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Posted by: LeSieg
I think that CNN really does try to be awesome and objective, but they usually fall on their face due to incompetence.
It's generally, I find, attempts at being objective in a way that's dumb and will treat moronic positions as equal. One guy will say the sky is blue and the other purple and CNN lets them discuss it as if they're both equal positions. Dumb people aren't going to watch CNN because they want their ideology validated and can't really understand intelligent policy discussion because they don't have the tools to do so. Individuals with those skills typically go to more prestigious news sources like the NY Times, The Economist, even PBS. They're stuck in a middle ground, I think, which is why their ratings aren't that huge.
However CNN is still unrivaled in international news coverage. They cover wars, revolutions, natural disasters, all of that better than any other outlet. When it comes to those events CNN ratings explode. When -blam!- hits the fans everyone will tune into CNN.
[Edited on 12.12.2012 7:04 PM PST]