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Argues Facebook, Twitter can "pull people away from us"

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  1. Kirk

    Good, we need this to happen, CNN and other companies have been lying to the public for years. Now its time for the truth. Looking forward to seeing this.

  2. Guest

    I cannot wait for the lying proganda filled zionist media to go down.

  3. With CNN deciding to be on Twitter and Facebook clearly shows the impact of the social media.

    In no way we can take this medium lightly or ignore it. There are already so many TV hosts and journalists mailny on Twitter and they keep on tweeting the headlines and gain instant feedback from the online public.

    Infact I come to know about so many News based TV programmes to be aired as a result of these tweets.

    If Twitter is becoming the main source of information then choosing whom you follow is of crucial importance.

  4. mpheadley

    If people really trust their facebook aquaintance Joe Bob who read someone’s crazy blog and doesn’t even add a link to it when they post on facebook, than we’re in for much much much more trouble and inaccurate information than any supposed misinformation from the cables.

    If I were to believe Joe Bob, Obama had all that teleprompter equipment setup for schoolchildren AND he wasn’t born in the U.S.

    By the way, I trust CNN WAY more than MSNBC and FOX.

    • Guest

      Hey, scoop some of that jello you call brains into a bowl for me. Oh wait, never mind, you probably used the Kool-aid in the mix instead of water.

      Anderson Cooper’s show is called 360 because that is what you get when you chase your tail.

      Then there is the All Bias All Bull show.

      I don’t have time to detail it all, but anyone with a pea in their head, especially someone who actually compares news stories to actual video footage of a speech, would have a clue that CNN is propaganda at it’s finest.

      • Some clarity of thought!

  5. I was wondering what happened to the facebook/CNN integration for live events? I thought they were on to something with that? Did they stop doing that, because I don’t see announcements in facebook for it anymore.

  6. CNN shouldn’t be afraid they should be trying to figure out a way of embracing this social scene and using it to their advantage

  7. Jack E. Chan

    According to the latest polls, few are even watching CNN anymore. This is a pathetic attempt to point the finger at social networks as the culprit, when in fact it’s CNN’s polical biases that have driven people to Fox News by the millions.

  8. Daniel

    Then why he does not call his friends from the “Bilderberg Group” and tell them to buy all the social networks or to silently shut them down, like they always did with the true information sources. I tell you what: “if God does not exist we are REALLY lost”

  9. bj

    If Big Media did their job and had the public’s trust, they wouldn’t have a thing to worry about.

    Instead they allow video Press Releases to be used as “news”, allow the Pentagon Pundits to sell us a War that made companies like Haliburton wealthy beyond belief, and keep insisting that celebrity wardrobe malfunctions and questionable celebrity maternity is news, while widespread corruption and non-enforcement of regulation goes unreported.

    This guy should stop whining and start doing his job, though I doubt highly that the American Public will ever trust Big Media again.

  10. It’s their own fault. We are not so stupid to know truth. Oh, there’s still a few who are that watch it still.
    The unbelievable bias vile that spews from the so-called ‘News Network’ is a travesty to journalism.
    Not to mention NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNBC. I think they are all hoping to become the ‘Government Channel’ when Obummer takes over the rest of the country.

    Call your congressmen! NO on Healthcare takeover of America. There’s still time to try something that doesn’t cost America it’s freedom AND bankrupt us Further. Don’t believe the fuzzy made up math based on assumptions. 1 week left!!

  11. Guest

    For a long time media kept the secret, Twisted fact, represented distorted fact and made viewer fool. People want to interact and respond when they don’t agree on face book. On Facebook everyone is on level playing field compare to TV where host has been god. Fellows here we go. You are no longer the elite few who control the news. If the news reporters are not playing fair, don’t blame some one else for loosing their job.

  12. Jonathan Klein and CNN are wise to be concerned, unlike Rupert Murdoch, playing ostrich with his head in the sand. Murdoch is defiantly trying to charge Google and visitors for access to his online content.

    I realize how expensive it is to produce real content and reporting, and the Internet revenue model cannot support news like 60 minutes, the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal. Therein lies the problem.

    I will not trust my Facebook friends to report on Haiti, or fuel prices, so we need real media. My LinkedIn colleagues on the other hand…

  13. I believe that the news companies, like the recording and movie industries, have done this to themselves. They insist on sticking with their tired old business models and their customers are fed up with having it shoved down their throats.

    The Internet is a communication medium, not some new broadcast platform. Until they learn to be part of the conversation instead of trying to shout down their readers they will never have “fans” who will work for them for free.

