They certainly don't act their age. Terrible twos, traumatic threes or effed up fours at best. 👶

All news channels are common now but whatever you think of CNN, it was a pioneer in the TV field. It was so looked down on as a concept when it first appeared that some pundits gave it the name "Chicken Noodle News." Then came the Gulf War and everything changed.

One thing that CNN was largely responsible for was the drastic cut in salaries for News anchors.    When they went on the air, Bill Bonds in Detroit was the first million dollar a year local anchor, and others quickly followed.
But CNN went on the air paying their major on air staff much less.   Station owners took noticed and began to ask out loud "why are we paying this guy-woman a mil plus a year when CNN is paying much less.   Guess what happened ?   Million dollar a year news readers quickly started to disappear, and were replaced by people making much less than half that amount, and ratings did not take a big hit.
I never got near that level and to this day I blame CNN.   Just kidding of course...

Dale Patterson wrote:

I liked it better when they separated news and editorial content. Now every anchor's a pundit. It's still my go-to place for breaking news.

I couldn't agree more.  I wish there was an American news network that did news rather than opinion.  Something like CTV News Channel but live most of the time.

Chrisphen wrote:

Haven't watched more than five minutes since their Gulf War 1 nonsense. Maybe they will someday be relevant and important.

Sure.  You haven't watched 5 minutes of CNN since Since 1991.  Very believable.