Title: Is CNN a credible news source? And, is it considered fake news? And, why does President Trump hate it so much? - Quora
Headings: Is CNN a credible news source? And, is it considered fake news? And, why does President Trump hate it so much?
Is CNN a credible news source? And, is it considered fake news? And, why does President Trump hate it so much?
Mark Throckmorton
Responding to: Is CNN fake news all the time? Whose interests is CNN serving when they publish unverified news?

Content: According to Media Bias/Fact Check, an independent website that I trust a lot, CNN is rated “Left Bias” and “Mixed” in factual reporting. I don’t necessarily think that there is anything wrong with left-biased or right-biased sources, there are many sources rated in these ways on that site that I like, but I am more bothered by their rating of “Mixed” in the factual reporting category. Media Bias / Fact Check tends to give sites a fair amount of leeway before downgrading them from the “High” category to “Mixed” (i.e. a news network can make plenty of isolated mistakes but still be in the “High” category…keep in mind they also have a “Very High” category, which they classify BBC in), so I think if something is in the “Mixed” category on their site, it’s pretty bad as far as I’m concerned. CNN has failed multiple fact checks run by Politifact, another site I trust a lot. Their ratings are quite poor even compared to other mainstream news sources that have a left bias. As for why the current president hates it so much, I don’t know, I’m not in his head, but I suspect it may be their unfavorable reporting on him. He seems to lash out at any media who cover him critically. Personally, I am not a fan of the current president, I particularly do not trust his comments on the reliability or lack thereof of the media, and his criticisms of CNN don’t factor into my dislike of this news network. CNN may be an “easy target” in the sense that it is mainstream (widely-known), left-biased, and sloppy enough that there are concrete failings in their reporting, so that criticism of it is likely to attract a broader audience, whereas criticisms of other left-leaning media, such as NY Times, would be likely to be less well-received because they are more careful with facts and less overtly biased. Quora User
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I grew up thinking they were til Parkland High School shootings happened last 2018.