http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/12/world/meast/yemen-u-s-drone-wedding/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Right off the front page.

This should be the top reply.

The article which OP says is not on the front page is clearly on the front page. Come on people, at least check CNN's homepage yourself.

if at some stage during the day it was prominent, then it doesn't matter when you look later, they change the front page for maximum clicks.

This. The ordering of CNN.com's homepage, or pretty much any for-profit news agency (read: 99.99% of them) isn't a conspiracy. They are putting up what generates the most click-through traffic to maximize page views. Their loyalty is to the shareholders, not the American people as a whole, as is the design of a corporation in the first place. The unfortunate truth is that more people care about a guy faking sign language at a funeral and the scare-tactic du jour than they do about current events and hard news.

Hell, even reddit orders its front page the same way.

Nothing to see here, move along.

CNN is so for profit they will take money from foreign and domestic governments to run stories favorable to them. But Im sure this does not affect their "Objectivity" in the least.

http://livefreelivenatural.com/cnn-journalist-blows-whistle-cnn-paid-foreign-domestic-government-agencies-specific-content/

Does this qualify as a conspiracy?

By definition yes, it does.

Their loyalty is to the shareholders, not the American people as a whole,

That's the conspiracy. Journalism shouldn't care as much about profit, like doctors they have other ethical priorities. I'm a hardcore libertarian and I understand that.

Journalism shouldn't care as much about profit,

I would agree with you but there are lots of those type of things that shareholders and profits trump. Mind you I'm not saying don't fight against them but it is a fight.

If everyone thought like us, they would change. I haven't visited CNN.com in years.

Oh I agree. Unite to fight against the dumbness that is cnn reporting.

True but if they don't turn a profit they can't stay on the air...

I wouldn't call that a conspiracy, since that word technically means that it is done in secret. I'd call it the system working as designed.

It's of interest to the conspiracy community.

That's because it doesn't fit the narrative and real doesn't matter here. Up is down. Just like yesterday's fiasco regarding the diatribe against reddit that was removed but really wasn't ever removed.

If by fiasco you mean a borderline unstable user spamming a diatribe over and over while the mods and admins literally never did anything to censor him... then yes. That's a fiasco.

Yet he has quite the following here, eh?

As the poster clearly said, it was removed for most of the day before being reinstated hours later under the "new" section with all of its upvotes and comments still attached. You don't know what you're talking about.

Is that really what you think this place is or are you always dramatic?

I wouldn't say dramatic, just pointless. Every comment is about what is or isn't on cnns front page, who the fuck cares? Discuss the drone strikes.

CNN is about entertainment value that is why you see Britney Spears stories on there too.

Even though the article was there sometimes the lack of it would not actually automatically mean a conspiracy and is just about $$$$

Well, the currently 11 downvotes on Dirtybrd's comment (stating it was right off the front page of cnns website) appears to disagree with you. Well the downvotes don't, but the 11 people behind them do.

yes but this is international edition (if you are not from USA you get automatically redirected to international edition)

Since I am not from USA - I had to click link for USA edition and atm on the front page is "Kim Yong UN killed his uncle" article and "US drones killed 15 Yemenis" is not even in the sideline newsbar

you should know better than that.

Maybe the front page changed in the 5 hours between it being posted here and Dirtybrd's comment.

14 hours later, I can't deny, it is on the FRONT page. Under Latest News, #3 in list.

I made the mistake of scrolling down to the comment section and now I have terminal cancer.

As a little side news on the left hand side, missing important information too, it just reads "Yemens outraged by U.S. drone strike". Only once you get through to the article can you read the real headline which includes "killing 14".

I love the part where "U.S. Officials declined to comment on the report.

Over in the UK the state-funded BBC is doing it's best to ignore and downplay the event too. There's not a mention on the homepage, but a big section dedicated to Nelson Madela still. Once you manage to find the article though they again have downplayed the headline as "Yemen wedding hit by deadly airstrike". They leave out the information that this wedding convoy was innocent and the attack was a mistake, and then even spend the rest of the article pointing out what bad guys the Al Qaeda are.

I asked a conservative republican yesterday if he had even heard of the civilians killed by the drone strike and he had no idea what I was talking about.

How many people died in the Boston Bombing? 3? 4? This is 15. Where is our huge rememberence? Our constant programming, our contstant memoriums? thats the point.

took me forever to find the interpreter story. that shit is interesting!

Not on mobile. You have to click "More Top Stories" and scroll down to about the tenth link.

Yeah, now that's it a hot click on Reddit. C'mon, people.

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Blow up some muslims at a wedding abroad? No big deal. Have a lone gunman kill some kids? OH MY GOD.

What a racist blind and insensitive media we have. Real news died during the cold war, because of it no network today is spin free.