    I do agree it will take some innovative thinking to make more money with this model, but distribution costs go down to almost $0 as well. The fact is they must adapt or die and pay walls will only speed things up.

  14. gee

    I look at this report and laugh. After all, all media organisations like this have brought it upon themselves. It is time for change and the masses are having their say…at last, and good riddens to rotten organisations who don’t particularly care about the news and truth, they’re just working in their own best interests. Somewhere along the road them became corrupted and now judgement is upon them.

  15. Guest

    On Facebook you don’t need thousand persons to be dead to make a big CNN news. Facebook are personal news and a great tool to find friends from the past and present.
    CNN news are controled by US government.
    CNN mix politics with News. On Facebook you have a freedom of speach.
    Facebook does not use human misery and shocking informations to get better rating, as CNN does.
    Twitter is personal short opinion, with freedom of speach.
    Facebook or twitter, does not interfere with the politics of other countries.
    Facebook or Twitter does not send US soldiers to War.

  16. Lorraine

    Right, and everything people post on Twitter, Facebook is total fact!??? Come on …

  17. Guest

    It’s too late … what he’s afraid of has already happened. He should have kept his corporation on top of emerging technology.

  18. Why not stop worrying and deliver good content that people want to see. You can’t stop change and shouldn’t worry about things you can’t change.

  19. They deserve it and I would love to see all the liars on the street looking for a job because they hid the rape of the country for their own profit. Every last CNN employee should be fired.

  20. Guest

    I am a dedicated social media user and I enjoy discussing the news on these sites. What has alarmed me about cable news is that they seem to be diverging from news and dealing more with comment. So when they show the Twitter stream of folks I don’t know commenting on the news how is that really news and how is it valuable?

  21. Guest

    CNN has been lying to the public for years, so of course we would rather trust our friends over you.

  22. Yohon

    Well it’s good thing that the Jewish who control Hollywood, the illegal Federal Reserve (stealing America’s money) and the media have something to worry about. Keep watching these guys they want to rebuild the internet SO THEY CAN FILTER EVEN SOCIAL NETWORKS to get brainwash control back. Forever tell everyone never allow a bubble to form and pay attention!!

    Israeli attack on USS Liberty (US Navy ship)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRZSzdQuOqM

    The Federal Reserve caused the 700 billion dollar bailout and economic crash
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV9yDLhKbjg

    The President Who Told The TRUTH
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaH-lGafwtE

    9/11: Total Proof That Bombs Were Planted In The Buildings!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n-nT-luFIw

    911 Clues EVERYONE MISSED
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwq04_KhCeI

    Rockefeller Reveals 9/11 FRAUD to Aaron Russo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nD7dbkkBIA

    • 911NUTJOBS

      SHUT THE HELL UP WITH THIS CRAP. YOU ARE THE DAMN REASON WHY THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

  23. Perhaps people are simply tired of all the negativity and fear pushing in traditional media….Attempt to find ANY good news in any traditional media form. People are waking up and making conscious choices – we do not have to accept what we are “fed” – there are other reliable sources, and there is lot’s of empowering, great news to share…. Here is a perfect example – instead of replaying over and over and over the beating of a handicapped person in Sydney, and promoting the drama – why not show what is being done out there to support handicapped people? Here is a great example:

    “Unbeaten”-our newest documentary, has been chosen for a special
    premiere at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the main hospital for US
    Military returning from the theatre of war. In attendance will be over
    580 Wounded Warriors, hospital staff, patients, guests and special
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    This movie will be a classic in the healing arena – along the
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    This movie truly inspires me everyday, to push through challenges and do what I am capable of!

    GOOD news is out there in abundance, if journalist are willing to look for it. This world will not be changed with bad news….but it can be changed with more good news.

    Perhaps people are simply learning they have a choice….they can be bombarded by what the media is feeding them, or they can tap into positive sources and choose what they fill their minds with.

