE IRAQ WAR....will our heroes be able to win over evil forces?!?! TUNE IN AND SEE! *lame tadaa-music on the background* ... " <-- I hate that. Just give the facts as bare as you can, no gimmicks, don't make it sound like it's a wrestling match or something lol.
So uhm yea.. *just woke up* ..to answer your questions;
1. Poor and biased, maybe even a word like "corrupt" isn't totally off.
3. a) They go by their government's views
b) I'm sure Al-Jazeera and such are no better, but it still doesn't make it right. |