It's time for CNN to pack it in

By Edward Copeland

I don't even think CNN makes a pretense at being a "news" network anymore. It was bad enough with the ridiculous promotion they did leading up to Larry King's interview with what'shername, you know, the hotel heiress whom I shouldn't even have a reason for knowing existed. (Wolf Blitzer: "Sorry Mr. Cosby, we can't talk about education right now, she's getting into a car.") Then there was the joke of the Michael Moore vs. Blitzer and Dr. Sanjay Gupta dustup where everyone looked back. Yesterday morning though, I think they may have outdone themselves as I passed a TV and they were touting a "Developing Story." Terrorism threats? Disputes about the Iraq war? Natural disasters? Oh no. Nothing that trivial. They were providing live coverage of soccer star David Beckham and his wife arriving in Los Angeles. CNN, it's time to give up. You might as well merge with E! at this point, though I think they occasionally run more actual news stories than you do.

Other writings about CNN's decline at the Copeland Institute for Lower Learning:
April 26
Feb. 27
Feb. 9
Jan. 27, 2006
Jan. 13, 2006
Jan. 10, 2006