A Sea Of Red

Bleacher Report? Are they serious? Maybe someone else knows more about this and can shed light on this move. I thought Bleacher Report was laughable at best as a trusted sports site.

http://www.cnn.com/cnn-sports-is-changing/

Interesting. I wonder if Bleacher Report is going to switch to a more traditional approach to reporting or stick with their current model?

Crowdsourcing is cost effective and more in line with how CNN views sports these days. But seriously, it has been many years since CNN was last considered a source for sports content in and of itself. SI was stand just fine on its own without the CNN partnership. In fact, it will probably give them the freedom to be more competitive vs. ESPN.

Sly Fox wrote:Crowdsourcing is cost effective and more in line with how CNN views sports these days. But seriously, it has been many years since CNN was last considered a source for sports content in and of itself. SI was stand just fine on its own without the CNN partnership. In fact, it will probably give them the freedom to be more competitive vs. ESPN.

CNN has fallen a long way since Nick Charles and Fred Hickman. It proves competition is a good thing because ESPN was better than too!

Bleacher Report was bought by TBS, so yes, they're supposed to be turning into a legitimate sports news resource. It also makes sense for CNN to keep things in the family.

What's CNN?

flameshaw wrote:What's CNN?

A less biased version of Fox News...

Uh, no. As someone who spent a quarter century as a broadcast journalist I can say without question that all three major networks each have their own strong biases. But it is not necessarily the ones you might expect. The #1 bias of every one of the three major cable nets is economics.

Without a doubt. If Fox thought they could make more money being a liberal network, you better believe they'd jump on it. The same could be said about all three major news networks. When Fox News started, they knew they would attract a ton of eyeballs with a certain slant in their broadcasts. Murdoch isn't stupid. He knew edgier material would work on broadcast tv when the Fox network started and it clearly worked. By the way, I was just stirring the pot with my comment.

Maybe I should start writing for my Bleacher Report account so I can say I was on CNN.com?

lynchburgwildcats wrote:Maybe I should start writing for my Bleacher Report account so I can say I was on CNN.com?

lol.

Reminds me of my early days writing for Blogcritics. They had a deal with a bunch of major papers to provide content (especially book and music reviews) for their online editions, and I had several picked for greater distribution. I could boast I was published in the online edition of whichever paper carried it. Of course, not many people actually read those filler articles, but it was a bit of an ego boost back in the day.

That is the case now more than ever. Most major dailies have laid off nearly their entire staff of reporters & columnists. In their place, they are filling holes with bloggers aplenty.

Sly Fox wrote:The #1 bias of every one of the three major cable nets is economics.

Pre-FoxNews, 100% of the mainstream media was liberal.
At least 47% of Americans are conservative.
Today, 10 liberal mainstream outlets, one conservative, do I see dollar signs .... it was a no brainier

flameshaw wrote:What's CNN?

The Communist New Network! Its been going under for the past 10 years and will continue since MSNBC became better at being more "Leftist" then CNN. I wouldn't be surprised if the Jaziers group doesnt scoop CNN up next if Current/Algore TV purchase pays off in the next few years.