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Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Mitch Swanson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:31:39 -0000

Even with all the arrests, torture and murder by government secret police in Iran over political views, that could never happen here in The United States of America, right? Oh yea, we have that darn Patriot Act thing huh? Why did CNN not talk about the real events unfolding in Iran? Nah, I'm just being paranoid, er right?

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Mitch Swanson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:07:08 -0000

Ya all totally dropped the ball with this Iran thing! What was that video suppose to convince me of ? That you are only half wits not complete idiots? Go watch twitter and learn something about news coverage! And this is me beiing nice about how I really feel. What was all that with mj anyway? You should be ashamed of yourselves, that's all I can say. Men, women, children were snatched up by the screte police, tortured and murdered for their political beliefs. NOW THAT WAS THE STORY!!!!!!!!!!

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

michaeldaehn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:29:01 -0000

Me thinks he doth protest too much. You can tell he feels a little uncomfortable with the medium and the terminology. Thumbs up for trying.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Colin Christianson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:31:37 -0000

Considering that other nations are saying the West is hyping up the Iran elections shows that they were covered. Only so much time and so many things the main stream news can get to. When I tuned into CNN, MSNBC and FOX I saw that CNN was spending the most time on it. Although I feel that when I follow social media I do get a larger more specific perspective than the general one presented on main stream media.

Could it be that since main stream media is dependent on appealing to the masses that it will inherently not do as good and thorough of a job as social media?

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Anti-Social- List — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:38:47 -0000

CNN SUCKS!!!!

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Apphouse50 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:56:22 -0000

Bollocks, CNN, bollocks. Pure and simple. We understand you are operating over there under some pretty heavy restriction but your coverage, while better than MSNBC and FauxNews, has still been EpicFail. When things have changed significantly overnight there, why do I want yesterday's news from you?

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Francesca — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:35:38 -0000

Over the years CNN has trended toward pop culture content versus objective, hard hitting journalism on global events. I'm not surprised that Iran was not covered, just disappointed. The network is still fine for news consumption, but it is no longer my first source to turn to.

Here's another CNN fail from yesterday regarding CNN's apology for interrupting their Jon & Kate Plus 8 special due to a quick update on Iran. http://bit.ly/pbpbD

I'm all for pop culture news, but not over global human interest pieces of historic proportions. Sometimes one can reinvent themselves into obscurity...

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Francesca — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:34:12 -0000

Here's another CNN fail from yesterday regarding CNN's apology for interuppting their Jon & Kate Plus 8 special due to a quick update on Iran. http://bit.ly/pbpbD

I'm all for pop culture news, but not over global human interest pieces of historic proportions. Sometimes one can reinvent themselves into obscurity...

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

JJ — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:28:07 -0000

its quite obvious the mainstream media is blase about iran. they do not see it as FREEDOM SEEKING MOVEMENT. they are kinda just like the president, not really caring or interested.
and yet here you have a great HUMAN CAUSE: PEOPLE WANT FREEDOM. why are we not excited? why is our president blowing it off?

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Michelle Linton — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:04:53 -0000

The #CNNFail was that CNN & other mainstream media outlets are still deciding what news to report and how much to report it. Mainsteam media is infamous for taking one press conference or one statement from a politician and creating days of coverage complete with special graphics & "experts." If you have reporter, cameramen & sound people on the ground in the zone struggling to provide news coverage- why not report that? CNN's response via Rick Sanchez comes accross as defensive and bitter ("I told you so" attitude). This is a prime opportunity for media outlets to look at what is trending on social media and use that to create their schedule for news coverage. After all, if it trending, it is important to millions of people are using social media. Sorry CNN- still a #CNNFail

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

markfinch — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:39:24 -0000

CNN downplayed the protests. As I mentioned on my article yesterday at http://markfinch.info/44 to quote CNN “the largest protest in Iran since the 1979 revolution, was largely peaceful”. The graphic and brutal images I covered and the many I didn't clearly show that it wasn't as "peaceful" as CNN would lead us to believe.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

traeblain — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:09:20 -0000

I have to agree, the most interesting part is that "we the people" now have some power to hold CNN accountable for what they feel is news.

But Rick Sanchez was amazingly smarmy in this report and was speaking to his audience in a manner of "we've been doing this for years, back off!" attitude. This response should be included in the #CNNfail meme and everyone should include something like #RickSanchezFail as well.

Who are they to talk down to me?

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

led display — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:19:15 -0000

see Iran news everywhere without CNN.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

RevRico — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:48:58 -0000

My response is: who cares? The power was Twitter was unleashed with the events in Tehran, unfiltered, a virtual tsunami of news and video and first hand accounts that had be spellbound all day. With that, who the hell even needs the pompous Rick Sanchez anymore. By the time the major TV nets got around to covering the damn thing, I already knew more than they presented. Amazing...

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

JDeragon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:27:51 -0000

The fact that CNN felt the need to defend itself from comments created throughout the social media space is a statement in itself.

We the people are now capable of holding "the media", as CNN calls itself, accountable. You can't help but sense the arrogance in the response from CNN as if to say "CNN knows more and reports more than you do". This is representative of traditional media talking heads whom seem to think a large # of viewers represents power and influence. To that I would say "check your stats, your viewers are leaving because they want to engage in the conversation rather than have you spin it to us.

Twitter held off on updates so that the story in Iran could still flow without interruption 24/7. The Iran situation comes at a time when the world is now more engaged than ever before and the subsequent influence goes way beyond political or media spin.

