I sure hope so. I've had enough. EVERYTHING is so politicized that the average person just doesn't even want to think about Healthcare reform, financial reform, or any issue that is brought before the American people. American media is just as complicit as the Republicans lying, the Democrats and their messaging ineptness, and the WH not using it's bully pull-pit and platform effectively in confusing the electorate. I'm betting most of this is done on purpose. But, at this time in our nation where we are either on the cusp of greatness or will be left behind on the world stage the average person needs to be more engaged and INFORMED than ever.
TIME magazine has an article Can the CNN-ter Hold?. I think it's worth a read. The main point is to just tell the truth and let that stand on it's own.
...The answer for CNN is not to abdicate its authority but to use it more aggressively. Today, with technology making raw news a commodity, the challenge for consumers is sorting out politicized counterclaims on everything from health care to meteorology to security. Viewers want someone to cut through the kicked-up partisan dust. They want to hear, flat out, when someone is full of it. CNN too often gives both sides, then shrugs. A CNN anchor interviewing two party hacks and leaving us to decide who we should believe doesn't cut it.
....What CNN needs, in other words, are hosts who draw authority not from being insiders or centrists but from challenging guests and calling things as they see them, even if it means braving accusations of bias. This is the strength of people like Fox's Shepard Smith, who's willing to step on conservative toes, and Jon Stewart, a liberal who has nonetheless flogged Obama. It's what CNN (and others) did after the Hurricane Katrina debacle in 2005.
CNN should focus not on both-handedness but on truth. It should let the chips fall where they may, not make sure that the chips, over time, aggregate around the middle. The slogan for my ideal CNN — or any news outlet — would be "The news: whether you like it or not."
AMEN!!!!
If this is an example of the new formula going forward I would watch CNN every night (except for Keith, Rachel, and Ed)
Hat tip to Park Ranger....we should give CNN some feedback on this segment or any other that represents good old fashioned journalism AC360 Feedback