Taking CNN to Task

Thank you for Howard Rosenberg’s insightful column on the demise of CNN (“Big Names, Little News--This Is CNN?,” Feb. 1).

I am a native of South Carolina, and when Ted Turner’s vision began to take shape in the late ‘70s, we Southern rednecks began to revel that CNN was going to rise from the caldron of shallow, mediocre American journalism like Atlanta rose from the ashes of Sherman’s march.

Unfortunately, CNN’s techno-journalism style which emerged during their coverage of the Gulf War and later their sell-out to AOL has put them in the Bush league (er ... bush league), along with ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and the National Enquirer. The last stalwart of journalistic ethics left CNN when Bernard Shaw departed several months ago. I dare say he saw it coming and wanted no part.

JOE MARTIN

Lakewood