There is now a stunning contrast between CNN's hosts and beat reporters

Columbia Journalism Review

"It’s not that the CNN beat reporters are good and hosts are bad—many of the latter are accomplished journalists, too," says Emily Tamkin." It’s just that what is mostly reflected on the screen—especially during prime time—seems to be less news reporting, more punditry, more round tables, more horse race politics, more talking heads, more interviews and interviewees yelling at each other, more that makes the news more confusing for the viewer (or at least for this viewer)."