  24. Perhaps people are simply tired of all the negativity and fear pushing in traditional media….Attempt to find ANY good news in any traditional media form. People are waking up and making conscious choices – we do not have to accept what we are “fed” – there are other reliable sources, and there is lot’s of empowering, great news to share…. Here is a perfect example – instead of replaying over and over and over the beating of a handicapped person in Sydney, and promoting the drama – why not show what is being done out there to support handicapped people? Here is a great example:

    “Unbeaten”-our newest documentary, has been chosen for a special
    premiere at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the main hospital for US
    Military returning from the theatre of war. In attendance will be over
    580 Wounded Warriors, hospital staff, patients, guests and special
    attendees. The Unbeaten spirit is… spreading across the planet like wildfire! The beautiful thing is, it is not just for people in a wheelchair – it is inspiration for EVERYONE – Have YOU seen it? Here is a link to a trailer:

    This movie will be a classic in the healing arena – along the
    inspirational lines of Christopher Reeves. Hope for all new paraplegic
    cases.
    http://www.polarismediagroup.com/debbieruston/en/#/unbeaten/

    This movie truly inspires me everyday, to push through challenges and do what I am capable of!

    GOOD news is out there in abundance, if journalist are willing to look for it. This world will not be changed with bad news….but it can be changed with more good news.

    Perhaps people are simply learning they have a choice….they can be bombarded by what the media is feeding them, or they can tap into positive sources and choose what they fill their minds with.

  25. Paula

    CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC & the newspapers are so full of garbage. Not only to they spread lies of the administration they favor – they also ignore reporting fraud, corruption, and what people really need to know to make their lives better.

    I used to love reading the newspaper – but their is absolutely NOTHING worth reading in any of them. The columnists they have are worthless, and it’s all opinion based not real reporting of anything important.

    Both newspapers and television want to blame the internet for their downfall – they need to take a good long look in the mirror.

    • That is complete and utter bull… I’m sorry… Newspapers and Broadacst media DO report what is considered sensasonalist and more importantly the local news stations report on what’s happening close to the community.

      FACE IT… Nobody really wants the news, they want Jerry Springer and they want Global News catastrophy… nothing that would aim their attention to their own community.

      Local news stations have a hard enough time surviving let alone coming up with news fabrications to control your mind and keep you from the real truth.

      I continue to read local news on hard copy and I continue to read it on the internet.

      I don’t think anybody is concerned with losing their business to the internet. I think the major media outlets are simply concerned with the quality of the news in general… (we can leave fox out of it)

      Support your local media stations… without them… you don’t have a community… jmo…

  26. If CNN and the other news organizations really did their jobs well, there would be no threat at all from social media. The threat to the news media organizations happened all because they were not doing a good job. Facebook and Twitter filled the void—whether for the good or bad.

    The one thing that bothers me the most about CNN is their effort to use their own polling and tweets to make the news—as if that is the news they should be focused on. Polls are great, but when I constantly hear CNN newscasters beg for people to voice their opinions and then go on and on about this as if it is THE news, this takes time out from their reporting REAL news. I don’t always need to know what others think on a subject. I need to know facts to make up my own mind. CNN just gives us tidbits of almost any subject and nothing in-depth. It is especially offensive to me when the newscasters insert their personal opinions into what is being reported. The constant barrage of commentators who take sides, but with no real conversation between the parties is like listening to the couple next to your table in a restaurant argue over whether they should order their steak rare or medium rare. It may tell me a little about them as a couple, but it affects me not one tiny bit in my world. So much of CNN news is like this. Cnn has become a commentary channel and not a news channel.

  27. John Lowery

    Yea, down with CNN. The only news you can trust is what you read on Facebook and Twitter. Nobody lies to you on the Web. Journalists all have a secret plot to confuse us for their own gain.

  28. Guest

    I found this site very informative – especially the webinar. Take a look at it, you’ll get an idea of why we’re so messed up. Our education system is based on how lab animals learn in a lab. Figures! http://www.mrreader.com

  29. It is about time that people get the real facts on news stories not what CNN decides to report due to its advertising revenue the news is slanted to favor their “advertisers”. We notice the news on drugs, insurance company’s and political parties are biased and full of bull. CNN and the major TV networks and newspapers run by large corporate interests have been misrepresenting the facts, misinforming the public and basically supporting their sponsors. For instance the media hype on the H1N1 Vaccine was constantly reported from March 2009 to this day -supporting an untested vaccine which is dangerously harmful to pregnant woman, older adults, babies, children, and adults. Young people should be aware of the consequences of trusting that this vaccine will be safe. Yet CNN did not report that the main drug maker was accused in Europe of releasing a deadly form of the avian flu virus. You did not hear this on CNN or the major TV networks. It is time that people get the real truth and protect themselves from CNN which interprets the news story to its own financial benefit.

  30. Expert

    All news broadcasters are biased and subjective. It’s impossible to be otherwise. Besides that, objective truth doesn’t sell.
    CNN lost their last chance of survival with the resignation of Dobbs and Beck.

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