In real life, I don't watch a lot of TV  news because I learn very little by doing so. Yes, I run my own news agency, so I have access to information far beyond most folks. But the main reason television media fails me is because it's incredibly lazy.

 

While in the Far East at the end of May, I watched CNN in the evening because that was my only source for American news. No Fox, no NBC. CNN has the overseas market locked up.  Because of the 12-hour time difference, I was consuming CNN's morning programming. It featured skilled broadcasters, but the presentation was mostly biased and foolish.

 

Here's what the network does.  It selects a topic, say Trump's battle with Harvard. Then, it brings in a guest who bashes the President without challenge or even interruption.  Over and over again, this happens.  Liberal guests bloviate while the anchor naps.

 

And I don't blame the news person. It's incredibly boring. Predictable. A waste of time.

 

This lazy formula isn't working, as CNN's viewership has dramatically declined. Yet the producers seem satisfied because every day it's the same thing.

 

Why?  I don't know. It's not difficult to mix it up with different points of view. But apparently, that's beyond CNN's capability.

 

See you this evening for the No Spin News.