What would CNN’s website look like if you removed everything but the real news?
A guy basically decided to analyze CNN’s main page and remove everything except the real news. Turns out the majority of the articles on the main page are mostly just entertainment and gossip. I also noticed this recently, CNN’s main page is being filled up with articles of the kind I would find on The Superficial or Socialite’s Life except CNN was always a few days slower. [Link]
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Oct 20, 2006
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6 Comments, add your own...
1. holla | October 20th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
CNN also has an hourly headline generator that picks random news to be headlines so that the page keeps changing .
if you stay on the page, you will eventually see the same stuff recycled unless there is a breaking news story.
2. Marzouq | October 20th, 2006 at 11:08 pm
for any news i check out bbc
3. sinnerorsaint | October 20th, 2006 at 11:29 pm
its a crazy Ad world out there.
4. Borzaiga | October 21st, 2006 at 12:41 am
Advertising and Media are just taking over the core subject, after i took a look at the article !! CNN looks like ALWASEET news paper !! at least ALWASEET is more honest.. hehe
5. moocherx | October 21st, 2006 at 5:06 am
mass media always gravitates to the lowest common denominator. luckily, the BBC is funded by the public, not advertisers, so is less inclined to focus on the trash that people really want to read.
6. S | October 21st, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Mark, this is not on the subject, but check out yezeez.com he has a list of new mp3 players and one it a helmet mp3 player. You and marzouq should get one.. looks cool !
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