So Long, CNN!

Kind of. While this is the last time I’m on CNN.com to analyze and blog about what I see, I highly doubt this is the final time I visit their online news site. CNN is a global media powerhouse, and will continue to be ubiquitous and relevant a long time from now. CNN’s national and … Continue reading →

CNN’s Post-Election Coverage

During Election Day, CNN is undoubtedly one of the most popular media outlets that Americans tune into for live poll results and numbers. Their team of reporters include notable names such as Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Candy Crowley and Erin Burnett. Many other reporters were stationed across the nation at key battleground states including (but … Continue reading →

CNN Trends: Tracking America’s Interests

It seems like CNN likes to publicly (but indirectly) display their reader stats. A new website feature that I noticed recently is their “CNN Trends” section on the homepage. When you click on the image link, it directs you to a page with what seems like to be the most popular topics/search word on the … Continue reading →

CNN’s NewsPulse and News Trends: Is this really what Americans like to read?

An interesting feature that I came across on CNN.com recently is their “NewsPulse” section on the main page. In my first post, I had described how unnecessarily cluttered and disorganized the main page seemed to be so I would have easily overlooked NewsPulse if I wasn’t thoroughly checking out each subcategory offered on the website. … Continue reading →

CNN.com on America and its Politics

While the last post was a general overview of CNN.com’s website layout and design, future posts will be geared towards analyzing the site’s contents and the articles published. The front page of the website shows “featured” articles and videos which, quite frankly, don’t seem very exciting. In a way, it does sort of wrap the … Continue reading →

First Glance

It’s hard to deny CNN‘s ubiquitous presence but how many people actually consider CNN to be their primary news source? Admittedly, I would much rather check out the New York Times (I’m from NYC so it’s only natural) or a general news search such as Google News, where I can quickly find articles regarding one … Continue reading →