CNN Lite

“is also useful on slow connections”

“there is also a CNN "lite" version too”

“Pushing one side/narrative is something western media companies like BBC and CNN do a lot”

“did you try text.npr.org or lite.cnn.com”

“it's almost entirely sensational OpEd talk show type stuff these days”

“will get a casual reader to a decent spot”

“Each one has its own blatant biases and blind spots.”

“it consists of 100 headlines and just the headlines, presented without organisation, in a long flat list”

“mid 2000s CNN was really bad about this kind of thing. headline sounds shocking but once you got to paragraph 4 or so the story starts to change.”

“It's amazing how much better the experience is.”

“to hear about all the car wrecks and local murders and robberies and other things to make them afraid”

“watching that stuff or having it on in the background literally from 8 am until midnight is tiring”

“Definitely have mixed feelings about whats become of CNN”

“It was also the start of people getting addicted to the need to know everything all the time”

“CNN was the place where everyone watched the live views.”

“AFTER CNN, creating "news" to fill the gaps between news actually worth reporting happened.”

“you have to admit that they ushered in the news era of the internet”

“I still check it pretty regularly due to old habits”

“they are each overwhelming pressure from controlling corporations and states”

“lite.cnn.com would load in about 10 seconds which is pretty good”

“News organizations in the US like CNN certainly have higher standards than aljazeera.”

“Simplified versions like text.npr.org, lite.cnn.com and www.cbc.ca/lite still exist out there.”

“The layout of news sites peaked with cnn.com back in the 1998 to 2002 timeframe.”

“they are fast, give you the exact thing you are looking for without any other noise”

“It’s hard to beat https://lite.cnn.com and https://text.npr.org”

“No JavaScript, no autoplaying videos”

“lite.cnn.com is all we will ever need in terms of getting the message”

“CNN, as with every media outlet I've ever encountered in my entire life, publishes things I can verify to be false”

“just has news item in one big list, no fuzz, no glam, just text and some cover images”

“she was saying all sorts of things about Trump in what was very obvious anger”

“Change the subdomain to lite for a more text-oriented experience.”

“Wow CNN's website is awful. They only let me accept tracking cookies, then threw 'subscribers only' at me.”

“is the best lightweight news site I know of”

“That CNN website is great, except it still has a huge cookie banner.”

“Using the lite subdomain is a great way to read all the subscriber articles as well.”

“Ted Turner once said something egregiously stupid and wrong and ever since then I discounted everything CNN did or reported.”

“I don't love CNN but comparing them to right wing news is pure false equivalency”

“I read these two all the time.”

“how would you describe Fox News, the Daily Mail, The Times (UK), or even CNN?”

“They are actually challenging both sides with tough questions.”