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Contents 1 Article improvements 2 Frankfurt 3 Fox References creeping back in 4 On 9-11 anniversary, CNN wrongly reported that a Coast Guard vessel fired shots at a boat on the Potomac River 5 #CNNFactCheck 6 NYT articles 7 CNN is full of moslens 8 No mention of bias in the opening paragraph?

[edit] Article improvements

The article has gotten some ordering of sections, added material, expanded lead, and photos...hope this helps! Regards SynergyStar (talk)

[edit] Frankfurt

CNN also holds a bureau in Frankfurt, Germany. Please change the article! Thank You! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.65.103.81 (talk) 15:33, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

If you have a reputable citation to back up your info, feel free to add it on your own. BalticPat22Pat 19:35, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Fox References creeping back in

Somebody is really fixated on doing this. Daydreamer302000 (talk) 10:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] On 9-11 anniversary, CNN wrongly reported that a Coast Guard vessel fired shots at a boat on the Potomac River

I'm not sure if this should be mentioned in this article, CNN controversies, or both. ABC News and USA Today have reported that on the anniversary of 9-11, CNN wrongly reported that a Coast Guard vessel fired shots at a boat on the Potomac River. I cannot add this myself because I have been topic banned from political articles, but I am allowed to make suggestions on the talk pages. Grundle2600 (talk) 00:54, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

They were paranoid and thought it was a terrorist attack on the 9/11 anniversary. It was an honest mistake, I don't see how its controversial. CNN is allowed to mess up every now and then. If they'd knowingly reported false information that'd be a controversy, but that wasn't the case here. Fox News and MSNBC reported the same thing BTW. TomCat4680 (talk) 06:59, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

WP:RECENTISM. //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 07:24, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Well its obviously recent, he wanted to discuss whether or not it was controversial. TomCat4680 (talk) 07:59, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

This event does not need to be mentioned here or on other news agency articles. BritishWatcher (talk) 08:01, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

OK. Since the consensus is not to add it, it should not be added. Grundle2600 (talk) 16:18, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] #CNNFactCheck

CNN fact checked an SNL sketch joking that Obama hasn't accomplished much, and shortly after, CNN actually fact checked it, generating some buzz over how ridiculous some people found it to fact check comedy. I'm not saying it's controversial, but maybe it's noteworthy, and it's recent.

For example, it spawned a new hashtag on Twitter #CNNFactCheck that is still being used: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/cnns_snl_fact_check_generates_backlash_139427.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7x-dzXVcOw —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.159.98.183 (talk) 04:12, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Blogs and Twitter are considered self published and Youtube is full of copyright violations, so both are unreliable sources. TomCat4680 (talk) 09:31, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] NYT articles

Worth reporting or should it wait for further development? Soxwon (talk) 00:51, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

I think saying they finished last in October is a little premature, there's still 5 days left in the month. TomCat4680 (talk) 09:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] CNN is full of moslens

In the part Current shows of this article, there's nothing about the fact that CNN is full of Islamics. In fact, no mosque in the world can have the number of Islamics working on CNN. In fact, I read in a book that this network belongs to Arabs, mainly from Saudi Arabia. Islamics from Iran , United Arab Emirates, etc. are presenting the CNN's current shows since at least a decade ago.Agre22 (talk) 23:40, 22 November 2009 (UTC)agre22

moslens? Don't you mean Muslims? TomCat4680 (talk) 00:07, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] No mention of bias in the opening paragraph?

The Fox News Channel article has a mention of its alleged consevative bias in its opening paragraph, yet CNN, who has been accused of bias by both sides of America politics, has no mention of bias. We have an entire article on CNN controversies where the very controversy mentioned is its alleged bias. I feel that this should be mentioned in the opening paragraph just as in the Fox News Channel article to maintain Wikipedia's neutrality. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 23:03, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

If the accusers have bias themselves, that's not a neutral assessment. TomCat4680 (talk) 00:08, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

It should definitely be mentioned in the lead, due to the fact there are mentions in both Fox News Channel and to a lesser degree, MSNBC. Personally, I think all the articles would be better off without these criticisms in the lead. ThinkEnemies (talk) 00:17, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

In response to Tomcat4680, probably most editors at this site have a bias of some sort. As ThinkEnemies said, their is a mention in the lead at the MSNBC article as well as Fox News. Also, this network has not only been accused of being either liberal or conservative, it's been accused of both according to the article; conservatives say it's liberal and liberals say it's conservative. The question isn't whether or not it's (considered to be) biased, the article already tells us this, the question is whether or not this should be mentioned in the opening paragraph. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 01:06, 1 December 2009 (UTC)