Sanchez’s response is an attempt to stir attention to CNN. The irony is they are getting attention but it may be the wrong kind of attention.

What say you?

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

JDeragon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:26:41 -0000

The fact that CNN felt the need to defend itself from comments created throughout the social media space is a statement in itself.

Sanchez’s response is an attempt to stir attention to CNN. The irony is they are getting attention but it may be the wrong kind of attention.

What say you?

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Maria Lavis — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:48:23 -0000

I (@marialavis) was among the people on Twitter who commented on #CNNFAIL here: http://tinyurl.com/lqw72z which received several RTs because people related.

Two issues I had:

1. Coverage on CNN's @cnnbrk on Twitter is paltry, not just with Iran election but in general.

You'd think breaking news internationally only happened a couple of times a day by that feed. It's unprofessional for such a large news organization to have SUCH a crappy breaking news feed as their representation on Twitter.

Maybe cnn DID cover the events in Iran here and there, but they were not covering them on their supposedly "official" social media "breaking news" feed, @cnnbrk on Twitter. Why even have a news feed on twitter that you call "breaking news" when you update it so little? It's embarrassing - if you are NOT going to do it right, then take it off if it is going to be pathetic and not actually aggregate all the news you're supposedly breaking as a news organization.

2. Coverage on CNN was not the full story.

It was not comprehensive and representational of the extent and intensity of what was actually going on in Iran even though the information WAS easily available (even to reg folk like me) about the unfolding drama. It didn't take me long to make the conneciton between events in Tehran and Tianamen Sq. It didn't take me long to see that this was not just about the election. With all their journalistic history, why did CNN give it such surficial coverage? That is not the kind of news I, as an adult wanting something other than the latest Paris Hilton scandal or Hollywood hitch, want to see.

If *I*, a measly regular person, simply following the story via Twitter for a few hours, could pick up on the significance of the story, then why couldn't CNN with all their money and resources? It leaves me to wonder whether CNN even knew what was going on? Were they doing their job? How come I could get this info, but they could not? And, if they were doing their job, and they did have the info, why were they NOT reporting the actual extent of events, and only giving it partial coverage?

I followed the story on Twitter for MANY hours, getting sources of information from many places (including other reputable news agencies like ABC/BBC), and following up on other ppl complaining of lack of comparative coverage on CNN compated to what was happenign, before I finally tweeted about my frustration with the lack of coverage by CNN in general (all types of their media outlets) about the extent of the situation here: http://tinyurl.com/nt5kja

No one is perfect, people and organizations make mistakes, but unfortuneately this isn't the first time I've been very unimpressed with CNN. In general I watch CBC, ABC, BBC, or blogs, and avoid CNN as a result. I don't even follow @CNNbrk, but I checked up on their coverage because I saw other's on Twitter complaining. When I investigated, I found their complaints completely reasonable. So yes, CNNFail. I think they shoudl have just owned up. This broadcast was for ignorant people, not people who know better.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

bradleyf81 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:40:16 -0000

What this shows me is the power of social media and blogging. "Mainstream media" is scared of the potential repercussions from getting bad publicity on social media sites.

I've always thought CNN sucked and that point was driven home to me the first time I saw news channels outside of the US. Well, except for ChannelNewsAsia, which is even worse than CNN.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Allen Resha — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:55:48 -0000

CNN, as with all Mainstream Left-Wing Media outlets, did as they do. It provided the take that it wanted you to see. CNN as well known by its news coverage, picks what it wants you the viewer to see and how it wants it to be portrayed. Now do not get me wrong, I am a News Junkie, I watch all the channels to get what I call "rounded take" on what is really happening. Sadly to say though more times than not CNN doesn't cover the news with an unbiased take. With this story I feel that the other news stations, and this is to include Left Wing, did a much better job and CNN lacked in coverage.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Ausi1 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:54:55 -0000

Lazy reporting is becoming more prevalent these days as main stream media are losing the race with social media to deliver news. Cost cutting methods off gather news via Twitter its seems has become so important to the Main stream as the have discovered that Social Media can deliver news far more efficiently.

The thing the they fail at is they still don't understand the shifting tide of media.

Fight on like a drowning man without a life buoy.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

AcutelyObtuse — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:49:42 -0000

OH MY GOODNESS?!? THE NEWS FAILING US?!? GATEKEEPERS DECIDING WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US?!

On that same token, it just goes to show the lightweight nature of something like twitter, not necessarily gauge the news seeking ability of people on twitter....I am sure there are lots of stroies that slide by until CNN makes a deal then they regain traction on twitter/social media.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

RealityCheck — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:49:37 -0000

You are joking right, Rick Sanchez is going to lecture anyone about anything. This is the same drunk guy that ran over and killed a human being after a football game, then left the scene of the accident. He should be in JAIL, not on TV. Besides all of that, he is one of the worst, least informed and ignorent anchors in the history of TV news.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Eli — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:35:24 -0000

No it was obvious that CNN avoided the usual "ON IT" coverage. I am calling bullshit!

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

ErsatzMoe — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:32:02 -0000

The problem wasn't the amount of coverage. The problem was with not covering important demonstrations and violence.

Re: CNN’s Response to #CNNFail [VIDEO]

Sudha Jamthe — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:30:59 -0000

Passionate conversation @RickShanchez, @anncurry and audience at the #140conf twitter conf in NY today. http://bit.ly/AmgqX