Do Americans get to watch CNN International? (buy, live in)

[croftylot24]

I was wondering whether people who live in the US can watch CNN International as opposed to CNN Local (US).

I think there's a substantial difference. An American told me that US version is more 'dumbed down'. Though they do recycle newscasters on the same stations, one difference is that the 'daily' shows live CNN Newsroom are done by Max Foster, Rosemary Church, Richard Quest etc.. whereas the US versions focus on US news with mostly US broadcasters.

And do any Americans watch other foreign TV stations? I suppose the issue for some may not be interest but rather availability.

[elnina]

Sure...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_International
And yes, international news like BBC are available to watch, although local tv news are mostly about US. Dumbed down? Yes - it's called infotainment and it sells. With most of the public getting its news from television already and newspaper readership declining, the danger of creating a public that knows and cares little about public life is very real.

However, people interested to get real news from around the world, can find all possible sources on the Internet.

[bale002]

Originally Posted by elnina

Sure...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_International
And yes, international news like BBC are available to watch, although local tv news are mostly about US. Dumbed down? Yes - it's called infotainment and it sells. With most of the public getting its news from television already and newspaper readership declining, the danger of creating a public that knows and cares little about public life is very real.

However, people interested to get real news from around the world, can find all possible sources on the Internet.

I mostly agree, but the Internet is just as full of junk.

For example, I can personalize my news feed on Google News, yet I cannot eliminate what Google thinks "headline news" should be, and even the specialized categories that I set up are so full of junk that I quickly scroll through at least 90%, sometimes all of it.

In short, infotainment, including the internet, is about 90% junk entertainment and 10% information, new or old, that is really useful.

And it stands to reason: the purpose of infotainment is to sell advertising and propaganda, for products and otherwise.

[Taiko]

Those with just a basic cable TV package will probably have access to early morning 30 minute blocks of Al Jazerra, BBC or ITV, NHK out of Japan and maybe a couple of other foreign networks on their local public broadcasting stations. If they buy a foreign language package from the ancestral homeland some of those networks will have their local news broadcast

[Acajack]

CNN International may be available from cable companies in the U.S., but my guess is that 99% of subscribers just get the basic domestic CNN network.


Note that here in Canada we don't get CNN International. It's the U.S. domestic CNN that is offered here.


(Well, now that I think of it I will check with my cable operator for fun to see if CNN International is even available as an option.)

[Acajack]

So just checked cable lineups.


CNN International is not available on Vidéotron (biggest cable provider in Québec) or on Rogers (biggest cable provider in Ontario).


Rogers also offers CNN Headline News, but Vidéotron does not.

[Return2FL]

We get CNN, CNN International, Fox, MSNBC, OAN, News Max, Fox Business, CNBC, Bloomberg and BBC World on our FIOS lineup.

[iNviNciBL3]

Yes its on late on night, nothing international about it however, still highly U.S centric.

I don't really watch T.V but i know people who love to watch British show, i watch some Canadian shows on netflix and all those border crossing shows that are set in Canada, Australia and the U.K.

[elnina]

Originally Posted by bale002

I mostly agree, but the Internet is just as full of junk.

For example, I can personalize my news feed on Google News, yet I cannot eliminate what Google thinks "headline news" should be, and even the specialized categories that I set up are so full of junk that I quickly scroll through at least 90%, sometimes all of it.

When I said to get news from Internet, I didn't meant to get them from Google News
You can find sources that fit your needs and beliefs.

[irish_bob]

Originally Posted by croftylot24

I was wondering whether people who live in the US can watch CNN International as opposed to CNN Local (US).

I think there's a substantial difference. An American told me that US version is more 'dumbed down'. Though they do recycle newscasters on the same stations, one difference is that the 'daily' shows live CNN Newsroom are done by Max Foster, Rosemary Church, Richard Quest etc.. whereas the US versions focus on US news with mostly US broadcasters.

And do any Americans watch other foreign TV stations? I suppose the issue for some may not be interest but rather availability.

we get CNN international but get to see wolf blitzer and anderson cooper and maybe a few other cnn usa shows , CNN international is the most beige , sterile , charecheterless new channel on the box , it has no political persuasion because that would demand having humans doing the presenting instead of robots , its style is also designed to be multinational , all the presenters have a ( impossible to say where there from ) similar non descripti modus operandi

its unwatchable for the most part