I’m sure a majority of you have heard about the uproar caused by CNN’s coverage of the Steubenville, Ohio rape: their initial coverage sounded overly sympathetic for the “fine students whose futures were ruined” and little regard for the girl who was raped. CNN lost a lot of credibility in people’s eyes during that time, which may or may not make this situation even more ironic.
I logged onto the Internet this morning to check my email and my homepage includes a section showing headlines from CNN.com. That section included this picture and caption:
Given his push for gun regulation after the Newtown massacre… really? How do they think this is going to affect their credibility? I’m not outraged, demanding an apology or someone get fired, but seriously, quit screwing around and get back to reporting the news.
