Via Fark, check out this brilliant post by lokiloki at DailyKos, showing just how much fluff, gossip, advertising, and other non-news items fills the "above the fold" section of CNN's homepage. There's virtually no actual news on it at all.
Ironically, lokiloki shows, China's state-controlled Xinhua puts much more hard news on its English homepage. Sure, Xinhua's stories may be biased, censored, and selective, but at least they're there.
FOLLOW-UP:
While CNN's news coverage might not be state-controlled and censored like Xinhua's, it would be wrong to imply it's not biased or selective. (via Instapundit)
Ironically, lokiloki shows, China's state-controlled Xinhua puts much more hard news on its English homepage. Sure, Xinhua's stories may be biased, censored, and selective, but at least they're there.
FOLLOW-UP:
While CNN's news coverage might not be state-controlled and censored like Xinhua's, it would be wrong to imply it's not biased or selective. (via Instapundit)
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