Amanpour blames Fox News for CNN’s crapper coverage
So, it’s Fox News’ fault?
USATODAY.com - Amanpour: CNN practiced self-censorship
As criticism of the war and its aftermath intensifies, Amanpour joins a chorus of journalists and pundits who charge that the media largely toed the Bush administrationline in covering the war and, by doing so, failed to aggressively question the motives behind the invasion.
What a crock. CNN went for years with no real competition. Then along comes Fox News, who starts getting more viewers even though they were in fewer markets. In other words, CNN got its butt kicked.
And so they got scared and somebody decided they needed to change how they did things. It was business that affected how they did things. They couldn’t — and probably still can’t — handle the competition.
This is something to keep in mind: The newspapers you read, the news channels you watch, they’re all funded by someone. And those groups dictate what is shown to you. It is very dangerous to think otherwise.