Want to save CNN? Get better people and hot women.

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Suffering its worst ratings in 20 years, CNN is going Hollywood. In the past few weeks, the No. 3 cable news channel has started seeking out reality-show ideas and big-name stars not afraid to talk politics.

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1) I would suggest dropping the unrealistic idea of having "unbiased" reports (when the producers are inevitably biased human writers) and, instead, focusing on "balanced" reporting by having news programs from people of different political-leanings & perspectives to give different points-of-view on the same stories.
For example: In discussing the conflict in Syria, C.N.N. could have a report according to Syrian news sources followed by that of its allies in Russia and mainland China (with any necessary translations provided via subtitles/captions so those actually fluent in the given language(s) can themselves judge the accuracy of the translations with what is actually being said). Then, have a report from the perspectives of the U.S.'s interventionist Republican & Democratic parties, and non-interventionist Libertarian Party.
2) Likewise, they should actually take about events that actually will matter the their US. viewers' well-being:
• new Federal (or State) laws that rob the citizenry of further liberties (plus their implications considering a law-system based on the principle of precedent),
• the latest issues in food-production (like some corrupt politicians' campaigns against l...
1) I would suggest dropping the unrealistic idea of having "unbiased" reports (when the producers are inevitably biased human writers) and, instead, focusing on "balanced" reporting by having news programs from people of different political-leanings & perspectives to give different points-of-view on the same stories.
For example: In discussing the conflict in Syria, C.N.N. could have a report according to Syrian news sources followed by that of its allies in Russia and mainland China (with any necessary translations provided via subtitles/captions so those actually fluent in the given language(s) can themselves judge the accuracy of the translations with what is actually being said). Then, have a report from the perspectives of the U.S.'s interventionist Republican & Democratic parties, and non-interventionist Libertarian Party.
2) Likewise, they should actually take about events that actually will matter the their US. viewers' well-being:
• new Federal (or State) laws that rob the citizenry of further liberties (plus their implications considering a law-system based on the principle of precedent),
• the latest issues in food-production (like some corrupt politicians' campaigns against legal local and/or organic farms)
• the healthcare issues (like conflicts of alternative/complementary medicine in a regulatory environment favoring conventional medicine)
• etc...
For a start, get rid of this stupid sow:
Want to save CNN? Get better people and hot women.
They have no pretense of neutrality or any idea what unbiased means. We saw it with the Tea Party coverage, with the debates, the shootings.. I could go on and on.