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CNN Reviews Summary

The feedback regarding CNN reveals a predominantly negative sentiment, with customers expressing significant dissatisfaction over perceived bias and lack of balanced reporting. Many reviewers feel that the network favors certain political perspectives, which undermines its credibility. Concerns are raised about the quality of interviews and fact-checking, leading viewers to seek news from alternative sources. While some maintain trust in CNN compared to other outlets, the overall impression is of a decline in journalistic integrity, prompting a notable number of former viewers to disengage from the channel entirely.

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Pennsylvania
1 review
5 helpful votes
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CNN sucks...!
November 23, 2015

The news they report is BS, the whole show really makes me sick, I wish for Christmas cnn would get kicked off the air... they are doing there best to pump the Gov. Agenda, while they keep stealing the tax paying citizens money... very sick people work for cnn, they do anything for money, just like the police who shoot people for a check... very sad what America has turned into...

Date of experience: November 23, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Completely biased
November 22, 2015

I used to watch them up until today. After seeing and reading their "news" lately it's clear how biased they are. The news articles are based on the writer's personal feelings and are twisted. People want real, unbiased news, not this nonsense.

Date of experience: November 22, 2015
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Biased channel
November 11, 2015

This channel is biaised and unprofessional. Just about race issues and police bashing. The guests "professionnals" are just driven by their emotions not their expertise. Overall lots of misinformations and opinion based.

Date of experience: November 10, 2015
New York
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I'm appalled that CNN has been airing a commercial to promote a vacation getaway to Turkey. Turkey is a very dangerous middle east area which neighbors Syria. And to suggest Americans to vacation there is absurd! Are you trying to put Americans lives at risk? Remove the ad. Whomever approved this ad needs to be removed from their job and answer to this.

Date of experience: October 11, 2015
Virginia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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CNN News Sales Superstore
September 30, 2015

Yes I have a question!

Whats with all this stupid advertising and videos loading down my computer everytime I try to access your web site. Comes a point where enough is enough! Your loosing site of what your job is. Your selling the news and weather! You have way too much filler crap stories too. I have started using BBC. I click it loads I read and Im done. CNN, takes 5 minutes to load on a computer with a duel processor, 5 gig of ram and high speed internet. And the stories like, 5 things too know, or 10 reasons to do this, or 1 goofie trick. STOP IT! Report the news CNN!

Date of experience: September 30, 2015
Virginia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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A once good news channel
September 18, 2015

20 years ago I watched nothing but CNN. They were cutting edge. They were balanced. They were non-partisan. You could expect them to be fair on most any subject. I do not know what changed within this organization but they have shed the political neutrality and no longer report the news. The comment on the news and spin constantly while trying to appear neutral. Their moderation of the Republican Debate was pathetic. Their questions did not move the candidates toward answering important questions. They asked questions that appeared to be trying to instigate a food fight on the dais not a debate of issues. CNN, you used to be great. You can become that again. Stop the partisan pandering to the Democrats and Liberal agendas. Return to your position as a neutral highly professional news organization.

Date of experience: September 17, 2015
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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CNN going to the dogs
September 18, 2015

If CNN had spent as much time on the canditates as they did on braging about their stage it might have been more informative/

Date of experience: September 17, 2015
Illinois
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I used to go all the time in previous years. There were comments sections, and you got images and the occasional video that played if you clicked.

Now, the comments are gone, the videos play automatically with a preceding ad, and I have to wade through other celebrity deaths to read about the celebrity death I originally clicked to read about.

In addition, every few celebrities I clicked on, and I would get an ad that was difficult to remove for the stupid RNC. I clicked to close it once, but after it appeared 7 times, I closed the site. The amount of scripts also crash my browser quickly. CNN, did you need that many ads?

You've really lost sight of the viewers that made you what you are. I will not be back in a long time and I will rank you with the remaining clickbait / pro ad news sites advertised on Facebook until I see your integrity regained. What you were will be missed.