A comparison to the Boston bombings better isolates the home-town bias. With Sandy Hook, they have the Children to think of.

Well 20 kids getting murdered in a first world country is a little different then a drone strike in a third world country. Sure drone strikes are bad but there is tons of shit that happens out there that barely makes the news

They are moving their format to entertainment. The sooner people realize this the better

Are moving? Have been for a while

I can't remember the last time I saw true investigative journalism from CNN, or any other major news network.

It's always been entertainment. They're driven by advertising dollars, and the more butts they get in seats watching ads, the better off they are. This is not new. This is not novel. This is the way corporate-sponsored news agencies work.

They are all pushing an agenda, even if that agenda is as inoffensive as "watch us instead of the other guy." This should not be surprising to anybody.

CNN takes direct payments from governments. They are pure propaganda.

Source?

Google: CNN Bahrain Amber Lyon

Also, Anderson Cooper worked for the CIA... I'm sure he quit.

Should I do this before or after I put on my tinfoil hat?

What facts do you have? I don't see anything but an emotional appeal to normalcy bias.

The burden of proof lies on you, not me. I'm not the one making ridiculous claims. Also, Cooper was an intern at the CIA during college. If that equals a conspiracy then everything is a conspiracy. Oh god, it's all so clear now.

Oh god, you've broken the code!

Or is that just what they want me to think?

I'M SO CONFUSED! I guess this is what it's like to take the red pill. I'M COMING MORPHEUS!

its the third link in latest stories, its almost as if they cycle through the front )pictured) stories over the course of a couple of hours based upon what people are finding most interesting.. of course this is a conspiracy just because they arn't picking what you think is the most important

I know nobody wants to hear it, but, nobody has released who's drone it was. So even though it could very likely be of U.S. origin, nobody knows.. Also what did you expect from mainstream media?

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Isreal, Germany, Turkey, France, Italy, UK, and possibly China, Iran, Russia.

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It was speculation either way. I saw tons of posts about how it was obamas drone before anyone said anything about U.S. involvement. i just think its funny how everyone was pointing a finger without any knowledge of the actual event. just the fact that it was a drone. The mindset for everyone: drone....drona...droba...drobam....drobama.....obama...OBAMA..

That has been correct thousands of times. Who else is actually using drones to kill people at this time?

I awoke to this news on my TV. I am as skeptical as the next guy but this is not being hidden.

I think people confuse "hidden" with overwhelming apathy.

Thing is though, if CNN made a really big deal out of this and ran it as a top story for a while - the sheep (yes I'm using that term) would clamor about and would be outraged.

I can agree with that

Not only is this wrong( and for some reason you're massively upvoted)

But how does no one get that the news now works on viewership, what they think people will read.

Oh and Kim Jong executed his uncle. Big news.

The psyche they want to promote is heavy on nepotism and a generally in-group mentality.

Sign language guy is light reading. even humorous, and only mildly outrageous.

How is blowing up a wedding party helping us fight the war on terror? Oh right, it creates more terrorists - because what would you do if a drone killed your family?

It's all about the Bread and Circuses

This sub is dead. OP killed it.

I don't think you get it. A proper police state cannot function if the news goes around telling people the stuff they NEED to know. It only works when you fill their heads with useless stuff.

Did you know the Fast & Furious guy was killed? It was major news.

Also, they were more pre-occupied with what crazy North Korea's gonna do next after Kim Young Ill executed his uncle. Great opportunity to pump fear into Muricans about a nucular attack.

At some point, this subreddit's name is going to have to change to reflect how brazen and bold this nonsense is getting. how about /r/wetoldyouso

Another example of why and how they lost their credibility with viewers.

My friends in the US, now if one of their relatives set off a bomb in the US, dont blame them, blame your government and military.

You don't have to tell us in this sub that, preach that in r/politics.

Preach it in r/eal-life.

Our drone strike president is old news.

Yemen? Who cares about a bunch of dirt hut dwellers. Let's focus on the fake sign language guy! Like every other news network...

CNN in this subreddit is hilarious. It's like you've run out of things to post.

No where on the BBC either. It's even buried as a footnote on the dedicated "Middle East" section. Shows how much value the media place on certain peoples lives...

cause it'll destroy the narrative of obama being the president everyone has to like. it'll take away from the constant republican bashing they have lined up 24/7.

Same as it was under Bush (who slaughtered a wedding, as well).

A comparison to the Boston bombings better isolates the home-town bias. With Sandy Hook, they have the Children to think of.

Should I do this before or after I put on my tinfoil hat?

Well 20 kids getting murdered in a first world country is a little different then a drone strike in a third world country. Sure drone strikes are bad but there is tons of shit that happens out there that barely makes the news