White House bans CNN reporter from press conference

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(08-02-2018, 05:11 PM)hollodero Wrote: Quick answer - yes FOX news isn't just Hannity, it is predominantly Hannity-esque though. I mentioned Chris Wallace and Shepard Smith as exceptions. I did watch quite a bit of FOX and couldn't really name a third format, but there might very well be. I know it's not ALL propaganda, but then again, most stuff I'd say certainly is. More neutral fig leafs don't really change that.

Also, I'm again in the position where I don't really want to defend CNN, which has its severe faults. Comparing CNN to FOX, however, still is like comparing a firefly to the sun. Well, say an exceptionally fat firefly. But overall, most stuff CNN tells me is factually correct and does hold up, same goes for MSNBC (I only know those three). That there is also much, in fact way too much opinion and assessment and selective guests (especially on MSNBC) is without doubt. I still see CNN and MSNBC as more sensationalistic than partisan.
But still. I look at it from the outside, with no particular horse in that race to begin with. And from that position (not claiming I'm bias-free) FOX is way, way, way worse than CNN in their spin, their propaganda, their misconceptions, their blatant partisanship - that I say with confidence.

Well, that wasn't so quick after all.

I used to think CNN was the most unbiased news station. They still had a bias, but I felt as if they worked hard at trying to be as objective as possible. Then came the election and it's like they threw that all away to make sure Hillary got elected. Since the election, they've generally been okay, but there's been far too many instances of CNN throwing journalistic integrity out the window in order to bash Trump and just providing fodder for him to claim "fake news." Their probably still the least biased news channel out there, overall, but they've lost some of their integrity.