Date of experience: September 14, 2015
New Jersey
3 reviews
17 helpful votes
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On path of erosion
September 13, 2015

I think CNN had reached long ago a right inflexion point of coverage, quality and involvement. And as it's said when you keep moving from optimal point, the only possible result is degradation - that's happening for CNN. The news stories are repetitive and non-stop beating of the dead horse. Web site is supper cluttered and gradually getting useless. Opinion/ comments are obscured so it's more a one way spoon feeding. Complete deterioration in progress.

Date of experience: September 13, 2015
Kentucky
1 review
7 helpful votes
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You give opinions without listing it as an opinion story. Your story about Black Lives Matter group chanting about frying pigs (police) then claiming this is not a hate group and police are not under siege as officers continue to be targeted is completely ridiculous to me, I don't understand how you could even write something so fictitious and feel good about yourself as a writer. This is the last straw for me, I am finished with the CNN app and will not patronize anymore opinions that go unsupported people should be presented the facts only and form their own opinions!

Date of experience: September 7, 2015
Virginia
24 reviews
28 helpful votes
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I used to watch CNN all day long when they focus on the real news. However, in the recent years, I notice that they repeating the same news throughout the day and they emphasized a lot on the African American issues but negelected on news that related to other race. I feel that CNN has became biased toward the black community. Perhaps, some of their major investors is a strong political and wealthy peoples who are African American that force them to focus toward African American community. So my family has stop watching CNN, told many of my friends and my neighbors and they became aware of this scenarios therefore, they all have stop watching CNN.

Date of experience: August 8, 2015
Oregon
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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CNN's coverage of Brian Williams is absolutely cannibalistic. His statements have less negative effect than the bias that is shown in every media outlet. The politics of most reporters is openly displayed and objectivity is victimized. Cover this, promote objectivity, promote honesty in your profession. Even better report real news, take Washington to task instead of sacrificing one of your own. "Click" That was me changing the channel.
PS the website blows. You cannot post a comment because if it contains punctuation, the comment is tagged as malformed.

Date of experience: February 12, 2015
Texas
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Once a trusted news source, now a clickbait ad-peddler.

Date of experience: February 7, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Cnn's new mobile website sucks. It takes forever to load and you can't click on any links until it fully loads. I wish they would go back to their old mobile site. At least that one worked.

Date of experience: January 31, 2015
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I quit watching them on my phone due to all the ads. On my iPhone 6 + you can't cancel thd commercials! Switched to FOX!

Date of experience: January 16, 2015
Georgia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I am not one for writing reviews but I feel compelled to write this, I watch cnn, I love their news, it's just that they keep going on and on all day over and over beating the same horse, too repetitive.
It's as if they dumb the news down, after the 1st 3 times we got it.

Date of experience: January 14, 2015
Illinois
13 reviews
80 helpful votes
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This site can be summed up in one word: bad.
First off the new design is very mobile friendly but not very PC friendly. I wish sites would stop jumping on the mobile bandwagon, it's just helping get people to want to buy those awful mobile devices. Anyway, back on topic. Their reporting is awful, and they are extremely biased. They are without a doubt far left. Their motto should be, "report first, fact-check once we get slammed online for obvious errors." Don't go here for your news.

Date of experience: January 13, 2015
Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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CNN is about commercials, commercials, commercials. This last time, I get a stupid New York Life commercial... what is the relevance... that you stick it in my face and I'm going to buy. Yeah, you might have 1 out of 10,000... but in the meantime most of us are pissed off and get off the site. We're already bombarded by crap from advertising who shove their inferior advertising in our faces. I know CNN has to get money from advertising to exist, but duh... maybe serve the visitor first and serve the advertising second.

Date of experience: January 13, 2015
Georgia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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CNN stands for Censored News Next. They choose what and how to present the "news" as their bias dictates. Now with a redesigned, MSNBC style, website it is time to find an honest and independant news outlet. Is there such a thing anymore?

Date of experience: January 8, 2015
California
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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It's so annoying to listen to the dumb reporters and anchors especially Carol. They should report the news and not be so biased. Report facts and not add your own ignorant opinions.

CNN is irresponsible by not allowing both sides of issues to report the news.

Jake Tapper was embarrassing to watch and kept repeating himself while reporting from ferguson. He was terrible! What happens to good reporters? The two women reporting were excellent, especially while having rocks thrown at her.

Date of experience: November 26, 2014