[NYer]

Full disclosure: I spent many years on staff at CNN, a major competitor of Al Jazeera. I am now a frequent - paid - contributor to CNN.com. But I am not employed by CNN. Like many people who worked for CNN when the news was, in fact, the star, I would like to see more hard news on CNN. I hope the new competition will create pressure to spend more time on news, particularly international news. Although I have no illusions.

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[fivecatsandadog]

Considering how difficult it is to trust/believe any news source, be it from the web, TV, newspaper, radio, word of mouth, etc., I’m beginning to believe I may be better off not knowing anything about anything - kind of like being a child again, and not stressed over things that I really cannot control or influence. Listening/watching/reading the news lately is like doing the same with a politician, no matter which party he/she claims to represent. Rather than listen to lies or half-truths, I prefer to know nothing since the truth is no longer publicly available. (Re-inserting head in bucket of sand.....)