Disgusted
by the Morphing of HLN to Infotainment!
For
many years I relied upon CNN’s Headline News for my news fix. While the headlines were often repetitive,
the first 24/7news network provided, well, news. Not so any more.
This
morning my husband and I tuned in to HLN to see what had happened in the world
while we slept. Apparently NOTHING
happened with the exception of Kim Kardashian giving birth and HLN preparing to
host the Daytime Emmy awards on Sunday evening.
When did Kim Kardashian usurp hard news stories such as NSA snooping
into the phone records and online social media of ordinary citizens? And why is HLN hosting the Daytime Emmy
awards? Or any awards show for that matter?
Granted,
the signs have been flashing at me for quite some time. Did Headline News become HLN because its
target audience can’t spell out the network name any longer? Or could it be
because HLN no longer focuses on news? Instead, HLN provides infotainment –
that tragic cross-contamination of news and entertainment, which is heavily
skewed towards entertainment. Now, HLN creates its own version of news. HLN made media stars of Casey Anthony and
Jodie Arias with the nearly non-stop coverage of these cases. HLN created the travesty of the Trayvon
Martin debacle, which should have been a local story. Instead, HLN helped to
create a media maelstrom that may well result in one of the greatest
miscarriages of justice in recent history.
Would HLN have even noticed this shooting if the alleged vigilante had
been African American and the victim Caucasian? I think not.
Ever
since the network began its faux journalistic news programs such as the awful
Nancy Grace and Jane Velez-Mitchell rants, I’ve started to veer away from the
former CNN Headline News.
Really,
if I want my daily dose of trash, I’ll read the Daily Mail! HLN – should focus
on…NEWS!
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